Reducing Offshore Software Development Risk by using AgileCollab.

Released on = August 25, 2005, 4:57 am

Press Release Author = Vladimir Vlasyuk

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = SoftAge, a leader in Ukrainian agile software development, today announced the launch of its AgileCollab methodology, created to make offshore development more effective and less risky.

Press Release Body = AgileCollab perfectly adapts the speed, flexibility and precision of agile techniques for off-site development. This combines best practices from the Extreme Programming and Scrum, thereby enabling flexibility in handling requirements, short release cycles, client interaction and team communication.

SoftAge has utilized the tools to support continuous integration, automated testing and issue tracking, configuration management environment and multiple means of communication that enable easy implementation of AgileCollab.

AgileCollab exposes clients to agile methodologies and practices through applied agile practices. Some examples are:

- Incremental Development Approach: rapid prototyping and start, phased delivery through progressive builds of the solution.

- Continuous integration: automated master build process, self-testing code, integration testing where all processes are automated, Scrum-based visibility meetings.

- Communication: customer representative, daily teleconference meeting, online collaboration with web-based tools, documenting discussion threads.

- Software tracking and control: integrated bug tracking, client-specific branching, reported bugs, product backlogs and status reports.

AgileCollab reduces project risk by enabling visibility into the development process and responsiveness to evolving requirement, and allows delivering high quality software in less time and using fewer resources. Who should consider doing offshore agile development using AgileCollab? Companies that require a process that is flexible and responsive to changing business user requirements but want to take advantage of offshore outsourcing benefits as well. “We needed visibility into living development process and we have found that
visibility working with SoftAge. We have real-time status of new feature development and full control over development. The communication and workflow is nearly seamless, without taking up too much of our time,” said Roman Khmil, managing director of Source Valley.
About SoftAge. Based in Kiev, Ukraine., SoftAge was founded in 2003 with a mission to dramatically increase quality of software development and to improve relations with customers. The company's leadership in the practical application of Agile methods allows its people to deliver higher quality solutions more quickly and cost effectively, while
giving client total transparency and the most complete control over the development team possible. For more information about SoftAge, visit the company's Website at http://www.softage.com.ua.

Web Site = http://www.softage.com.ua

Contact Details = For more information:

Vladimir Vlasyuk, Chief Business Officer
SoftAge
86D Bozhenko str.,
03150 Kyiv, Ukraine
Tel: +38 067 509 0232
Fax: +38 044 492 9694
Tel. +38 067 509 0232
vladimir.v@softage.com.ua
www.softage.com.ua