IBM/ Utell International
Project Summary: Bespoke reservations system development with all the acronyms - RAD, JAD, DSDM
The original IT company. Amethyst has worked on bespoke systems development for external clients.
Consulting for the prestigious IBM Labs at Hursley Park, Amethyst was responsible for analysis and design deliverables of core sub-systems for a major international travel application; payments, reservations and database maintenance functions.
And those acronyms?
RAD - Rapid Application Development
- Systems development methodology created to radically decrease the time needed to design and implement information systems. RAD relies on extensive user involvement, Joint Application Design sessions, prototyping, integrated CASE tools, and code generators.
- As in client and developers working together to define and build systems which more closely meet the business requirements in a shorter time through collaborative working
