At Qurtoba Solutions we begin every relationship with a broad discussion about the short and long-term desires for your project. We take into consideration the needs and desires of your various stakeholders as we flesh out the scope of the project. We don’t just take your require-ments and build you a solution.

We work with your team to develop a strategy in order to identify key metrics of success and ensure your desired solution will hit those performance goals you seek, and deliver a solid return on investment.

Once we establish a strategy and set goals it’s important to find out about your business in depth. We’ll analyze the market, perform user interviews, review analytics, and distill the data into user stories and help you decide what steps to take next.

Our analysts will then gather your product’s specific requirements, (see Requirement Gathering above) consider the most favorable project options for your business objectives, and propose the optimal procedural solution based on these requirements

Our analysts will review any hidden requirements and your existing codebase, if you have one. When we know your goals and understand existing software, we are able to better ensure the success of the project before we even write our first line of code.

The level of detail for these deliverables are based on the approaches we agree upon with the client; basically Waterfall or Agile (described below).

After understanding your requirements and needs, Qurtoba Solutions works together with your organization to devise a development plan that is in accordance with your goals, your timeline and your operating budget. We work under the assumption that most businesses will evolve and change, so we design your software solutions to be scalable and flexible for easy adaptation down the road.

We have two main approaches that we propose based on the project scope, budget, nature, and client preference as follows:

The waterfall approach is a methodology in which all parts of the product development plan and testing are well defined and follow a strict schedule from the get go and there is limited room for requirement changes along the way. In this approach our analysts document the requirements more extensively at the beginning of the project to make sure that everything is clarified and agreed upon before actual development. This approach is great in successfully managing projects that are relatively small in scope or duration, with all functional and nonfunctional requirements defined in sufficient detail before any code is written.
When using the waterfall approach we design all aspects of the project plan for the final project before starting the projects

Agile development is a highly flexible, iterative, and incremental software development methodology designed to build products faster. Agile development uses short time-boxed development cycles each resulting in usable software.
Our Agile approach is based on close interaction between our business analysts, our development team, and our client’s representative. We design a concrete plan for each iteration including development, testing, and delivery. We rely on constant communication to formalize requirements for each subsequent cycle and discuss the progress of each ongoing cycle.

We prefer to use the Agile approach when the following are required in a project:

• A quick start
• Flexibility in scope (usually needed in larger projects)
• Transparency and Predictability
• Constant feedback from stakeholders
• Uncertainty as to the exact vision of the requirements of the final product

In either scenario, if the requirements change during the design process, we will update the project costs. We work with the customer to achieve the best balance between cost and system functionality.

In this phase our development team starts working on your system while our project manager keeps you updated on progress on a bi-weekly basis. We believe strongly in involving the customer throughout the project. For online systems we have a test version online at all times. For standalone software we send you regular new versions for you to try.

You can rest assured that our team leaders will stay on top of your project’s progress, adjusting our processes in a feedback loop as we manage the software development, its configuration and any changes to your requirements.

Our code is created with a focus on quality, simplicity and ease of maintainability. Frequent code reviews and code refactoring helps us keep this focus. You can always be confident that we will make your software solution evolve smoothly along with your business.

We are firm advocates of quality assurance and believe in introducing it into the process at the very earliest opportunity. By working with quality assurance to validate business requirements and then validate each subsequent stage, we ensure that all our products are fit for purpose and satisfy all functional and nonfunctional requirements, meeting your needs at every stage.

We focus relentlessly on quality assurance. From setting up test cases for your particular application to random tests and bug elimination sessions, our team is always testing your software to ensure the highest level of quality.

At the end of the development stage, we deliver a system which is complete from our standpoint. The system will have undergone internal testing for each feature. At this point however we would expect our clients to test the software for themselves and make sure that it is up to satisfaction.

Testing is complete, and the system is ready for use. If required, we can assist with deployment which may involve importing existing data.