Experimental case study - Notetech the complete service provider
The case
A software development company decided to develop and market a software product. For materialize a software product he /she require to design the product, develop the product, test the product, document the product, have to create a website for the product, do SEO of this website for getting lots of hits, corporate communication activities (press release, presentations, white papers, case studies, web site content), support and maintenance of the product after implementation. As the client targets the product development in a minimum budget he/she think to outsource the product development to India.
Background
Most of the Indian companies haven’t the resources and facilities to meet the varied requirements in software development life cycle. So only a very few companies have resources for product design, QA, documentation, corporate communication, Website maintenance, SEO, support and maintenance services.
The background - 2nd
Notetech put forward the proposal to the company of an offshore development center and to implement the project by the remote delivery and monitoring methodology.
The proposal - Notetech
- An exclusive team of professionals will be dedicated for the project.
- The Exclusive team composition required a team leader, Software engineers, QA experts, and technical communicators at Notetech facility.
- The work will be replicated daily on the development server. This will facilitate daily review by the client and know about the up to date progress.
- A project manager will be in charge of the project at the client’s facility in U.S.
The team at Notetech in India will work up to noon US time to have proper communication and coordination with the Project Manager of the client at client’s US facility.
- The hardware and software platform will be mimicked at Notetech to have the most reliable testing.
The prospected advantages for the client
- Notetech has a world-class development team which they could use as their own
- The Notetech team will act as an adjunct to the client’s facility.
- Notetech offers complete solution for all software development requirements.
- Client doesn’t need to depend other ODC s for getting QA, web site development, technical documentation and corporate communication.
- Post implemented support and maintenance
- Considerably lower cost of development with high quality technical manpower.
- The development team will work at Notetech to synchronize to noon US time which ensure daily communication.
- Effective development of 24 hours utilizing the time zone advantage.
- The US client need no hiring of manpower and hence no overheads.
Business Model - Operation Methodology
Client can propose any business model as per their convenience. Or clients have freedom to choose compatible business model from our preformatted business models.
Results
Cost Reduction
The financial benefits of offshore outsourcing have been appreciable - development, QA, Website, SEO, technical documentation, support and maintenance costs have been reduced considerably. The experiment found that Notetech’s management overhead is lower than that of many software companies. Most of the software companies over manage contracts by imposing additional project managers and unnecessary experts, which increases the overall cost.
Quality
Notetech has been extremely successful in consistently delivering high-quality applications on time and within budget. The Notetech team of high quality developers led by the project management team and the lead developer team of the client were able to provide international standard to the product.
Smooth Business Relationship
The business relationship has always been easy and smooth. The relationship has demonstrated that the balance of trust and control can deliver significant financial and management rewards.
Complete services & solutions
Since Notetech have all the resources to meet the varied requirements in software development, there is no need to approach different software vendors (ODC) to meet the requirements such as design, Development, QA, Technical Documentation, Website development, SEO, support and maintenance requirements.
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