Methodology

It’s very clear and understanding factor to XEN Experts that every outsourcing projects cannot have a unified approach. Large projects must have higher level of processes maturity and internal complexity than small ones that can have no formal processes at all and still be very successful. But on the ground fact of process development both big and small projects must be thoroughly controlled at every phase of development to avoid failures.

XEN development team has been following from the first day wide set of well known Software Development Methodologies such as RUP, MSF and others depending on our customer requirements. XEN GlobalTech has been always ready to support Clients by giving the best possible solution, so the idea is to be as much flexible and transparent for our clients as possible. We understand that it is much easier for a client to work with a software development outsourcing vendor if it can tailor its processes to the form acceptable for the client, than to work with a company that demands to adjust client's processes just to follow some internal standard.
XEN on the requirement can spread expertise in process engineering for Clients to adjust their software development process to the most efficient variant.

XEN GlobalTech has extensive expertise in the following methodologies:

Rational Unified Process
Microsoft Solutions Framework

We have defined and institutionalized the minimal set of practices that are used in every project in one or another form:

Requirements management

Clear project requirements are the key point to be successful in offshore software development project. For this XEN follow the phase of Analysis and XEN has experienced Analyst sincerely involved in making the clear understanding and requirement gathering of the project as Analyst is person who acts as gate between offshore software development team and client.

Project management

a) Offshore team should know the points of contact on each side - who is the local PM, who manages the project on the customer side, who is responsible for the requirements clarification and so on.

b) There should be an agreement on project milestones, deliverables and deadlines. Both sides must know when it is expected to have deliverables. On the other hand, it is a good practice to split a project into several milestones for better transparency

Change Management

An ideal project is the project where requirements are stabilized before its start. But in fact we often have requirements changed during project execution that leads to additional risks, as far as new changes will affect system quality if they are not thoroughly controlled. Each new change of requirements must be deeply analyzed by the offshore Architect/PM/Lead developer before its implementation and integration into the system.

Defects management

New defects must be first assigned to responsible developers and then fixed. It is a good practice to use some defects tracking system for that purpose and for this XEN has its Quality Testing Labs with highly expertise Technology experts.

Configuration management

In each of the client relationships that XEN has entered into, we have consistently contributed to the identification and implementation of IT solutions that have clear and sustainable business benefits.

 Version control is also a very important point in every project. It helps to avoid problems when it is required to support different product versions or in the case of complex changes/migrations.

Our abilities in dealing with complex problems in IT business, in structuring our thinking and in reaching reasonable conclusions with the available facts and effective work done are critical for our company as a software development services provider. Looking at our case studies our clients are able to witness how we think about issues that arise and what kind of a business partner we can be.

We have vigorous practice to make sure that we are doing our job prosperously. Many our copartners say that dealing with us is valuable and informative for them as well as in helping them not only assess their business strengths and weaknesses but also define their professional goals.

We understand that in many aspects the offshore software development outsourcing model means a new business practice for the customer, full of hidden and explicit risks. So if you have any questions about how your project can be implemented by an offshore team, what challenges and opportunities it might bring for your business, please feel free to contact us.