Competitive Analysis

Competitive Advantages At a Glance

• Attractive rates
• Customer involvement & communication
• PMP certified local managers (PMI certification)
• Implemented development and QA process
• Technical Excellence (Sun and Microsoft certified developers)
• Experience with complicated projects

What are the differences?

Eliminating Risks. Softwarium understands that managing offshore software development projects is a complex and risky undertaking. To eliminate these risks, we have taken the extraordinary step of having professional project managers on staff. Your project will be handled by an expert team lead by a senior project manager who has been certified by the Project Management Institute (PMI) as a Project Management Professional (PMP). This team, along with our experience and proven processes, offer you the benefits of offshore development without the risks.

Communication and Customer Involvement. For offshore software development projects to succeed, it is vital that there be clear communication and customer involvement at every stage. To provide superior communication, we have a dedicated Product Manager on every project. This Product Manager represents the customer within the development team and is a vocal customer advocate. Softwarium Product Managers are always available by email, phone, IM or whatever communication medium you prefer. All Product Managers are English-speaking and understand the culture of our customers.

Transparent Processes. To make development process transparent and increase customer involvement, Softwarium uses principles of emerging industry standard - agile development. Advanced collaboration software allows us to keep all project information, including the latest source code, up to date and available for immediate review. Our customers have constant access to schedules, documents, bug-tracking and risk-tracking systems, discussion archives and source code for their products. Softwarium also delivers products in small increments to provide high visibility and early access to new features.

World-class Talent at Attractive Rates. Many companies employ foreign project managers, which drives up costs. Softwarium relies on highly skilled local resources only. Our professional team adheres to management practices defined by PMI and those found in the SWEBOK, CMM and ISO documents. Our team includes technology leaders for each major domain who are responsible for continuous education programs that keep our team abreast of current technical trends. All technology leaders are either Microsoft or Sun certified developers.

Location. Softwarium is strategically located in the Ukraine, an emerging technology center. Companies in the Ukraine offer lower rates than offshore developers in other parts of the world. The Ukraine has the fourth largest number of IT specialist in the world. Its connection with Europe and the West make it an ideal place to find an outstanding offshore software development partner.