Offshore Engage

Softleo Technologies has a fully functional development centre at Chandigarh, India. The development centre is a secure facility with restricted access and complete power back-up facilities. Softleo Technologies is maintaining a 24 X 7 structured network with branded servers & development machines, RAID-5 data back-up, secure firewall, scalable Internet bandwidth and licensed software development environment.

Softleo Technologies offers 100% offshore development services, where all the steps of the SDLC, right from initial requirement analysis to project initiation, design, development, testing and overall project management are accomplished at Softleo Technologies’s India development centre. However, depending upon project dynamics, certain steps of the SDLC like initial requirement analysis, final delivery and end-user training can also be performed at client sites.

Softleo Technologies firmly believes that effective communication between the clients’ and the development partner is must for the success of any project be it onsite, offshore or onsite/offshore. Another important criterion is the involvement of clients’ in the development life cycle.

The need for effective communication and client involvement becomes more pronounced in case of offshore and onsite/offshore development. Softleo Technologies strongly encourages its clients’ to be a part of the offshore development team during the early stages of the project.

Softleo Technologies has put in place an effective mechanism to ensure seamless communication between the client and Softleo Technologies’s offshore development team.

Softleo Technologies uses MS Project, Project Central and Share Point Portal Server based Project Management Application. The MS Project server is used for internal project management, the clients’ are provided with a login area, for them to monitor the project progress in real-time.
Softleo Technologies manages the communication between the client and offshore team using multiple methods like VoIP & IP Phones, E-mail, IM and Audio-Video Conferencing.
Softleo Technologies has comprehensive Risk Management, Change Management and Version Control processes to effectively manage offshore projects.
Softleo Technologies follows the use-case based or design-based iterative ‘Prototyping’ approach, where clients’ functional requirements are translated into ‘look and feel’ prototypes and modules, before freezing the project scope and proceeding with the development.
Softleo Technologies follows ISO 9000/SEI CMM benchmark quality standards in development life cycle, project management and documentation.

With Softleo Technologies’s offshore development, its clients benefit from Softleo Technologies’s available skill pool, quality processes and 70-80% savings on cost of development.

Prototyping

Softleo Technologies creates templates & prototypes along with the UML Class diagrams on the basis of the client requirements & preliminary discussions. The templates & prototypes cater for GUI Design, ‘look & feel’, Form layouts, logical flow of functionality, database design, etc. These templates & prototypes are submitted to the clients, for any changes, else approval. The iterations continue till requirements are finalized.

Softleo Technologies also creates an intuitive and comprehensive look & feel presentation of the finalized prototype, to explain the exact application/module functioning and workflow to the clients. The final presentation is done to ensure that clients’ business users have a visual experience & feel of the desired application/module, which helps in the better understanding of the exact functionality & any changes that can improve the user-friendliness of the desired application/module in an integrated environment.

Partner ODCs

Softleo Technologies also sets Partner Offshore Development Centres (ODC) for its clients, where Softleo Technologies enters into long-term offshore development associations with its clients.

Softleo Technologies establishes and manages an ODC, which specifically caters to individual client’s requirements, in terms of technical skill pool, processes, project management and infrastructure.

Depending upon client requirements, Softleo Technologies establishes an ODC infrastructure within its existing premises or separately, with hardware, software, network & bandwidth, requisite technical skills and project management tools.

The clients’ can involve themselves in the Project Management by being a part of their ODC at Softleo Technologies – India or can remotely do the Project Management using Softleo Technologies’ Project Management tools.

With Partner ODCs, the clients benefit from dedicated development services in the technology areas of their choice, tailored project management, cost savings…without any substantial up-front cost or investments.

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Summary How We Enage Methodology Outsourcing		Offshore Engage Softleo Technologies has a fully functional development centre at Chandigarh, India. The development centre is a secure facility with restricted access and complete power back-up facilities. Softleo Technologies is maintaining a 24 X 7 structured network with branded servers & development machines, RAID-5 data back-up, secure firewall, scalable Internet bandwidth and licensed software development environment. Softleo Technologies offers 100% offshore development services, where all the steps of the SDLC, right from initial requirement analysis to project initiation, design, development, testing and overall project management are accomplished at Softleo Technologies’s India development centre. However, depending upon project dynamics, certain steps of the SDLC like initial requirement analysis, final delivery and end-user training can also be performed at client sites. Softleo Technologies firmly believes that effective communication between the clients’ and the development partner is must for the success of any project be it onsite, offshore or onsite/offshore. Another important criterion is the involvement of clients’ in the development life cycle. The need for effective communication and client involvement becomes more pronounced in case of offshore and onsite/offshore development. Softleo Technologies strongly encourages its clients’ to be a part of the offshore development team during the early stages of the project. Softleo Technologies has put in place an effective mechanism to ensure seamless communication between the client and Softleo Technologies’s offshore development team. Softleo Technologies uses MS Project, Project Central and Share Point Portal Server based Project Management Application. The MS Project server is used for internal project management, the clients’ are provided with a login area, for them to monitor the project progress in real-time. Softleo Technologies manages the communication between the client and offshore team using multiple methods like VoIP & IP Phones, E-mail, IM and Audio-Video Conferencing. Softleo Technologies has comprehensive Risk Management, Change Management and Version Control processes to effectively manage offshore projects. Softleo Technologies follows the use-case based or design-based iterative ‘Prototyping’ approach, where clients’ functional requirements are translated into ‘look and feel’ prototypes and modules, before freezing the project scope and proceeding with the development. Softleo Technologies follows ISO 9000/SEI CMM benchmark quality standards in development life cycle, project management and documentation. With Softleo Technologies’s offshore development, its clients benefit from Softleo Technologies’s available skill pool, quality processes and 70-80% savings on cost of development. Prototyping Softleo Technologies creates templates & prototypes along with the UML Class diagrams on the basis of the client requirements & preliminary discussions. The templates & prototypes cater for GUI Design, ‘look & feel’, Form layouts, logical flow of functionality, database design, etc. These templates & prototypes are submitted to the clients, for any changes, else approval. The iterations continue till requirements are finalized. Softleo Technologies also creates an intuitive and comprehensive look & feel presentation of the finalized prototype, to explain the exact application/module functioning and workflow to the clients. The final presentation is done to ensure that clients’ business users have a visual experience & feel of the desired application/module, which helps in the better understanding of the exact functionality & any changes that can improve the user-friendliness of the desired application/module in an integrated environment. Partner ODCs Softleo Technologies also sets Partner Offshore Development Centres (ODC) for its clients, where Softleo Technologies enters into long-term offshore development associations with its clients. Softleo Technologies establishes and manages an ODC, which specifically caters to individual client’s requirements, in terms of technical skill pool, processes, project management and infrastructure. Depending upon client requirements, Softleo Technologies establishes an ODC infrastructure within its existing premises or separately, with hardware, software, network & bandwidth, requisite technical skills and project management tools. The clients’ can involve themselves in the Project Management by being a part of their ODC at Softleo Technologies – India or can remotely do the Project Management using Softleo Technologies’ Project Management tools. With Partner ODCs, the clients benefit from dedicated development services in the technology areas of their choice, tailored project management, cost savings…without any substantial up-front cost or investments.