Softheme, a Ukrainian software outsourcing company, describes its best software outsourcing practices: software project life cycle, approach to outsourcing, project transition to outsourcing vendor, typical project activities, project quality assurance, and more.

1. Softheme Software Outsourcing Practices www.softheme.com

3. core capabilities, features, mission

4. Software Project Life Cycle and Approach to Outsourcing

5. Project Transition to Outsourcing Vendor

6. Information Streams

7. Project Activities

8. Team

9. Collaboration

10. Project Quality Assurancewww.softheme.com Outsourcing to Softheme™ Softheme: Software Outsourcing Practices

12. not saving on specialists and equipment

13. optimizing process and operations

14. programming

15. application development

16. web development

17. independent testing

18. offshore dedicated centers

19. academic knowledge + rich practical experience in the area of programming, project and business management

20. affordable services, transparent development process, intelligible consultations enabling to correct the product development plan

21. primary goal: developing business-successful software solutionswww.softheme.com Outsourcing to Softheme™ Softheme: Software Outsourcing Practices

23. it should be turned to a prototype attractive to investors

24. short-term contract

25. pool of resources experienced in various software technologies, as well as resources with string software architecture skills

26. able to account for changing and unstable requirements on the prototype development stagewww.softheme.com Outsourcing to Softheme™ Softheme: Software Outsourcing Practices

28. fixing bugs

29. adding features

30. an outsourcing service vendor provides a stable, self-managed and scalable team of real IT professionals

31. they will quickly get on the business domain area and on the technology side of the project developmentwww.softheme.com Outsourcing to Softheme™ Softheme: Software Outsourcing Practices

33. it requires ongoing maintenance and improvements

34. an outsourcing services vendor provides a team of software developers

35. they carefully study the application and apply required corrections, making sure regression bugs are taken care of

36. the product knowledge is maintained within the team and is documentedwww.softheme.com Outsourcing to Softheme™ Softheme: Software Outsourcing Practices

38. Best managerial resources are dedicated to provide support to the projects ‘in transition’www.softheme.com Outsourcing to Softheme™ Softheme: Software Outsourcing Practices

39. Project Transition to Outsourcing Vendor 2. Starting the project 3. Running the project www.softheme.com Outsourcing to Softheme™ Softheme: Software Outsourcing Practices

41. Information exchange with the customer is defined by and takes place through:

42. Points of contact

43. Communication channels

44. Issue tracking process

45. Tasks tracking process

46. Reporting process

47. Roadmap meetings

48. Getting feedback

49. Project meetings schedule

50. Submitting timesheetswww.softheme.com Outsourcing to Softheme™ Softheme: Software Outsourcing Practices

52. Technical specifications creation

53. Environment set up

54. Choosing appropriate tools

55. Creating schemas & diagrams, use cases

56. Defining code standards

57. Look and feel design

58. Development

59. Regular builds & QA

60. Presentations

61. Bug fixing

62. Deployment

63. Maintenancewww.softheme.com Outsourcing to Softheme™ Softheme: Software Outsourcing Practices

65. the project tasks are understood

66. the milestones / target deliverables are identified

67. the QA process is in placewww.softheme.com Outsourcing to Softheme™ Softheme: Software Outsourcing Practices

70. improves knowledge both in business domain and in technology

71. utilizes tools for code and documents version control, for project tasks tracking

72. produces appropriate utilization and status reports

73. communicates clearly and as often as needed to make sure the client has comprehensive information about:

74. project status

75. issues

76. questions

77. planswww.softheme.com Outsourcing to Softheme™ Softheme: Software Outsourcing Practices

78. Thank you! Questions? -> info@softheme.com 2010 | Softheme Team | Kyiv, Ukraine | Software Outsourcing Solutions www.softheme.com»Outsourcing to Softheme™