2. Introducing APRO Software
APRO Software is a nearshore outsourcing and custom software development provider
10 years experience; 50+ full time staff; 3 locations in Europe
We deliver professional software development services:
Offshore or Onshore
Fixed Price Assignments or Time and Materials
Across multiple industry sectors
We focus on the customer experience through:
A strong partnering and collaboration approach
High standards in process and quality assurance
Thinking creatively with a can do attitude to solving problems
Our clients engage us to:
Augment their existing development teams
Deliver a specific software application
Replace their current outsourced development partner
HEADQUARTERED IN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
MAIN DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MINSK, BELARUS
3. Our Services
BUSINESS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CUSTOM MOBILE DEVELOPMENT DATA WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE DEV OUTSOURCING
DEVELOPMENT OF BESPOKE
BUSINESS SOFTWARE THAT IS
TAILORED TO YOUR PROCESSES
ASP.NET
PHP
JAVA
MS OUTLOOK
IBM NOTES
MICROSOFT SHAREPOINT
DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINES
WHICH USE ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE PRINCIPLES
PATTERNS RECOGNITION
MACHINE LEARNING
IMAGE RECOGNITION
PROFESSIONALLY DESIGNED AND
DEVELOPED MOBILE
APPLICATIONS FOR ANY
PLATFORM
IPHONE APPLICATIONS
ANDROID APPLICATIONS
WINDOWS MOBILE
BESPOKE MOBILE WEB
CLIENT SPECIFIC DATA
WAREHOUSING SOLUTIONS TO
FACILITATE BUSINESS
INTELLIGENCE
BIG DATA
AUTOMATED DATA WAREHOUSING
STORE, REPORT AND ANALYSE
DATA MIGRATION & INTEGRATION
OFFSHORE AND ONSHORE
OUTSOURCED DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES FOR BUSINESS
FLEXIBLE COMMERCIAL MODELS
NEARSHORE DEVELOPMENT
ONSITE DEVELOPERS HOURLY RATES
BASIS
EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE
4. Our Client Approach
Opportunity Identification
Formal RFP
Direct Customer Contact
Confirm Requirements and Scope of Work
Response to requirements
Statement of Work produced and agreed
Prior to Contract
Confirm technical requirements and timeframes
Confirm the right resources with customers via interviews / CV’s
Project Kickoff
Preferred customer methodology
Project Initiation Document – Communication plans and Success Criteria
Status meetings and Regular Communication
Account Manager assumes Project Sponsor role
Project Manager assumes day to day reporting and progress
Weekly reports and calls
Delivery According to Project Plan
Phased / Prototype / Go Live / UAT
Quality Assurance
Final Signoff
6. Project Examples
BUSINESS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
WE CREATED A NEW SMS APPLICATION FOR T-MOBILE
BACKEND SERVER SOLUTION INTEGRATED TO T-MOBILE SERVICES
SOPHISTICATED USER INTERFACE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
COMPLETED IN .NET
"Thanks to APRO we could see our expectations for the
Message Analyzer product come into life. We especially value
the technical expertise of the team and their overall innovative
approach to creating solutions.”
Pavel Tuma, Product Manager
SMS SOLUTION
WE DEVELOPED AN EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT AND SEARCH
SOLUTION WITHIN OUTLOOK DELIVERED ON A CLOUD PLATFORM
THE SOLUTION WAS DEVELOPED IN .NET FRAMEWORK AND UTILISES
SQL SERVER WITH FULL ENCRYPTION. THE SOLUTION ALLOWS THE
CONSULTANT INSTANT ACCESS TO POWERFUL SEARCH AND
VISUALISATION CAPABILITY. THE SOLUTION WAS INTEGRATED TO
WINDOWS MOBILE AND BLACKBERRY ENTERPRISE SERVER FOR
MOBILE FUNCTIONALITY ON THE GO
BESPOKE OUTLOOK APPLICATION FOR RECRUITMENT
WE CREATED A NEW WEB USER INTERFACE FOR A COMPLEX
CALCULATOR PRODUCT USED BY SALES AGENTS WHEN SELLING
INSURANCE PRODUCTS. THIS REQUIRED IN DEPTH ANALYSIS OF
EXISTING FUNCTIONALITY AND DYNAMIC DESIGN TECHNIQUES. WE
DELIVERED XAML INTERFACES AND CREATED PROTOTYPES WE
TESTED WITH END USERS BEFORE CONNECTING TO CORE DATA
SERVICES. THE SOLUTION WAS DELIVERED ON TIME AND BUDGET TO
350 USERS
INSURANCE SCHEME WEB CALCULATOR
WE DELIVERED A WEB APPLICATION INTERFACE FOR PROCESSING
ORDERS. THE SOLUTION WAS INTEGRATED INTO IBM BACKOFFICE
APPLICATION
“The created web application helped to enable access to data in our
internal system for external parties, either customers or suppliers,
thus greatly improving all processes related to car order
management.”
Michal Bašta - Application Analyst,
LeasePlan ČR, s.r.o.
VEHICLE ELECTRONIC ORDER MANAGEMENT
7. Project Examples
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
DATA WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT
WE DEVELOPED ENGINE WHICH USES PREVIOUS SALES DATA TO
FORECASTS THE AMOUNT OF INVENTORY NEEDED BASED ON
CERTAIN ATRIBUTES LIKE WEATHER, ECONOMIC SITUATION OR
DEMOGRAPHICS.
THE ENGINE USES MACHINE LEARNING PRINCIPLES TO IMPROVE ITS
FORECASTS.
PATTERNS RECOGNITION, MACHINE LEARNING, NEURO NETWORKS
WE CREATED IMAGE RECOGNITION ENGINE FOR PRODUCT CALLED
PROTANK. PROTANK IS TELEMETRICS INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR
EFFICIENT ORGANISING OF FLEETS.
THIS ENGINE WAS USED FOR AUTOMATED RECOGNITION OF
GARBAGE CANS TYPES WHEN THEY ARE PICKED UP BY TRUCKS.
IMAGE RECOGNITION
WE DEVELOPED A NEW CENTRAL DATA WAREHOUSE FOR THIS
LEADING REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. WE DESIGNED,
DEVELOPED AND DELIVERED THE NEW SYSTEM BEFORE CREATING A
FUNCTIONALITY FOR MIGRATING DATA FROM A NUMBER OF LEGACY
SYSTEMS
"We have been cooperating with APRO Software for several years. I
highly value their input in creating our data warehouses. APRO
represent a guarantee of delivering and meeting all requirements
placed by
Orco Group.“
Lucie Němečková, ORCO Property Group
CENTRAL DATA WAREHOUSE
WE DEVELOPED A SOLUTION TO COLLECT DATA FROM MULTIPLE
SYSTEMS AND DISPLAY IN CENTRAL SYSTEM FOR INSPECTORS TO USE
“We have cooperated with APRO company for a long time and
together we have completed several projects, simply because the
people at APRO know how to externalize our visions and bring them
to reality. APRO is a company with a truly professional approach to its
customers and it always fulfills our assignments.”
Karel Pavlicek- IT manager of Peugeot CZ
CENTRALISED DATA SYSTEM
8. Project Examples
CUSTOM MOBILE DEVELOPMENT
WE DEVELOPED MOBILE APPLICATIONS FOR THIS LUXURY BRAND; IT
INCLUDED PRODUCT INFORMATION, CAMPAIGN IMAGES AND
INTERVIEWS AND PERSONAL SKETCHES. WE DEVELOPED AN
ALGORITHM TO QUICKLY DISPLAY HI-RESOLUTION IMAGES AND
INTERACTION TO SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS AND SMS. OUR BRIEF
DEMANDED HIGH STANDARDS IN DESIGN AND USER EXPERIENCE.
IPHONE AND IPAD APPLICATIONS
WE CREATED A NEW MOBILE APPLICATION THAT OFFERED
ADVANCED SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL FUNCTIONALITY FOR USERS
SEEKING INFORMATION ON COMPANIES DETAILS. WE DEVELOPED
THE ABILITY TO KEEP A LIST OF FAVOURITE SEARCHES WITHIN THE
APPLICATION. OUR APPROACH TO DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT HAS
LED THE CLIENT TO ENGAGE OUR SERVICES IN NEW PROJECTS
IPHONE AND IPAD APPLICATION
FITHPLAY SELL SAMRT ENERGY Solution. WE HAVE DEVELOPED FOR
THEM MOBILE APP WHICH PROVIDES FLEXIBLE AND SIMPLE
CONTROL OF PLUG CONSUMPTION. THE APPLICATION WAS
DEVELOPED IN 3 VERSIONS: FOR IPHONE, IPAD, ANDROID AND
WINDOWS PHONE 7.
IPHONE, ANDROID, WINDOWS PHONE
WE HAVE DEVELOPED A TABLET SOLUTION WHICH MAKES
INSPECTION IN WAREHOUSES EASIER . IT IS REPORTING SYSTEM FOR
INSPECTORS.
ANDROID
9. Project Examples – Software Development Outsourcing
ARTICDEV OUTSOURCING
AARIXA IS A SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY IN BELGIUM. THEY
REQUIRED US TO PROVIDE THEM WITH JAVA DEVELOPERS FOR A
PROJECT WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION. WE PROVIDED STAFF
FROM OUR BELARUS OFFICE TO WORK WITH THEM IN BRUSSELS. WE
ORGANISED ALL WORK PERMITS AND VISAS AND OUR TEAM
DELIVERED THE PROJECT OVER A PERIOD OF 6 MONTHS
JAVA DEVELOPERS – EUROPEAN COMMISSION
INNERWORKINGS IS AN IRISH COMPANY WHO PROVIDE AN
INTERACTIVE LEARNING PLATFORM. WE PROVIDED THEM WITH 6
SKILLED DEVELOPERS UTILISING .NET, C#, HTML5 AND JAVASCRIPT.
“We’re delighted with their aptitude and skill sets. Their
communication with us has been focused and productive. In
a very short space of time, we’ve come to feel that they are
part of InnerWorkings and have almost forgotten that they
work with APRO Software.”
Robert Brady – VP of Operations
WINDOWS PHONE, AZURE AND WINDOWS 8
FIFTHPLAY DEVELOP INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR ENERGY
MANAGEMENT IN BUILDINGS. WE PROVIDED A TEAM TO CREATE AN
END TO END WEB PORTAL WITH SOCIAL NETWORKING UTILISING
KANBAN METHODOLOGY. THE MAIN TECHNOLOGIES WERE ASP.NET,
MVC3, MS SQL, JAVASCRIPT, CSS.
“It looks really great, thank you! I am very impressed from
your team achievement during time we work together!”
Mihail Mihaylov, Fifthplay, Project Manager
4 DEVELOPERS WEB PORTAL PROJECT
WE DEVELOPED A SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING USER INFORMATION
AND MANAGING USER ACCESS FOR AN ADVERTISING SOLUTION. WE
PROVIDED AN ANALYST AND PROJECT MANAGER TO AID IN
SOFTWARE PLATFORM SELECTION. WE THEN PROVIDED A TEAM OF
JAVA DEVELOPERS TO CREATE A SYSTEM FOR STORING USER DATA.
THE SYSTEM REQUIRED A HIGH DEGREE OF SECURITY, MULTILINGUAL
CAPABILITY AND LOCALISATION. WE HAVE CONTINUALLY
WORKED WITH THE CLIENT TO UPDATE
THE APPLICATION.
ADVERTISING SYSTEM FOR WIFI NETWORK
10. Successful Outsourcing with APRO
COMMUNICATION
SETTING
EXPECTATIONS
RIGHT TEAM
QUALITY
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
COMMUNICATION
TESTING
DOCUMENTATION
QUALITY PROCESS
DEVELOPMENT
METHODOLOGY
