Get Ideas to Market with Design Workshops
n a MontaVista Design Workshop experienced MontaVista consultants help development teams properly plan projects and give them more control over the development process. Design Workshops are designed to help development teams bring ideas to market more rapidly while safely helping them move toward a Linux strategy and development platform.
Sample workshop elements
- Defining/prioritizing project requirements
- Identifying usable open source code to leverage
- Identifying new code development required
- Hardware evaluation and component risk assessment
- High level project work breakdown structure
- Rough estimation of project effort
- Initial draft of project schedule
- Documentation of project considerations
- Prioritization of project components
Benefits
- Reduce design risks by tapping into best-in-class project management skills and techniques
- Jump-start development efforts and streamline project management tasks, reducing time to market
- Expand development team's skillsets on Linux design and development, and participating in the open source community
Jump Start Development Projects
For development teams starting a Linux project, but who don't know how to begin, or those who are developing custom hardware and want to bring it to market with Linux, a MontaVista Professional Services Design Workshop is the ideal starting point.
This 3 to 5 day workshop helps teams jump start their critical development efforts, ensuring that they have considered all of the options and risk before embarking on development. MontaVista consultants can help guard against going over budget and missed deadlines by working with development teams to scope designs and put together a realistic and achievable project plan to minimize time to market while minimizing development risks.
Extend The Linux Expertise
MontaVista Professional Services consultants perform an assessment to quickly understand the team's project requirements and to develop a plan customized for the specific design. In a facilitated setting, the Design Workshop then engages the team in an advanced planning session culminating in a comprehensive project plan that can serve as a roadmap to the success of the development project.
Minimize Risks While Safely Making The Move to Linux
MontaVista's Product Development Workshop brings expert input to development projects to help identify risks and locate areas where teams can better leverage open source. Experienced MontaVista Linux project managers and technical consultants deliver estimations, work breakdown structure, and scheduling. Participating in a Design Workshop enables teams to learn about Linux design and how to work with the open source community. They gain access to MontaVista Reference code and are able to assess risks associated with porting Linux to their custom hardware. MontaVista and the Design Workshop provide teams with the confidence and expertise needed to take their Linux-based projects to market.