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What is Project Charter Document

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Any of our projects start their life as soon as Softheme’s project manager creates a formal document called the project charter. The latter is a small document prepared to state the project name and the purpose of the project. It should also contain other important project-related information, namely, the business case for doing the project and a rough schedule and budget for the project. Besides, it should describe the needs and expectations of the stakeholders and list the assumptions and constraints that are recognized at the current point in the project.

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Tags: assumptions, budget, business case, change management, constraints, document, needs and expectations, project, project charter, Project management, project schedule, risk control, stakeholder
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Project Scope Management: Softheme View

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

In the next several posts we would like to discuss the basics of scope management since it is one of the most important parts of project management which we at Softheme pay special attention to. Due to proper application of scope management approaches to the projects of our clients, Softheme is so successful and productive in delivering projects of various complexity levels. So we believe it would be useful to share our experience regarding this matter.

Scope management is a starting point for any project

However, with web being a more dynamic sphere of development, we believe that scope management is better applicable to application development which usually requires a more thorough approach.

It is needless to say that the most common reason behind project failures is poor scope definition. This means that the expectations of the stakeholders, mainly of the client or sponsor, and the expectations of the project team are quite different. Being a most difficult problem, it is nevertheless critical to the success of the project. Projects fail due to many reasons, and understanding them does a good job in helping to avoid failures.

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Tags: Application development, approach, project, Project management, project manager, project scope, project team, scope definition, Scope management, softheme, stakeholder, Web development
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Why Outsourcing to Ukraine

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Today moving part or whole of company’s IT services to offshore zones is becoming a global tendency for many businesses. It is a matter of fact that already a considerable number of companies worldwide either actively use outsourcing or plan to outsource their technology services in the future. While many corporations set their choice on Asian offshoring companies, Softheme recommends outsourcing software development to Ukraine and suggests the outsourcing model we have come up with during our work experience.

Addressing to us, our clients seek an outsourcing partner who can not only help them to reduce their IT costs, but also help them to make use of technology advances to deliver more effective IT that evolves in line with their business needs. During the years of our diligent work, we have developed a simple outsourcing model which offers a number of benefits to our customers and enables us to deliver a very competitive level of services to our clients. The model that we offer helps customers to cut costs, reallocate their capital to other business segments, focus on core business, reduce time-to-market, and get access to skilled and inexpensive IT resources.

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Tags: it, Offshore, offshoring, outsource development, Outsourcing, outsourcing model, overseas, softheme, Software development, software engineering, software partner, Ukraine, ukrainian company, vendor
Posted in Application development, Custom application development, Database development, Desktop applications, Digital development, Organization, Outsourcing, Process, Project management, Quality assurance, SEO, Software development, Software testing, Ukraine, Web design, Web development | 2 Comments »

Usability: We care about it

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Before creating a website, any web developer should understand the importance of making such a tool which is comfortable for a user. When visiting a site, Internet surfers primarily expect to see an easy-to-use system able to help them achieve desired result. Such an ease of website use is referred to what is called usability which is determined by creative look, intuitive navigation, and easy information accessibility.

With our diverse experience we at Softheme are able to develop sites delivering core information about the client’s business directly to the target user. Recognizing the importance of a solid approach to project development, we focus on providing our customer with an ergonomic and usable web solution. We are committed to a constant assessment of all practical standards and innovative technological practices in web design and development. Applying our knowledge into regular activities and work, we emphasize on day-to-day improvement of result quality.

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