Our Agile principles, Lean practices, and experienced teams ensure your development initiatives deliver maximum value.
SolutionsIQ offers a flexible delivery model that scales to meet the needs of small, midsized, and large companies in a range of industries, including financial services, telecommunications, software, education, and government. Our Advanced Development Center in Redmond, Washington, is staffed with teams of senior development and software test engineers using the latest Microsoft and Java technologies along with Agile development processes to deliver commercial-grade software solutions.
Our Services include the following:
- Development of new business solutions and commercial-grade applications
- Project rescue for successful turnaround of stalled development initiatives
- Application platform upgrades to reduce overall cost of ownership for aging legacy systems
- Onsite expert evaluation of existing applications, technologies, and/or processes
Young organizations often find their initial proof-of-concept implementations don’t scale well, and soon become victims of their own success. If you’re unable to leverage existing resources to rearchitect and develop your next-generation system, SolutionsIQ can provide the engineering skills and development bandwidth to elevate your development project to a truly scalable, database-driven line-of-business application. Let us help you with architectural assessment, research spikes, system integration, and conversion/cutover operations.
Read more about our software development services below.
Our Engagement Model
Our Expertise
Our Methodology
Our Engagement Model
SolutionsIQ is a trusted partner in helping you address technology challenges, whether related to the business, processes and practices, software, or architecture.
We offer an integrated approach built on high-end engineering and Agile project management practices, and we tailor our working model to meet your needs.
A typical engagement would include the following:
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Needs assessment and planning. We begin by working with you to develop a mutual understanding of your need, underlying issues, and your preferred way of engaging with us. We work with you to identify the best approach for your needs, which could include outsourced software development, blended teams, technical staffing, consulting and training, teaching by example, and contract-to-permanent staff placement. Our goal is to deliver systems that you can operate, maintain, and enhance without further dependence on us.
This is typically a two-week effort that involves your key stakeholders and one or two SolutionsIQ personnel. Deliverables include defined business objectives, available skill assessment, budget, and expected return on investment.
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First delivery. We work with you to identify and deliver the quickest win possible — a slice of completed functionality that will immediately deliver business value. The team for this deliverable may include expertise in project management, architecture, user interface design, database, networking, testing, and QA. This effort usually takes one to two months and involves two to four SolutionsIQ personnel.
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Major project. At this stage we focus on more complete delivery to fully address the issues identified during need assessment. This may involve multiple releases over a period of time, teams of four to ten people, and a timeframe of three months or more.
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Transition plan. We work with you to develop and implement a plan that meets your long-term needs. This can include a transfer of responsibilities and/or members of our team to your team, or we can continue to fulfill ongoing engineering responsibilities.
Our Expertise
Premium outsourced software development from SolutionsIQ combines the following:
- Cutting-edge technologies, processes, and tools
- Industry expertise in .NET, Java, SharePoint, and Agile development practices
- U.S.-based senior developers working in a state-of-the-art Agile facility
- High-value, affordable outsourced development services
- Product owner training and Agile training for your staff as an embedded part of a development engagement
SolutionsIQ offers an onshore alternative for premium software development that extends the capabilities of your own team. Our state-of-the-art facility staffed with over 100 senior software engineers provides the following:
- Rapid startup and deployment when timing is critical
- Flexibility to adapt when requirements change
- An iterative development process that engages the customer directly
Our philosophy is to start strong, deliver value early and often, and end cleanly.
Our Methodology
SolutionsIQ employs a blend of Lean, Scrum, and Extreme Programming (XP) practices optimized for high-risk, high-return development projects. Our iterative, sprint-based approach gets us moving fast, allowing us to begin delivering production-ready software in a matter of a few short weeks.
We collaborate continually with the product owner, providing complete visibility throughout the project to ensure issues are resolved early, risks are mitigated, and waste is minimized. Hallmarks of our Agile approach include the following:
- Intense collaboration with you via continuous interaction
- Unique combination of Agile/Lean practices, including XP and Scrum
- Integrated Agile coaching and training
- Processes, practices, and tools adapted to your specific needs
SolutionsIQ methods reduce risk and deliver value early.
Benefits of Agile
According to interviews and analyses conducted by Forrester Research, the Agile approach yields the following results:
- 57% reduction in costs
- 62% reduction in effort
- 80% fewer critical defects, 60% fewer overall defects
- Improved productivity according to 93% of interviewees
- Improved quality according to 88% of interviewees
- Improved business satisfaction according to 83% of interviewees
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