Learn how to get onshore development at offshore prices.

1. Onshore Development At Offshore Prices
Presented By:
Razi Mohiuddin
President, Iron Speed Inc.
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2. Onshore vs. Offshore Development
Onshore = On site
Face to face
Impromptu, water cooler discussions
Offshore = >50 miles away
Infrequent contact
Phone calls
Time zone differences
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3. Onshore Development Benefits
Agile Development
Iterative
Incremental
Collaborative
Feedback
Results in…
Usability built-in
Tested incrementally
Deploy Implement
No false starts
Test
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4. Onshore Development Benefits
Expertise
Close interaction with Domain experts
In some cases, domain experts can build apps
Developers understand the user’s environment
Extensions can be made quickly
Long-term retention of expertise
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5. Onshore Development Benefits
Constant Lifecycle Improvement
Every Application has a lifecycle
Business Requirements change
Minor maintenance should be minor
Major maintenance should not require relearning
or a new team
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6. Onshore Development Benefits
Better Quality
Not because offshore developers are bad…
It’s the Agile Development that is good…
Based on constant feedback
Continuous testing
Constant improvement
Q
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7. Onshore Development Benefits
IP & Data Protection
Easier to enforce IP within boundaries
Customer & Proprietary Data kept internal
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8. Onshore Development Benefits
R&D Tax Credits
Language
Political / Financial Stability
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9. Offshore Development Benefits
Cost
Projects may not be done otherwise
Project Cost vs. Benefit
High internal billing rates
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10. Offshore Development Benefits
Resources
Insufficient in-house resources available
Juggling too many projects
Project management stretched
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11. Offshore Development Benefits
Special Expertise Required
Legacy technologies
Alternate frameworks
Early adopter technologies
One-time use
Not to distract existing team
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12. Offshore Development – Requirements
Detailed specifications before estimation and pricing
Clear deliverables
Training and Documentation
Post Launch Application Support
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13. Offshore Development – Watch For
When 1 FTE ≠ 1 FTE
Difference in definitions
“senior” = “junior”?
QA = fair weather testing
Experienced Project Managers, Inexperienced
developers
High turnover or constant rotation across projects
Training ground
Long-distance issues
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14. The old adage…
Software can be…
On time
On budget
On quality
…pick any two
Or all three…
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15. Iron Speed Designer gives you…
Onshore Time
Onshore Quality
Offshore Price
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16. How?
 90% of data-centric business applications have the
same underlying features…
Display, filter, search, sort and paginate
Add, update, delete, show
Reporting, charting, dashboards
Notify, workflow
 Use regular patterns to generate common code
 Customize layout using familiar interfaces
 Customize behavior using familiar methods
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17. How?
 Codeless Custom Applications
 Visual stunning
 Consistent
 Secure
 Integrated
 Pre-tested
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18. Iron Speed Designer can…
Deliver applications is a quarter of the time
Agile Development
High Return on Investment (ROI)
Customized to your business needs
Visually appealing
Using the latest in security
Running with your environment (e.g., SharePoint)
Well tested
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19. Why use Iron Speed Designer?
Application generation = acceleration
 Speed application development
 Cut software development costs
 Reduce testing time
 Simplify maintenance
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20. What does Iron Speed Designer do?
"I can honestly say that Iron Speed Designer does cut your development time by more
than half. … That's how productive I think the tool makes our developers."
— Robert Rivera, Development Manager, Los Angeles County Health Department
Use Iron Speed Designer for
 Business process automation
 Reporting and tracking applications
 Workflow and scheduling applications
 Rapid prototyping
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21. What does Iron Speed Designer Generate?
Iron Speed Designer generates Web applications…
 ASPX pages
 C# and Visual Basic code-behind files
 Data access layer
 Stored procedures
… straight from your database.
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22. Application Development Philosophy
Coarse Tuning
•Application Generation
Database Preparation
Application Wizard
•Configuration
Menu Wizard
Application Security Wizard
•Customization
Page Layout
Formulas and Code
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23. Thank you!
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