Developing Solutions

Developing solutions is an ongoing process in a software environment, but the key to success is being effective in overcoming challenges and/or bringing additional benefits to an organisation. 

The research phase for any product is crucial - industry wide research from a range of user perspectives is needed if the product is going to have wider applicability and appeal.

Excellent Reputation

Our excellent relationships with more than 2500 customers worldwide allow us to solicit their input for future needs, taking into account the continual advancement in technology and the capability and integration potential with other systems. 

Translating user conversations and research into a series of product requirements takes significant effort and skill, in order to find the common elements that form the processes underpinning an application. 

As developers our duty lies in introducing capability available through the latest technology and to also review and update the underlying processes to make sure they continue to reflect best practice. 

Our Innovations staff prototype a range of options to see what can be done with a range of technologies in any given situation. Ultimately there comes a point to finalise requirements, and choosing the appropriate technology to deliver the desired application requres significant skill and experience in the decision making process.

Co-ordinated "Sprints"

In the design phase, Agile Design Methodologies are used to break the delivery of functionality into manageable chunks that can be designed, developed and tested over a fixed number of weeks (Sprints). 

Requirements work ahead of Design, before passing to Development, who work in parallel with Test to ensure that at the end of each sprint, the functionality provided is robust and ready to be reviewed for applicability as part of the overall design.

Design Reviews at the end of each sprint provides other disciplines with an insight into progression and how they need to prepare for it. Design Reviews provoke healthy debate and invariably results in changes being made to elements within the design. 

With results fed back into Development, adjustments can be made and the process repeated until all the sprints are completed and system level testing can be triggered. The first cut product is then made available to select customers for comment and review. 

Results from these Alpha and Beta tests are again fed back to Development to enable further adjustments, before the offering is declared fit-for-purpose and released into the marketplace.

Confidence in our Solutions

The Agile Methodology, together with our Product Lifecycle and comprehensive testing throughout for useability, functionality, data integrity and system integration, coupled with a robust defect management process, provides us with great confidence in the capability and robustness of our solutions as they enter the marketplace.

Find out more about how our solutions deliver results for our customers.