PMO – Signalement

It can be a problem in software development, if the customer gets exactly what he originally ordered. It is often not what he needs. In a world moving at Internet speed is the customer’s requirements subject to ongoing review, ie. developers must hit a target that moves. Each project is unique and depend on the nature and size of the team.
 
Requirements Specification
 
 Of course it is fine if the customer has a finished and complete specification, but the most common is that he only has an informal description of the desired system. It therefore begins by asking the Eastern European company developing specification on a separate initial contract of limited size. It also gives the parties the opportunity to test each other and get a sense of how future cooperation will work. It will often be necessary that an Eastern European specialist spend some days with the customer to understand the requirements for functionality, documentation, testing, etc.
 
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The first draft – Preliminary Vision Document – addressed belts with e-mail ping-pong and possible. a workshop, and is – according to customer acceptance – the approved Vision Document. It is important to make this process carefully. This avoids problems since.
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The specification is the customer’s property and may – if you wish – is used to provide work to other subcontractors. While one would choose not to work on this eastern European company (we have not yet seen), they all still delivered full “value for money”.
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Offers: fixed price or time & materials
 
 
 
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With a complete product specifications, both parties have a firm foundation to build on, and the Eastern European business will often be able to give a fixed price for the job.
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Before the contract for the system development is concluded, it is common that the customer want to visit the Eastern European partner to get a better impression of the company. It is only a few hours flight. Some use the term “Offshore”. For Eastern Europe, it is more accurate to speak of “Near Shore”. The Eastern Company and Astenit helps formalities such as visa, airfare, hotel, etc.
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Systems
 
 
 
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Most of our partners are CMMI and / or ISO9001 certified, ie. they have a firm grip on the process and extensive experience in estimating a development process. This ensures getting the job done on time and price. The system evolution is controlled by the customer wants it. Some customers want a very structured program such. described in the document Software Development Process. Others want an Agile methodology. We have, for example. a Danish Offshore Development Centre (ODC) in Kiew, as requested by the customer is controlled, not by a requirements specification, but by frequent and long phone calls. Project management can be very straight from the Danish customer, if desired. The reporting is done by the customer so requests, often once a week. If it is suitable, you can also embed the project on a web site that only the client and the developers have access to. Either way keep the customer close touch with what is going on. Astenit partner uses the evolution of the customer. If the customer has no special requests, then development partner its own process see eg.
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If the task has a minimum extent, it is common that you meet for reviews under way in Denmark or in Eastern Europe. It attaches very close contact throughout the process to ensure that nothing derailed. The switch is facilitated by the fact that there are few hour flight. There reprocessed often so close relationships that the client eventually consider the development group in Eastern Europe as an integral part of its own business.
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The system is tested by the partner as agreed and the customer. Bugs addressed by the partner. It is also common to the customer during the process, some change requests carried on Time and Material basis. Developing a system is like hitting a moving target. During the process, both parties wiser. Fortunately.
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If desired, comes Eastern Europeans like to Denmark to deliver the system and training in its use.
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Maintain
 
 
 
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If the customer wants it, you enter an agreement for maintenance of the system.
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It is common that the customer wants to preserve the accumulated expertise and experience and includes a long-term agreement on an ODC. This could help to keep the team intact, and new projects are now simpler, faster and cheaper to boot.You do not need the introductory exercises again.
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The development work is done in close cooperation with the customer ie. development is a learning process rather than a commissioned work. There is a strong emphasis on personal communication. The customer is withdrawn in team discussions are fast and frequent release of partial solutions. Methods / Tools:
 
 
 
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Agile: Scrum, eXtreme Programming
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UML, RUP
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MS Project.
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Increased software complexity in conjunction with an increasing number of platforms makes quality assurance of software companies’ products to one of the biggest challenges facing software companies face today.
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Altoros every day to help companies around the world to ensure that their products are scalable, stable, secure and running at maximum possible performance. Our team of quality experts conduct detailed analyzes to identify and locate problems / bugs, like the tutor your business, how to implement effective usability testing process.
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<h3 class=”western” style=”margin-top: 0.21cm; margin-bottom: 0.21cm;”>We offer</h3>
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Tests to ensure that applications, modules or systems meet the desired requirements (Black Box testing)
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Test to ensure that an application or system can handle the load and determine a specific load level of the system (Performance Test)
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Tests that examine how an application performs on different platforms
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Genetic testing for debugging
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Comprehensive security testing to ensure that applications or systems are secure from attack, intrusion or data leakage
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Review of documentation, such as user manuals, specification descriptions and user surveys
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<h3 class=”western” style=”margin-top: 0.21cm; margin-bottom: 0.21cm;”>Benefits for your company</h3>
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A team of highly skilled developers in Eastern Europe
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Many years of experience in quality assurance of software, including usability testing, unit testing, black box testing, white box testing, stress / load testing and code analysis
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Ekspertise.NET (C #, ASP.NET, Silverlight, WPF, etc.), Ruby on Rails, Adobe Flex / Flash, Java, PHP, etc.
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Evi works with a unique assessment tool that motivates our employees to constantly improve themselves, following the employee’s development and helps developers to increase efficiency
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Contact us if you want to offer your customers stable, scalable, secure and fast software
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