Having processes well defined and clear for all participants means that whole process runs smoothly and team plays together like an orchestra.
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Key arguments for process definition it being fast and predictable. No beurocracy.
Agile - a conceptual approach for creating software which consists from number of great methodologies. Main goal of all of them is minimizing risks by splitting development into series of short loops(iterations). Each iteration is basicly a small subproduct or feature.
SCRUM - to describe it in few words:
Benefits:
LEAN - core principles(rather self-descriptive, right?):
TDD - it is approach to implementation process when we write test first and then create code to make test work.
Benefits:
PMBOK. Yes it is huge. And we don't try to reuse it fully. But there are a lot wisdom that we use daily to build processes with harmony
Here are core processes that happed within each project in our company:
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When we start project we are discussing with you some questions like:
It is important for us to understand you better!
NOTE: Probably you don't have all this information - so we will help you find it and define. This information helps us to understand your needs deeper.
Result: On this step we identify the person(s) from customer side who will play product owner role and curate the project. Also we immerse in product idea.
On this step we define list of stories and making rough estimates. Based on them we can calculate budget and prepare proposal to you.
Here we create a description of main milestones.
Result: Proposal that contains:
To make your product more attractive we split design work in 2 phases:
Prototyping - creating "skeleton" of user interface quickly and defining flows, layouts and key aspects of interface.
Creating design - drawing graphics based on prototype with colors, illustrations, fonts, etc.
Result: using this approach you are starting to know how you product will look earlier, you pay less and work is done faster. No need to rely on designer subjectivenes!
Development happens in iterations and contains such processes:
HINT: Mobile development If you need mobile client - we offer a parallel development of application with deep collaboration of mobile and web teams.
Result: demo application and new features every iterations!
During the whole project we pay our attention to risks.
There are lots of them:
If risk materializes it produces time and money loss.
Managers and team work together to identify risks, find out risk triggers and search for ways to prevent or decrease risks and their impact.
Result: decrease waste of time and money
Engineers in this department are the professional in finding bugs. We think it is much better if this task is not for end user.
So we perform manual and automatic testing to make sure that product is reliable and works as expected:
In both cases we are managing solid test suit that can also play a role of documentation for software.
Result: high reliability of your product
Production infrastructure must be reliable and scalable(up to the needs).
We have long story of building systems, based on all major providers like Amazon, Linode, Rackspace, Digital Ocean and others.
From single server to 20+ servers.
With redundancy.
With scaling.
With backups.
With CDN.
With auto-recovery.
With smooth automated deployment process.
Result: 99,99% uptime
We offer, as usual:
In our company we use set of web instruments that help to provide high level of tranparency for our customers and maintain fast flow during development:
and lots more! see extended list of technologies
Gera ERP - ERP system, that we built ourselves.
It helps us to:
by providing space where we can managing employees, teams, projects, customers, invoicing, accounting, salaries, time tracking and reporting, and so on.
CI - continuos integration server. This is where you can see how many tests we've written.
Airbrake is the leading exception reporting service, currently providing error tracking for 50,000 applications with support for 18 programming languages.
Redmine - ticketing application. All information about project is there - tickets, bugs, wiki, etc. You are notified about everything, realtime.
Ruby on Rails® is an open-source web framework that's optimized for programmer happiness and sustainable productivity.
GitHub is the largest code host on the planet with over 21.4 million repositories. Large or small, every repository comes with the same powerful tools. These tools are open to the community for public projects and secure for private projects.
We use only the best hosting.
Wait a minute - we've written "pinch of creativity" above. This is not a mistake. People are the heart of the process. Right people who do right things on right positions.
Only in this case they bring creativity, performance and something human to the project.
Result: Get the project done. Get it done better than you've expected!
