CASE STUDIES


Learn how the New York Independent System Operator CIO and the Deloitte Consulting BRIDGES team use Metallect IQ to:

  • Cut emergency fixes by over 80%
  • Deprecate over 600 database tables
  • Search 15 million lines of Java and Oracle in seconds









Offerings » Impact Analysis for Public-Sector Software Projects

Development teams building software for large public sector projects face a unique set of challenges beyond those of traditional enterprise IT.  Project oversight is often funded and managed separately from the development contract.  Service level agreements call for strict schedule and budget adherence amidst a steady stream of new requirements and change orders.  There are millions of lines of pre-existing code to deal with and little time to bring staff up to speed. 

Development managers, project managers, and senior technical staff require tools and processes to help them manage and improve the efficiency of the development process by:

Reducing Staff Learning Curves

  • Search the entire codebase and database structure for both keyword and semantic matches. Searching 15 million lines of Java code is virtually impossible for most developers. Our clients routinely perform these searches in seconds, when they used to take hours.
  • Graphically browse the dependencies from UI to DB and everything in between. Making extensive use of reflection, factory patterns, or table driven architectures that make traditional dependency analysis useless? Not a problem. Our clients see the real dependencies and impacts in their software, not just the simple call hierarchy.


Eliminating Development Rework

  • Scope requirements and change orders accurately the first time by identifying all the impacts of a proposed change before that change is promoted to test. Using impact analysis, our clients virtually eliminate development rework due to scoping errors.
  • Identify and delete unreferenced database artifacts and code. Identifying unused code and unreferenced database tables and columns is one of the fastest ways to receive ROI from an impact analysis solution. Our clients deprecate tables and code with confidence knowing that even object relational mapping frameworks and DAO patterns are properly handled when determining real references.


Automating Controls and Reporting

  • Get more value out of your SCCM systems. Large projects produce a high volume of changes on a daily basis. By integrating with source control systems, our clients automatically discover changes as they happen, ensuring that dependency maps are accurate and up-to-date every day.
  • Enforce and audit SDLC processes. Process standards, whether they are internally developed or industry standards such as CMMI or RUP, are implemented most efficiently when supported by automated workflow systems. Our clients integrate impact analysis report generation, audit trail creation and even new work item creation directly into their existing process standards and workflow systems.

Metallect’s Enterprise Impact Analysis Solutions are providing these capabilities and more to some of the largest and most critical public sector projects in North America.