Accenture Delivery Suite

Standard methods, tools and architectures for high-quality solutions delivery

Accenture Delivery Suite Creates a Forum for Global Collaboration

Clients come to Accenture for reliable, proven solutions and services delivered as cost-effectively as possible. They come looking for ways to translate Accentures experience, high-quality standards and innovation into their improved performance. Accenture has built a strategic delivery model around these client imperatives. The model is global, collaborative and capable of delivering high-quality, highvalue business and technology solutions to meet each clients specific needs and priorities. This global model is successfully implemented through both our local client teams and our network of delivery centers. The intellectual backbone of the model is the Accenture Delivery Suite. The Accenture Delivery Suite distills the collective experience of our professionals working around the world into a set of proven methods, tools and architectures, which together provide common parameters to enable our global teams to deliver consistent solutions. The resulta cohesive, virtual project team delivering reliable, quality solutions on time and at a lower cost.

Accenture Delivery Methods

The Accenture Delivery Suite distills the collective experience of our professionals working around the world into a set of proven methods, tools and architectures.

While no two clientsor even two client projectsare alike, most share certain characteristics. And, while no two peopleor project teamsapproach a solution in the same way, most can benefit from Accentures previous experience, translated into consistent approaches that improve productivity and quality and set the stage for successful solutions delivery. Accenture Delivery Methods can help drive consistency and quality, save time and money and keep our peoples focus on the unique challenges and innovation opportunities a solution may present. Our methods also enable us to draw upon professionals from around the world as needed in a collaborative effort, establishing a universal language and environment that helps people get their bearings quickly so they can begin contributing immediately. Whether building a custom or packaged-based solution, Accenture Delivery Methods focus on both what work needs to be done and how it can best be accomplished. Industry-standard terminology underpins the methods, which encompasshow deliverables and roles should be approached; what needs to be produced; what skills are needed to do the work. They also include standard transition points to enable smooth hand-offs between locations and teams, and guidelines for planning and managing distributed work. The resulta strong yet flexible framework that gives diverse, global teams the ability to overcome challenges of time, distance and language to deliver a reliable solution built upon Accentures deep skills and knowledge capital at an optimal cost.

Accenture Delivery Tools

Technology has always been central to nearly everything Accenture does. As we have worked with various technology applications and vendors over the years, we have explored different ways we deliver effective solutions to our clients at a high value. Whether a clients requirements are driven by budget, function or a specific brand, Accenture can draw upon a broad and powerful set of technology tools to craft the right solution. Our toolset, comprised of both commonly used vendor-provided tools and internally developed Accenture tools, is designed to address key points across the development life cycle and equip our professionals for end-to-end solutions delivery. From requirements gathering through development, testing and deployment, the delivery tools help support client project teams with industry-shaping applications such as SAP as well as emerging technology such as Web services. With these robust applications as a foundation, we have built tool-specific assets that enable us to perform on all fronts when it comes to building and integrating a solution. Vendor selection guidelines help teams find the right tools faster. Recognizing that not all projects needs are identical, the guidelines define project profiles and a set of recommendations that addresses various project types and criteria. In building each profile, we work to provide tools that work well together and within the Accenture Delivery Methods. Our integration approach reflects both our experienceevident in our practices, guidelines and templatesand our vigilance, demonstrated by our ability to track requirements throughout an implementation. Our attention to detail on the back-end is complemented by our commitment to front-end users. Intuitive user interfaces and pre-configured toolsets integrated into one easy-to-use portal of the Accenture Delivery Tools Workbench can dramatically reduce the time client teams need to start using and benefiting from Accenture-powered solutions.

Accenture Delivery Methods can help drive consistency and quality, save time and money.

Accenture Delivery Architectures

Like our methods and tools, our reusable delivery architectures translate knowledge and experience into proven approaches that can speed adoption of newer technologies and provide better support for developers looking to deliver high-performing solutions consistently and reliably. At Accenture, we understand that a new solution only delivers value if it can seamlessly and successfully bridge legacy systems and future innovations. A solid architecture determines the applications overall performance, stability and maintainabilitywhich are critical when you are relying on an application to enhance overall business performance. That is why our delivery architectures comprise structured application frameworks and reusable components to provide guidance on how to enhance an applications performance and set the stage for future upgrades and innovations.

Our technical architectures provide a strong base from which to start every custom delivery project across a spectrum of needs. The Accenture Delivery Architectures cover the most demanded Web-based platforms including: Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE): Accenture provides several offerings to jumpstart application development on the J2EE platform. Our two most requested offerings are the Accenture Platform Accelerator and Accenture General and Reusable Netcentric Delivery Solution (GRNDS). These two reusable architectures provide assets and tools required to expedite development on all J2EE technologies, including BEA WebLogic. The Microsoft.Net Platform: Avanade, a technology business we co-own with Microsoft, built Avanade Connected Architectures for .NET (ACA.NET) to support development on the Microsoft.NET platform. By using ACA.NET, Accentures clients reduce development time and testing efforts by up to 1,000 workdays, decrease risk and improve the reliability and overall quality of their application environment.

Bringing the Elements Together to Deliver High Performance

At Accenture, we believe our individual skills and knowledge are strengthened and stretched when we work closely with our colleagues and our clients. We have built our Accenture Delivery Suite upon that collective knowledge to give us a proven basis for global collaboration. Through Accenture Delivery Suite, our methods, tools and architectures, we can deliver to clients the solutions they need to achieve the high performance they seek.

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About Accenture
Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Committed to delivering innovation, Accenture collaborates with its clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. With deep industry and business process expertise, broad global resources and a proven track record, Accenture can mobilize the right people, skills, and technologies to help clients improve their performance. With approximately 90,000 people in 48 countries, the company generated net revenues of US$11.8 billion for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2003. Its home page is www.accenture.com.