Espire is flexible to align/fine-tune its development methodologies with those of the client(s). Espire's flexible approach ensures delivery of quality product and service, on time and within budget. To suit varied customer requirements, Espire practices various development models:
- Waterfall
- Agile Unified Process
- Extreme Programming
- Scrum
Espire selects the most appropriate development model for each client/ assignment by assessing several parameters:
- Scope of work
- Project size and complexity
- Dependency on time, cost and location
- The client's preference
Each project is executed within the Espire's project management framework. For each project, a Project Manager is identified, who is responsible for all the project management activities within the project.
- Structured and Proven Approach of Software Development
- Less project Management Effort because All the planning need to be done at front
- Different Skills people required at different phases
- Provides well-written and approved documents at different phases by all the relevant stakeholders
- Progresses linearly through discrete, easily understandable & explainable phases
- Easy to understand & follow
- Offers an effective change management process, and continuous performance measurement & analysis
- Facilitates better concerted interaction between geographically diversified development, delivery and programme management teams
- Enables a multi-tier status reviews and reporting on daily/weekly basis
- All the stakeholders are not required at all phases
Espire recommends Waterfall when:
- Client does not want to invest on project planning in every phase
- Client wants to use a phased SDLC approach
- Client wants every deliverable to be approved and signed off
- Client's staff is less technical and/ or inexperienced in software development
- End users/ stakeholders are not accessible all the time
- Greater customer satisfaction by rapid, continuous delivery of useful software
- Enables frequent delivery of working software
- Enables incorporation of late changes in requirements
- Facilitates a close cooperation between the business personnel and the developers
- Stresses on close intra and inter team interactions
- High focus on incremental development & testing
- Low focus on analysis & design
- Involves less documentation and is less predictive
Espire recommends Agile when:
- Client wants to be a part of the development process
- Requirements are not fixed/ signed off and are likely to undergo changes
- Client wants to plan the project on the fly, as it moves from one phase to another
- Client wants to revisit each aspect of development (requirement specification, design etc.) throughout the SDLC
- Client wants to analyze the risk and mitigation strategy as early as possible
- Client wants incremental & iterative development as the requirements are not finalised.
- Client wants to maintain effective communication between onsite and offshore teams by daily meetings
- The resource bandwidth is limited
- The software gets developed in multiple iterations each divided into multiple phases
- Uses component-based architecture
- Offers a simplified & agile version of the Rational Unified Process
- Describes a simple, easy-to-understand approach to developing business applications software
- Improves productivity through Test Driven Development, Agile Modeling, Agile Change Management & database refactoring
- Better appreciates the business and problem domains & identifies a viable solution
Espire recommends AUP when:
- Client wants to break a big release into smaller multiple releases
- Client wants to manage the project to the maximum
- Client wants to revisit each aspect of development, requirement ,design throughout the SDLC
- Client wants to analyse the risk & mitigation strategy as early as possible
- Client wants incremental & iterative development because requirements are not fixed
- Client wants to review the development frequently to identify risks as early as possible
- Client wants to analyse the project budget at different phases of the project
- Open and transparent methodology
- Fast and easy monitoring of the project by the way of frequent releases
- Easy-to-prioritised functionalities creating greater business value by defining various sprints
- Easy-to-manage application/ product costs
- Easy-to-change requirements
- Easier-to-attain greater customer satisfaction
- Delivers high quality work
Espire recommends Scrum when:
- Client wants to deliver the highest business value features first by generating Sprint backlog
- Client wants to empower the team members to select their own tasks
- Client wants to hasten the development by prioritising the issues
- Client wants lesser documentation and processes
- Client wants each team member to be committed to sprint completion instead of task completion
- Client wants effective communication through daily scrum meetings
- Client wants the application/ product delivered every 2-4 weeks
- Client wants to participate in development
- Client wants an enhanced quality of the deliverables
- Every contributor is an integral part of the team
- Pair programming with simple design and thoroughly tested code
- Continuous improvement in the design
- Always integrated and running system
- Perennially sustainable development pace
Espire recommends Extreme Programming when:
- The project involves new or prototype technology
- The requirements change rapidly
- Unforeseen problems are anticipated
- Incremental work is a necessity
- Quickest possible releases and feedbacks are required
- The simplest design is envisaged
- Everything must be automation tested