Software Outsourcing Methodology

      Requirement Analysis.

      Gathered Information evaluation and decision-making.

      Contract development and signing.

      Develop offshore outsourcing strategy.

     Communication on regular basis along with the project status and transactions.

      Project development management.

      Testing and Implementation.

      Maintenance and Support.

      Maintaining long term business relationships.

Human resources are one of the most vital resources in any business organization and so does it count a great deal in software outsourcing. This, commonplace, is doubly true for a company providing intellectual services. Our well-knit team comprises of qualified and goal-oriented professionals. Link3 Solutions Ltd assures an in-depth understanding of customer’s requirements and challenges and suggesting a creative approach by providing innovative solutions owing to the Staff qualification and experience.

Our developers work closely with your project staff using today's most productive technologies, including a full range of UML-based design tools, as well as the more traditional tools in common usage.

Are you are an independent consultant with strong domain focus or a software company? Exploring avenues to work together, sharing risk and revenues, interests Link3 Solutions Ltd today and always. Send an email to izia@link3.net and we will get back to you within two business days with our plan for offshore software outsourcing partnership.

We differentiate our software outsourcing model from other 'software factories' on the basis of close interaction with the client. While other software companies have little coupling with clients because specifications are 'thrown over the wall', our offshore outsourcing model is interactive and is based on a global team concept where few team members or client IT staff works with client to define requirements, review prototypes and manage scope changes. Link3 Solutions Ltd’s offshore team is responsible for execution of project at low cost keeping up the quality standards.

Software Outsourcing Quality

Quality is an ever-expanding goal - the better you are, the better you need to be and one needs to live up to getting better.

Your best bet to assure the performance of any software without sacrificing on deadline and resource utilization would be Outsourced software quality assurance. In any case, Design and development usually get a lot of attention while putting software together. In an event to rush to market, what usually gets sacrificed is quality.

Success is a journey and not a destination. Likewise, improvement of quality process is infinite, and marked only by milestones, never by completion! At Link3 Solutions Ltd, We realize the significance of quality and in order to fulfill our goal of self-evident quality, we constantly improve our deliverables to match the increasing expectations of our customers. Standardization is the key to overall growth and thus we periodically review and enhance our SOP (Standard Operation Procedures) to move towards standardization.

We continuously upgrade ourselves by conducting periodic quality training sessions of coding standards, best coding practice, documentation standards and quality assurance to enhance the performance of all employees.

If I had 8 hours to chop down a tree, I would spend 6 sharpening the axe. - Abraham Lincoln.

Software Outsourcing Delivery

IT industry is synonymous with quality at great speed and affordable prices and therefore, there is a tremendous pressure on Today's IT professionals to maximize the software project deliverables, at the same time, control costs and manage risk and compliance. However, there is a major challenge to deliver business value from software outsourcing point of view, because:

Our delivery model starts with understanding your business and further we seek to build strong offshore working relationships that deliver results.

Offshore Outsourcing Application Development Process

• Feasibility Analysis - Feasibility is one of the most important aspect of any project. An application or product that is feasible at one point in time, may become infeasible later. Identifying the possible future scenario, technical and economical feasibility study is conducted to decide goal and development requirements.

• System Analysis and Prototyping - System analysis and prototyping is done based on client requirements. Functionalities and user interface design is done at this stage.
• Implementation - Based on system analysis and prototypes, coding takes place.
• Testing - Requirement testing and product testing is done after implementation.

OutSourcing Questionnaires

Your questions about, how does outsourcing work?

Outsourcing is a leap of faith for most: after all, it’s difficult enough to hire talented people where you are, so how can you trust someone you’ve never seen or spoken to? We understand your concern and consider building this very trust as the basic building block of a good relationship.  

A few of your questions would be:

Q -1. How will I assess your skills without losing too much time or money?

We encourage you to give us a small module or project just to test our skills. We’ll do it at no cost to you – if it takes longer than a week, we’ll charge you lesser than our hourly rate so you can evaluate us without loosening your purse strings.  

It’s most important for us to build good relationships with our customers – the money is secondary.

Q - 2. How does the time zone difference affect all of this?

India is GMT+5.30, which means we’re 9 and a half hours ahead of EST and 12 and a half hours ahead of PST. (We do not change time for daylight savings here in India, so in winter the difference becomes 10 and a half, and 13 and a half hours respectively)

The difference means that we work as you sleep, which could be to your benefit. If you send us with a spec when you leave your office, a large part of it could be implemented when you check in the next morning.  

Of course, this time difference also means that if there are any doubts or clarifications, they need to wait a day to get clarified. To avoid this, we suggest arranging meetings online (say a chat on ICQ, or even a conference call) in the morning as per your time – we’ll stay late so that things can proceed smoothly.

Q - 3. What do I need to do?

Outsourcing requires some work on your part too. The specifications would need to be clear and detailed. Communication from both sides has to be constant – we will mail everyday even if it is to only say, “Done”. Some of the other things that are to be considered are code reviews (for you to see how we code), code transfers (backups, version source), FTP or HTTP sites for data transfer and bug reporting (we have a format for this).  

Q - 4. What about payments?

If we bill you per hour, we will send you time logs of work done every week. We can also work on a man-month basis, where you pay a fixed priced per developer per month or on a fixed-cost basis, where we give you a quote for a project.

Payments could be once a month or, in a fixed cost scenario, spread across milestones of a project.

Q - 5.  How good are your Communication Skills?

One more aspect to consider is our communications skills: a concern you will have when contracting work to remote developers. We speak English at our office and are very comfortable in both the written and spoken forms of the language. Communication with our clients has almost entirely been on email - so we give you a guarantee that you will get a reply for any email within 12 hours on weekdays and within 36 hours on weekends.

We aim to make our communication lucid and precise – it should leave no doubt in the mind of the reader. This leads to a benefit in time – if something is clearly understood, then the development can proceed faster.

Our focus is on sculpting better relationships with our clients - we provide unconditional support for all our software, including the free components and the code we distribute.

If you like what you have just read, please don't hesitate to contact us. We can give you a cost proposal, references or other details that you may need. We can work together towards a good partnership.