EP lite bootstraps you into the essential knowledge base of "best practices" with numerous practical templates to get you moving from day one. EP lite is the "Son" of EP focusing on the essential development activities to provide a simplified and more cost effective methodology.

EP lite is designed for the smaller engineering companies/departments who are looking for a cost-effective means of improving their development efforts and increasing productivity.

The EP lite™ methodology has captured the fundamental techniques through instructional guidelines, concrete examples, templates and check lists. EP is considered to be a "template and check list driven" development process. You will benefit from:

Increased productivity - through time-saving techniques, "boilerplated" templates, check lists and having an on-line methodology Increased quality - through quality inducing techniques (from requirements capture through to peer based unit testing) Increased visibility - by managing the development through the "eyes" of the process with in-built progress feedback loops Reduced risk - through the iterative development approach

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• Template driven - 64 highly "boilerplated" templates

• Check list driven - 34 lists of concise summaries to quickly check/refresh what needs to be done

• A comprehensive "toolbox" - of techniques, best practices and instructional guidelines - explaining "what" to do and "how" to do it

• Clearly illustrated using concrete examples - giving the most practical means of understanding

• Incorporating industry "best practices" - use case analysis, JAD session, CRC cards, design patterns, UML notation, hardware and software design walkthroughs, code inspections, iterative development and much, much more

• On-line and desk-top integrated - web access, including the launching of the templates into your third-party applications

• Designed to be tailored - with a work instruction, templates and a variety of tools to help you extend your methodology

• Available in three product lines - System, Software and Hardware development

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The EP lite™ methodology is an intranet application, with the templates in the native format of the associated applications.

Summary lists of the EP lite™ elements are provided:

Procedures - the "what" is required to be done, giving the overall process flow and context of the work instructions Work Instructions - the "how" to do the task with detailed instructions on the techniques and required details of the various outputs in the referenced templates (with examples) Templates - the ready-to-go "boilerplates" that give a major productivity boost to the team and ensures a consistent result across the company

Every procedure and work instruction has an associated check list. Check lists are a concise summary of the procedure/work instruction. These are a highly practical means of increasing the productivity and quality of your team efforts.

The EP lite™ methodology is an iterative development life-cycle with internal iterations and external releases. The process "road-map" is portrayed on EP lite™'s opening window by an extended "'V" model that represents a complete cycle for a single release. Follow this link to view the EPlite™ "road-map".

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Check out the following on-line details:

• What Some EP methodology Users Have to Say
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• Associated training courses

Please feel free to contact info@ss.com.au to find out about:

• Your nearest EP representative
• Receiving an evaluation copy (via email or post)
• Pricing, licensing, etc

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