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Miles IT

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About Us

Additional Project Information

Rapid & Fast Track Development

Relevant Links

Project Stages

Examples of Our Work

What's Included in Every Project

Raving Fans

Additional Information

User Experience Packages

Miles IT High Standards

Adoption Services

Ongoing Support Information

Our Standards

Additional Details About Our Project Approach

Additional Notes

Next Steps

Next Steps

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Important Assumptions & Project Risks

The following are important project assumptions and project risks.

  • The application is planned to be deployed in Miles IT instance of Microsoft Azure.
  • The software is planned to follow Miles IT High Standards. Unless explicitly included in the project, any efforts described in the “when your situation requires” sections of our standards will involve additional effort and cost.
  • The following are specific unknowns related to this project that could affect the timeline, cost, or vision.
  • Timeline: Our team will work closely with yours to lay out a plan that will allow you to cutover to the new system by your hard target of TBD.

If any of these assumptions are not valid, a change order to address the impact on the solution, timeline, or budget will be provided.

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Staged, Rapid, & Fast Track Approaches

Fast Track

Staged vs Rapid

Project Stages

Name

Description

Value

Miles IT team is assigned, analysis of requirements, high level technical architecture, Project planning and detailed user stories & success criteria first 1-2 months of development.

Ensure our team has an in-depth knowledge of your system, business, and needs and we have a shared vision and are set up for success!

Kickstart Release

You will have access to a staging version of your application, allowing you to test features and provide feedback even as we continue to build the system

Develop the system to fulfill the goals and requirements. Demonstrate workable areas of the system as they are completed.

Interactive Development

Preparing the system for launch includes environment setup, data import, configuration, beta testing, and finish work to get your system ready for launch.

The system and your organization are ready for launch!

Wrap Up Release

Once your system is launched, we will continue to focus on refinement and provide post launch enhanced support!

Launch & Post Launch Polishing

The system is launched and fully adopted!

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What's Included in Every Project

The following services are included in every project!

Quality Assurance

Security

Project Management

See All of Our High Standards & Services

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User Experience Packages

Tier

Most Applicable To

Value

Included Services

Typical Back-End Business Software Systems

Ensuring that the solution allows the visitors/users to accomplish their task at hand

  • Analysis of users goals and workflows
  • User Stories & Success Criteria
  • Follow Miles IT UX Standards

Standard

Pro

Business software with high usage or user base, business mobile apps, soft launch or POC dynamic / ecommerce websites

Improve visitor/user efficiency by reducing the steps needed to complete their task at hand and improving the ability for new visitors/users to learn.

  • Everything in Standard +
  • Design Requirements
  • Graphical Mockups (2)

Plus

Most dynamic websites, ecommerce solutions, enterprise solutions

Enhance user engagement and task effectiveness through advanced interface design and interaction features.

  • Everything in Pro, +
  • User Flow Diagrams (1-3)
  • Wireframes (1-5)

Premium

Software products, eBusiness, High profile websites

Maximize visitors engagement, increase conversion rates, enhance customer satisfaction (increase reviews/ratings), and provide competitive edge through superior design and user experience.

  • Everything in Plus, +
  • Interactive Prototype (1-10 Screens)
  • User Journey Maps
  • Personalized User Experience Strategies

Additional Services Available: A/B Testing, Style Guide Creation, Accessibility Optimization, Usability Testing, Continuous UX Improvement Plan

Adoption Services

Level

Most Applicable To

Our Approach

Miles IT will perform a proctored walkthrough of the functionality and address any requirements or items that are not working as defined in the Scope of Work. All other activities will be addressed through as a change order or one-time project incurring additional costs.

Simple systems that are not business critical and do not have many business users/stakeholders.

Basic

Miles IT’s project manager will perform an end-to-end walkthrough of they system, gather feedback (up to 10 items), prioritize the feedback with your primary contact, and perform up to 5 points of updates per month.

Small projects where minor adjustments pre and post go-live to the functionality, layout, or workflows will improve the launch & adoption of the system.

Level 1

Small and mid-sized projects where a greater emphasis on pre and post go-live feedback and adjustments will provide value in the launch & adoption of the system.

The approach is similar to level 1, but is allows for additional feedback budget (up to 10 points) and includes up to 2 releases per month.

Level 2

Higher adoption levels include additional budgets for feedback and additional project management services to ensure more complex launches hit the mark!

Mid-sized and large projects where alpha and beta testing and feedback are important for a successful launch and adoption.

Level 3+

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Ongoing Support

After your system has been developed, it is important to consider how you are going to support your system on an ongoing basis.

Miles IT can support your system through ongoing Support & Advance plans, which allows you to select from various services, including Helpdesk & Break/Fix Support, Miles IT Cloud Hosting Services, Proactive Security Services, Performance Analysis & Improvement, Proactive Tech Upgrades, and System Updates & Evolution. If you have or plan to hire in-house or 3rd party development resources to support your system, we can help through either a One-Time Transition Project or on an ongoing basis through our Stand in the Wings Plan.

We DO NOT recommend leaving your system unsupported. Your system can becoming vulnerable to security risks; disaster recovery & backups will be your responsibility, and expired certificates or deprecated technologies can cause your system to stop working.

It is important that we understand the plan for how you plan to handle support so that we can proactively approach our plans for deployment, knowledge transfer sessions, and other factors. The current plan is for Your Team to handle support after the development and adoption of the system are complete. If this changes, additional efforts and costs may be necessary.

Once the project is complete, you systems will no longer have an assigned team and your environments will be archived unless you maintain an ongoing software support plan with Miles IT.

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Next Steps

  • You will be provided with a login to our Customer Portal where you can further review the scope of work, and you will have the option to approve the proposal.
  • Once approved, we will assign a project team to work on the Vision to Reality stage of your project. Assignments are typically done 1-2 times weekly.
  • Upon assignment, your Project Manager will contact you immediately to schedule our kickoff meeting & begin our services.

Return to Project Plan

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About Our Team

We're Miles IT,

tech enthusiasts committed to helping people accomplish more through the consultative selection, design, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of business technology.

  • Est. 1997
  • 1,500+ Active Customers
  • 5,000+ Customers Served
  • 30,000+ Client Devices Managed
  • 400+ Full Time Employees
  • 300+ Industry Certifications
  • Nationwide & International Coverage
  • No Outsourcing

One provider. All things business tech.

We are the one company that can handle all of your business technology needs.

IT Services

Software

Marketing

Consulting

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You Request. We Respond. It Gets Done!

Average Response Time Under 51 Seconds

99.7% ProjectSuccess Rate

24/7 Live Support

We’re here weekends and holidays. Not even inclement weather stops us from providing Raving Fan support when you need it most.

We believe FAST communication is undeniably important for your team and ours.

Our job is not done until you are satisfied with the outcome and able to leverage your new solution to the fullest extent.

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Get ready to accelerate your business.

Bridge the gap between today and your company’s future with best-in-class software. We provide solutions to complex problems that deliver high value for our customers.

Interactive Development

Fulfill your vision of how your business should run. We work closely with your team to build the exact software system you are looking for.

Time-Saving Integrations

Streamline your systems to maximize capabilities and extend functionality.

Guaranteed Adoption

Implementation is critical to the success of your project. We’re here every step of the way, even after release.

Support & Advance

Get on-going support for new and existing systems. We’ll continue to look for ways your system can be improved to add even more value.

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We're here to help you

Software Consultants

Project Managers

Developers

UX Engineers

Helpdesk & Support

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Relevant Links

Our Website

Who We Are

Success Stories

Our Software Services

Story Points (How We Estimate)

Customer Reviews

Examples of Our Work & Customer Feedback

Case Studies

Video Testimonials

Our Google Reviews

Our Gallery of Work

Raving Fans

We LOVE the Miles Team!

Our support reps work with us closely to learn the ParkNSave system; they understand the customer base and the key objectives of our business every single day. Miles brings three critical components to the table: Collaboration. Cooperation. Critical Thinking.

Mara ReubenPresident, Park N Save

New York, NYCustomer Since 2015

Raving Fans

If you want a company that's responsive, that's knowledgeable, fun to work with, attentive to your needs, easily adaptable, and eager to innovate and find alternative solutions, you want Miles.

Kim LuccheseCFO, iMedview

Saugerties, NYCustomer Since 2018

Raving Fans

It’s important that our customers understand we are at the forefront of technology. Miles IT helps us continue to manage and update our platform. Their ability to give input on how to make your business better is huge.

Dan BattistaCEO, Factor4

Broomall, PACustomer Since 2016

Standards

Here is a link to view our high standards.This document provides an overview of the high standards that you can expect from our team as part of our standard approach. We also have listed additional services or approaches that we can take “When your situation requires”. These services require additional cost unless already explicitly included in your proposal.

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Additional Notes

  • This proposal is good for 30 days after it has been presented to the customer.
  • Unless otherwise explicitly specified, all meetings as part of this scope of work will be held via web conference. Onsite meetings can be scheduled through a change order with additional cost.
  • Anything not specified in this scope of work can be completed via a change order or separate proposal with additional cost.

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we're here to help

Software Consultants

You have an idea of how your business should run. We’re here to listen, provide options, and take your concepts from vision to reality.

what's included

Security

We take application security seriously. As part of our high standards, we have developed a set of security standards for sensitive data handling, in-transit data encryption (SSL), password encryption, application security, organizational security, platform security, and infrastructure security. When your situation requires something more, we can provide additional services as outlined in our high standards document.

what's included

Project Management

As part of our standards, we have a project manager assigned to your project with the responsibility of defining and maintaining a project success plan, including key milestones, target dates, and work that is pending, in-progress or complete. We will work with a primary point of contact on your end to provide a real-time project board showing milestones, target dates, open items, and project status. For projects that involve more than one release, we monitor and review the project timeline and budget with you to coincide with each release. We will lead status calls every other week during development and 1-2 times per week during the Adoption Program.

staged vs. rapid development

Staged Development: Increases Timeline Between Stages

Rapid Development: No Delays Between Stages

When following our staged development approach, we assign the development team once the development stage order is approved. This can result in small delays between the completion of the Vision to Reality stage and beginning of development.

When following our rapid approach, we immediately assign our development team and submit approval for demo releases through the entire project. We will handle adjustments to the budget through change orders. In the event you put a hold or stop the project, you will be responsible for all work completed, plus cost for pre-allocated resources that cannot be re-assigned.

  • Get the work done quickly
  • Maintain a high level of quality
  • Apply a cost effective number of resources
  • Minimize disruption to your staff

Both our staged and rapid approaches allow us to:

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Helpdesk & Support

Incidents can happen at any time. We provide 24/7/365 support so you never have to wait for a solution. You Request. We Respond. It Gets Done!

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Project Managers

We take full responsibility for directing your project from start to finish and keep you involved at every step through our interactive planning and development process.

staged vs. rapid development

Fast Track

We also offer fast track options, whereby will apply resources beyond cost effectively levels while maintaining the same high level of quality. This typically decreases the timeline by 30%, while increasing the cost by 50%.

  • Get the work done quickly
  • Maintain a high level of quality
  • High cost resource allocation
  • May cause more disruption to your staff

This approachallows us to:

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Developers

Our goal is to provide the most ROI for your organization, whether that means building a brand new custom solution or integrating features into your existing systems.

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UX Engineers

The best software solutions are the simplest to use and understand. We ensure your software not only has great features but is great to use.

what's included

Quality Assurance

There will be a person assigned who has the responsibility of performing business logic confirmation, which includes validation that the system accomplishes each user story/requirement & documented success criteria using Google as the browser (chrome). For work that is done as part of a release, we also perform regression testing of critical areas that are defined as part of release procedures and reviewed with you. Our technical lead will perform code reviews prior to each release.