'IT Professionals like to be at the cutting edge, working on next year’s project or code. Maintenance centers on last year’s efforts. Outsource it and you will have the nearest thing possible to happy IT professionals in house. The service your users, internal or external, receive will also improve, partly because there are people focused on it who don’t resent it, and partly just because there are people focused on it.'
-Paul Davies
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To address the problems with software offshoring, we have developed the Overpass method of project management. This method is designed to give you, as the client, 100% transparency into the development process at any time. You can address all development concerns as they arise.
When you start a project with Overpass, you are given access to an online collaboration website. Through this site, you and the other project owners will be able to see:
- All developer conversations through a secure forum.
- All recorded Skype conversations and meetings between developers.
- All source-code as it is being developed.
- Up to the minute project progress (milestones, delays, etc).
Also, using the site, you will be able to contribute (using a Mr. X pseudonym) by;
- Making comments on design or code.
- Answer any developer questions as they arise.
- Catch wrong developer assumptions early.
Using this method, you can also have your local developers make comments on the code and ensure that code standards meet the standards of your organisation.
Because you always have access to the source code in our source-code repository, you can discontinue the project at any time if you feel that our developers are not living up to your standard. You simply pay for the work that has been done to-date.
The Overpass Software development methods are very simple, but also very unique. Take a look around the web and you will find that the flexibility of our approach is set to revolutionise software outsourcing.
With the Overpass method, you have more control over the software project than you might have with developers in your very own building.
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