SDLC

We operate in a unique way amongst our peers. All of our staff members (600+) have passed through our rigorous training programmes. They are trained in specific technologies, and we take their comprehensive English language and understanding skills a step further. As we operate as a matrix organisation, each technology group is set up to support others to pool our resources across multiple technologies to provide a complete development service.

We know that you need to have a rigid (yet flexible when needed) project methodology to make IT projects successful. Whilst others have been working under the formal methodologies such as Waterfall, Scrum, Unified Process etc. or a combination of them, we have only ever used Agile since inception in 2002. Why is this? The way we work on a time & materials basis gives complete transparency on what work and tasks are being done. Agile requires both client and supplier to be working in unison, constantly interacting and checking completed work on an iterative basis. With our advanced online project management system, DS Projects, we can give you access to one of our development servers to see the work as it is being done. Our Agile project methodology means that we will be looking to our clients to confirm our work as we move on to the next task. This eliminates doubt so that clients understand the development process and any challenges that need to be faced and overcome. There has recently been a perception that projects under the more rigid and traditional project management methodologies suffer from a lack of quality. We have been working with our partners at the well known IT Consultancy at Gartner® to refine our processes to consistently deliver high-quality web and mobile development projects that provide added business benefits to your organisation.

Our PHP developers have extensive experience of 5+ years of handling complex projects, both custom and CMS based. With the great familiarity of the common frameworks such as CakePHP, Yii and Zend, we can take your requirements and build a custom site or application to that specification. "With more than 1000 delighted clients from around the world and more than 2000 websites and applications built, we can draw upon a vast reserve of knowledge and experience to make sure that your PHP project is fully understood, developed and maintained, both now and in the future. With our Project Managers, all experienced ex-developers, you can be assured that you will be kept entirely up to date through our online Project Management System with the ability to peek at our development servers so you can see your new site or application; being born!

With experienced developers from back in the day of ASP Classic still working with us, we have the unsurpassed knowledge of this Microsoft technology. From developing custom CRM and business process systems to configuring Microsoft Dynamics, we specialise in delivering breakthrough systems and sites that give the added impetus to your business that allows it to grow. As you might expect, we are also masters of the Umbraco content management system and Microsoft's SaaS SharePoint. Scalable resources mean that the optimum Team size can be applied and revised as and when needed.

Our work doesn't necessarily stop when the project has been delivered. We have innovative ways to support our clients in maintaining and upgrading their sites and applications throughout their entire life cycle. We feel that maintenance contracts are becoming ineffective and unsustainable with the rate that technology is now moving at. With our "Buckets", you can be assured that you will only be paying for work done and nothing else. We offer various pre-paid hours that can be held against your account, and we'll deduct from them as the work is completed. In keeping with our policy of transparency, these can be monitored through our online project management system. Updates will always be provided by the same developer who worked on the original project, ensuring that no legacy knowledge built up by them is lost and maintaining the all-important relationships. Hence, you know you can turn to us in an emergency (and let's face it – emergencies do happen after all!)