See also: Hermes (homonymy)

HERMES is a general method of project management, which is based on the German V-Modell . HERMES was designed by the Swiss federal administration and is in développment constant.

Introduction

Following the example governments British and German, the Swiss Confederation developed its own method for better managing its computing projects. This instrument, which bears the name of HERMES, has been used by data processing specialists and project managers for soon thirty years.

The method is very general and can be adapted to good of another fields (primarily by adapting the vocabulary). The HERMES method underwent major revisions into 1986,1995, and was entirely re-examined in 2003. The data-processing unit of strategy of confederation (USIC - Informatikstrategieorgan Bund ISB) is responsible for its evolution. The Luxembourg government chose Hermes like method of development data-processing in 2005.

HERMES 2003: a method adapting to the size of the project ( tailoring )

HERMES 2003, control and course of projects in the field of communication and information technologies (TIC), are an open standard of the Swiss federal administration and offer a comprehensive solution which meets the present needs for a project manager. The tailoring remains responsibility for the project manager, who is however guided in the step of adaptation according to two aspects: - the category of project: a project is characterized by its " importance" , its associated size or risks - the type of project: many types of projects are possible (development of an application, migration… the Hermes method supports two of them by providing a specific reference frame for each one:

  • the system development (" Hermes DS" , 1st type of project laying out of a reference frame)
  • the adaptation of systems (" Hermes AS" , reference frame appeared in 2005)

In order to support the tailoring of a reference frame, the method has since 2006 of a software support " Hermes PowerUser" whose code is open.

The improvements of the method are supported by the USIC and controlled by Hermes Group" , an open committee of experts resulting from private, university world and federal authorities.

External bond

  • complete documentation is available in French and German in line

  • Lien towards the data-processing unit of strategy of the confederation, organization responsible for the evolution of Hermes]
  • Annonce by the Luxembourg government of the choice of Hermes for the future developments.
  • Bond towards the software " Hermes PowerUser"
  • reception Page of Hermes Group.

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