ODC@Work
Making software products is a knowledge intensive process. In fact one could go as far as saying that software is knowhow and knowledge that are bundled into a product. This is complicated enough as it is, but it becomes even more interesting if you want to do it offshore. That this can successfully be done is proven by coMakeIT. In the managed facility of coMakeIT software development teams works seamlessly with the customers. The results are outstanding, and this does not happen by accident.
Apart from setting up a well balanced team in one of the ODC models, coMakeIT offers a set of services that help turning the team into high performance offshore development team and to garantuee a successful offshoring implementation. The services are bundled as ODC@Work
Within the ODC@Work service we distinguish between a set of Governance Services to assure ongoing value creation of the partnership, and a set of Development Accelerators to turn your team into a well performing development engine.
Offshore Value Governance
Choosing the appropriate offshore model is one thing, but making sure that the model is implemented properly and that ongoing execution within the model is as expected is something else. We understand that for our partners the cooperation with coMakeIT only makes sense if at the end of the day it brings value to their business.
coMakeIT feels very strongly about the idea that true added value is only generated if the cooperation between coMakeIT and the customer is implemented as a partnership. The essence of a partnership type of relation is that there is trust in each other. Trust having the knowledge that there will be a dependency on each other, and trust that that dependency will result in long lasting mutual value creation.
This trust can only be generated if there is full transparency in the operations of the partner. That is the reason why coMakeIT has implemented the Offshore Steering Committee (OSC). The OSC gives full transparency in each level of operation, at each moment in time, for each decision to be made. The OSC assures that coMakeIT's partners are in the lead of each decision to be made, whether this will be a day to day operational, a tactical, or a strategical decision.
Development Accelerators
coMakeIT offers a set of supporting tools and methodologies that will help implementing and continuously grow the efficiency and output of the customers' team. Together with coMakeIT you can choose what in your situation can be used best, and to what extent. It will be especially beneficial to set up a growth path together with coMakeIT in order to implement the best balance at the best moment in time between integration of the team with your local R&D, and between independence and ownership level of the team. coMakeIT's Development Accelerators together with its ODC offering complete the solution for implementing a true Development as a Service (DaaS) concept.
Development as a Service (DaaS)
In the age of on demand computing where software itself is delivered as a service (SaaS) on top of platforms and infrastructures which are delivered as services (PaaS and IaaS), its highly recommended that the software development itself is offered as a service. Development as a service (DaaS) that coMakeIT is pioneering involves having the ability to scale up competent teams on a on-demand basis. These teams leverage the human capital development process that coMakeIT follows in setting up offhsoring teams for its customers. Development as a Service (DaaS) is achieved through coMakeIT’s development accelerators which are outlined below.
coMakeIT offers the following Development Accelerators:
coMethod™ (Development Process)
coMethod is the coMakeIT development methodology which combines Scrum thinking with offshore development challenges, giving you a complete set of processes, templates etc, to assure having full transparency into and output predictability of your team
Human Capital Development Methodology ARG™
ARG is a full Human Capital Development methodology, assuring that the right people will be hired for you, that attrition in your team will be low, and that the people will continuously grow in capabilities and maturity. It encompasses eg the processes of recruitment, training, appraisals, etc.
Software Factory Automation* (Tooling)
With coMakeIT's Software Factory Automation tooling it is possible to set up your complete configuration management of your development team integrated with your local R&D. It offers various ways of setting up your replication processes, build mechanisms, automated testing environments, call handling and much more.
coShare (Knowledge Management)
coShare is coMakeIT's web based collaboration portal which allows you to have your own collaboration environment between you and your team. It offers full possibilities to set up your own discussion forums, or take part in general discussion forums, Take part in coMakeIT's Knowledge Management area, use news flashes, share best practices, and much more