Overview of Offshore Software Development
Cost arbitrage, access to technology and availability of skilled resources are some of the most attractive factors why more and more companies are now leveraging offshore software development. Offshore has also gained a lot of traction because companies are able to cut down their time to market by outsourcing their software development to an offshore partner or by setting up an offshore center. Countries like India are really a hub to many companies in the West. In fact, India's software revenue is set to touch $5.8 billion in 2017, according to a report by Gartner.
Validate Vendor Credentials
Do due diligence on the prospective offshore development partner about their specialization, size of the company, the development team, their previous clientele and in general their goodwill in the market.
Evaluate the Expertise
Evaluate the technical expertise of the vendor. Offshore software development company should have complete understanding of full spectrum software development. If you are specifically looking for web and mobile app development partner, make sure that they support you across the product lifecycle right from consulting, conceptualization, architecture design, frontend and backend development and testing.
Get Clarity on Development Methodology
Increasingly more companies now want to go to market faster. Therefore you should ensure that youroffshore development partner follows Agile methodology and is aware about Scrum, XP, Kanban and other Agile / RAD frameworks. Agile methodologies have seen widespread adoption in the last few years because of advantages such as iterative development, faster time to market and collaborative development.
Cost Projection
Ask your prospective offshore software development partner for a quotation of the total cost of the project, factoring in costs due to scalability requirements in the future, if any.
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Talk to our Experts!Why TO THE NEW is your Perfect Offshore Software Development Partner?
We help product companies and enterprises with full spectrum offshore software development
We have exhaustive experience and expertise in offshore software development services. TO THE NEW is committed to deliver top-notch quality services on-time and on-budget with world-class technology and highly skilled resources.
Expertise in web and mobile app development
TO THE NEW has helped customers globally to turn their product vision into market reality. We have built 200+ applications leveraging technologies such as AngularJS, Grails, Java, Hibernate, Node.js, MEAN Stack, Drupal, Android, iOS and partnering with companies like Google, Amazon Web Services, Adobe and Acquia. Our center of excellence is well-equipped with using latest tools such as Selenium, Appium, Docker, Jenkins, Ansible, Chef and others. Some of our work includes e-commerce portals, chat engines, educational websites, media and entertainment applications, OTT platforms, smart tv applications, real-time applications and many others.
We follow multiple engineering best practices that include
- Test Driven Development where we ensure product testing after each of the multiple short development phases
- Microservice driven architecture
- YAGNI principles for Lean Code and Design
- Automation of Delivery pipeline keeping up with our DevOps and Agile practices
- Continuous testing which ensures faster time to market, lowered costs, greater bug traceability and better build quality
We follow Agile best practices for onboarding and project management
Most offshore software development companies face problems in onoarding a new client due to issues in timezone, communication, understanding and so on. However, with over a decade of offshore project management experience we have overcome these challenges and follow best practices to onboard a new client. Trust, transparency and effective communication are the pillars of our foundation. Some of the best practices include:
- Discovery workshops with client for solution approaches
- Detailed communication process and plan for the project duration which includes daily stand-ups, iteration planning meetings, requirement clarifications, feature kickoffs and more
- Sprint planning and Team planning for providing project clarity to the client
- Foster 2-way communication for complete transparency with progress notifications, regular co-locations, complete access to development teams and code repository
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User Experience Design
Design discovery followed by prototyping, usability testing and visual design
Custom Product development
Intuitive frontend interface development and robust backend development for various products leveraging multiple frameworks
Web Content Management
Seamless contextual experience by providing content management solutions. We are preferred Acquia and Adobe partners
Mobility and Smart TV
Application development for iOS, Android, Roku TV, Apple TV, Samsung TV and other platforms
Automated Testing
Test automation using tools such as Appium, SeeTest, Selenium and others
Devops Services
End-to-end pipeline automation for leading cloud platforms
Big Data
Meaningful and actionable insights from data and analytics
Cloud Managed Services
24/7 support and managed services including preventive maintenance, reporting and problem management
We leverage various technologies and tools covering entire gamut of product engineering from UX to Cloud Managed Services.
Design Discovery | Persona Mapping | Prototyping | Usability Testing | UI Design
Angular | Express | Bootstrap | HTML | CSS | Polymer | React | Node.js | Express.js | Grails | Spring | Hibernate | MongoDB | MySql
iOS | Android | Roku TV | Apple TV | Android TV
Drupal | AEM | Wordpress
Hadoop | Cassandra | Spark
AWS | Microsoft Azure | Docker | Chef | Jenkins | Puppet
Selenium | Appium | SeeTest | Cucumber
24*7 managed services and support
