The right skills

• SDE offers a wide range of project experience, programming expertise, and development environments (see attached reference projects)
• Outsourcing via SDE provides access to a team of programmers selected, trained and set up to program in the software environment required by the client 
• Outsourcing allows your software development staff to focus on new product development, enhancements and core competencies

Proven communications

• Project management and programming in the US and Czech Republic. SDE’s Project Manager, Hynek Bures, works with each client to agree on task specifications and timelines, and to ensure timely delivery and implementation
• To supplement local project management, SDE keeps in touch as needed via video and phone conferencing, email and periodic visits. Incremental deliveries ensure adherence to specified design and timeline
• Electronic delivery which is secure, reliable and fast

The right price

• Proven world-class custom software programming and development at 40-60% of comparable US in-house costs. For a quotation on your project, please contact Jeff Smith, Director, SDE, Inc.
• Although programming is done in the Czech Republic, SDE, Inc., a North Carolina corporation, is legally responsible for all support, communications, contractual obligations and confidentiality requirements

Software Expertise of SDE

• Unix, Windows (NT, 95)
• C, C++, Java, Pascal, Protel, Smalltalk
• Firmware and assembly languages
• Neuron Data, XRunner, Rogue Wave Tools.h++ library, zApp
• Compiler - compiler technologies
• Translator software tools
• Object - oriented technology/analysis, operation systems, dB management
• Computer graphics, GUI design/development
• Automatic tools for testing GUI's (E.g., XRunner)
• Internet networking services, TCP/IP, HTML
• Mainframe systems and application programming (e.g., COBOL, Assembler)

How Remote Programming Works

Positive experience from SDE's work for one US client (ISDN provisioning and maintenance GUI) illustrates how projects might be organized:

Planning and analysis

• Requirement definiton - spell out and sign off on project specification and timeline. SDE project prime visit client at his stage to fully understand relevant guidelines on work to be completed
• Deliverables in three stages - Alpha (partially functional prototype), Beta (most functionality and documentation) and Gamma (fully functional product plus test results). Acceptance criteria, incremental deliveries, and partial payment schedules were negotiated
• Incorporate procedures for change orders and impact on timeline
• Assign project primes to handle communications, troubleshooting

 
• Implementation in C++ with object oriented paradigm
• Client-specific software packages with SDE's team needed to learn
• HP-UX for use on SDE's HP worksations (we also do PC mainframe programming)
• Client specified tools including Neron Data Open Interface, Mercury's Xrunner testing tool, CenterLine C++ and Rogue Wave tools

 
• Extensive reliance on Internet email, FTP, and other deliveries. Mutually agreed response times
• Weekly conference calls (six hour time difference MET and EST) between the two development teams
• Secure data transfer is ensured by limiting access to SDE Web site (for downloading code), plus email with encoded files and encryption algorithms to handle proprietary data. UPS service is available and requires just two days for delivery
• SDE project manager based in the US and on-call for problem solving