Client Case Studies

CTE develops mobile search application

The customer is an IT consulting services and products firm founded in 1996 that provides quality solutions, services, and products to help companies address tomorrow's business opportunities and challenges today. Through effective deployment of information technology, they help their customers to more effectively plan and manage and make more timely business decisions. They also provide consultation on IT planning, system selection, implementation of custom system development, and provide quality solutions that cater to all business expansion needs.

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Challenges

Under deadlines imposed by the market, the customer had to bring out new releases of their popular medical scheduler application that was to be developed in Microsoft .NET, in order to satisfy their customers’ expectations. They were on the lookout for a competent offshore software development partner that could work in sync with their development and testing teams on a continuous basis. This would enable them to deliver quality software in a rigid timeframe, focusing on the development of core as well as customized versions of the product, while enjoying the offshore cost benefits.

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Solution

The client selected CTE as its development partner because of our expertise and proven track record in developing solutions using Microsoft .NET. CTE has been successfully delivering projects/solutions developed in various .NET skills on a continuous basis for our clients. Our seasoned engineers develop both generic and customized versions of the product and then track requirements/issues to closure. Status reports are sent to the client on a daily basis, to enable them to track issues and immediately decide on the next course of action.

The development expertise provided by CTE included the following:

• Analyze third party controls/components for features required by the product and suggest clients of the feasible controls/components. This enables them to use off-the-shelf components and helps in reducing the time for building complex features from scratch.
• Develop proof-of-concept prototypes for critical modules, utilities of product.
• Various testing activities:
  • Data Validation Test
  • BAT (Build Acceptance Test) Execution
  • Functional Test
  • Functional Test
  • Regression Test
  • Performance Test

Our constant and clear communication helps the client fix defects inline with the development plan and subsequently release the versions as scheduled.

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Benefits

• Product Development cost reduced up to 50%

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