Can consulting firms have a SEP engagement?
Yes. Consulting firms are expected to use the SEP on all Commonwealth projects, and we want to do all we can to help them succeed. Consulting firms planning to bid on a Commonwealth project or who are currently engaged on a project are encouraged to contact us. I am an IT services provider who is preparing a response to an RFQ. Now that the SEP templates have been removed from BSCoE’s Web site, how do I determine what deliverables are required in order to comply with APP001 (BSCoE)? The BSCoE SEP does not mandate any particular set of deliverables. Deliverables should be responsive to the needs of individual projects, and should be enumerated in the RFQ (or RFP) as well as within your proposal. The SEP is an iterative software engineering process, configured to meet the unique needs of each project. The SEP does not change the fundamental software development disciplines (Business Modeling, Requirements, Analysis, Design, etc.), only the way in which they are executed. The final set of
