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Start-Ups: Cost Effective
Application Development |
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| The Question |
| When StrikeIron, a
web services development company, considered expanding
its development team, it paused to consider the
alternatives. By hiring an entirely US based team,
they would need to allocate $100,000 per developer
and incur hundreds of thousands of dollars in liabilities.
The funding for their project would then cover only
40% of the necessary resources. How could they reduce
their expenditures and develop the product on time? |
Our Approach |
International IT Services provided StrikeIron the right answers to the right questions. We are solution driven, and provide a transparent methodology. We took the following approach in our engagement with StrikeIron:
| 1. Evaluate cost/performance alternatives of on-site versus off-site development. |
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Not all development can be done off-site. Development methodologies play a significant role in how a team needs to be structured. Our experience in RAD/Agile matched the development structure of StrikeIron. |
| 2. Provide an applicable reference. |
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Knowing that your development partner has done the work before will increase your confidence in their ability. We understand that, but we go a step further. We provide actual client referrals and consultations. |
| 3. Start with a low-risk pilot project. |
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We began our engagement with a GUI project that quickly grew to back-end functional areas. At each phase we evaluated our progress and continued with process improvements. |
| 4. Create a dedicated team. |
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Most managers at first feel
comfortable with only a project based engagement.
We offer the next generation of service—a
virtual, dedicated team. The people on the
initial project transitioned into a dedicated
team that works only for StrikeIron. |
| 5. Leverage 24 hour development cycle. |
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When your team is in a time zone 12 hours ahead of you, you can execute a number of productivity improvements. Development time can be reduced by up to 80% our experience shows. As you assign tasks they are undertaken as you leave your office, and the results await you as you return. Live communication is always an option, and you can structure work hours to best fit your schedule and needs. |
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| The Result |
| As Bob
Brauer, the CTO of StrikeIron put it: "We
started very informally, and now our outsourced team
does incredible work with weekly status reports."
Today the International IT Services team works on
the proprietary systems that comprise the StrikeIron
platform. Bob enjoys working with a dedicated team.
In Bob’s opinion his company is 80% more efficient
than if it were solely relying on a purely US team.
StrikeIron has benefited from a rapid development
schedule, a dedicated team and cost savings of over
50%. These advantages allowed them to stay in business
and thrive. By conserving its capital, the StrikeIron
team met projected goals. |
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“We were impressed to find a team so technologically advanced and eager to integrate into our development timeline.” 
“International IT Services has treated us with an unmatched integrity of service.” 
“Partnering with IITS strengthens our value proposition, increases our capacity, and reduces time-to-market for new products.”
"I wanted to partner with an organization that I could always count on to scale as I grew." 
"As an IT consulting company we needed a custom application development partner who could deliver on both Microsoft and Java platforms. We finally found one." 
"IITS integrated into our consulting services seamlessly. They helped us win several deals through their high quality .Net development and attractive cost reductions." 
"CanDo Benefits from IITS Flexible Software Test Lab - Flexible QA Lab Provides Software Developers Increased Quality Control" 
"Test automation helped telecom leader shorten time-to-market." 
"We needed a partner who could port and test hundreds of mobile wireless applications, and we selected IITS for their wireless mobile capability and their commitment to quality." 
