Project Management

The complexity of informatics projects is rapidly increasing, and this makes them harder to manage.
The reasons for this can be summed up as: incessant evolution of technologies; the large number of people involved in running the project; environments and systems that are not always heterogeneous (magari s’intendeva “homogeneous”); stringent timescales; reduced costs.
In this context, the figure of the Project Manager is indispensable. The project manager handles the project from its embryonic phase to its termination; he produces feasibility studies, analytical documents, and co-ordinates the executive phase of project, handling resources, timing and costs and monitoring results.
This is the most fascinating part of our profession.
Our ways of approaching projects are inspired by the guidelines, the techniques and the standards promoted by the Project Management Insitute (http://www.pmi.org) the international body that for many years has been the point of reference on these areas.

Our intervention is directed at the various areas that make up a project:
  • range and scope: the objectives to be attained, and with what executive methods and control instruments
  • timing: definition of the activities to be carried out, and the timing and resources available
  • costs: determination of direct and indirect costs
  • quality: the respecting of any quality standards that must be met
  • human resources: co-ordinated management of internal or external human resources
  • communication: definition of the requirements and rules for communication within the project
  • risks: active management of the risks and opportunities in the project

    • Our field of action covers all aspects of the life cycle of a project:
  • Feasibility study
  • Definition of user requirements
  • Project analysis
  • Production of necessary documentation
  • Execution and development
  • Monitoring and control
  • Termination

    • The key words areanalysis, execution, monitoraggio e control.
    Careful management of the project, by putting these concepts at the centre, allows the risks involved to be effectively reduced and the chances of success increased.
    Each of the points described is applied in the context of the ongoing elaboration of the phases of the project and on the basis of client feedback.
    In this way we can at an early stage pinpoint any new requirements or requests for modification and thus evaluate them in the initial stages or during the evolution of the project, not just when the project is terminated.

    Database modelling and design

    The essential property of a company can be defined as the data that it possesses and deals with day by day. It is a primary need that is often the basis for complex processes of work and business strategies, and incorrect handling of it leads to direct damage, that is often hard to quantify, to the company. Our approach to data starts by considering them in their entire life cycle, from design, integration, processing and use to maintenance and storage.

    Design and modelling are based on such concepts as normalisation, integrity, security and reliability
    Integration concerns the increasing requirement for dialogue between data bases that differ in structure, semantics and reference operating systems.
    Processing and use often concern the day-to-day aspect of data, the way they are used and the economics of this in terms of time and cost.
    Finally maintenance and storage, though often considered of secondary importance, are in fact central to the life cycle of the data, because incorrect evaluation could lead to considerable damage to the company.

    Direct experience in the field, consolidated in years of experience and certified by such instruments as SQLServer, allow us to propose ourselves to the market as a reliable partner specialising in data management.

    Network and system design

    Networks are systems that permit the sharing of information and resources (both hardware and software) between different structures. The system supplies a service of data transfer between users spread over a more or less wide area.
    Thanks to strategic partnerships and a decade of experience, Diesys Informatica is able to tackle the design and feasibility study even of complex corporate networks. We consolidate network performance by traffic analysis and band usage monitoring. We maintain network efficiency using Nagios, an open source software that signals any anomalies via e-mail, SMNP messages or mobile SMS. With the same software we maintain control and diagnose problems through the management and storing of the logs which allow us to limit the damage caused by various anomalies.
    We also handle the configuration of Switches, Routers, Firewalls and generally of all devices that allow internet, intranet and extranet connection via LAN/WAN, VPN, xDSL, ISDN, CDN, Bitstream, WADSL, WHDSL and MPLS connections.

    Skill Transfer

    The more our clients are able to be autonomous once our work is finished the more satisfied they will be. We are thus particularly attentive to the areas of training, mentoring and skill transfer through on-job training.