How We Work
Aries believes very strongly in the following:
- Your company has the right to know the exact price of any new software system including implementation, training and ongoing support before you commit to any project.
- Your company has the right to know that any new solution should be proven to work the way you want it to before committing to that solution.
- Your company has the right to expect that any and all projects are backed by a 100% money back guarantee.
Initial meetings between you and Aries will focus on listening to your concerns, learning about your business and understanding the targeted goals that you have for a new system. The result of these meetings will be:
- The preparation of a Vision Statement (click here for a sample vision statement) which outlines the visioning process.
- A fixed price proposal for completing the Vision Statement. The price for the Vision Statement includes a 100% money back guarantee. The statement is yours to keep even if you decide not to move forward with the implementation process.
The purposes for the visioning process are to ensure:
- You have a detailed understanding of any new procedures and processes before they are implemented and that you have many opportunities to influence and modify those processes.
- Both you and Aries have a thorough understanding of the consequences of modifying your existing processes.
- You fully understand the value of changing any processes and that you are provided with a price for all projects before any work is started.
How the visioning process works:
- Complete a business process review:
- Document and flowchart all current business processes.
- Identify opportunities for improvement in those processes.
- Complete a scope document (Click here for a sample scope document):
- Serves as the blueprint for the implementation process.
- Details all of your objectives for implementing a new system. These objectives will be signed off and dated by both you and Aries as each one is completed.
- Details all procedural changes created from implementing a new system.
- Proof of concept:
- Aries will build a fully functional instance of the system (except for any custom programming from software partners) as described in the scope document.
- This acceptance system will utilize your actual data and business processes.
- Pricing proposal for implementation
- The fixed price for implementation will be determined by the visioning process.
- You will have many opportunities to influence the fixed price during the visioning process. The goal is to provide you with at least pricing options for the implementation process.
- The implementation process:
- This process begins upon completion and acceptance of the visioning process.
- Uses the scope document from the visioning process.
- Moves the completely built acceptance system into a production system.
- Further changes to the approved scope document are accomplished via a Change Request.