
At Contentshoppe from inception we have always been not only process driven but
also have optimized the processes depending upon the unique project
requirements and business context of the Client. We have developed a set of
Best Practices based on the rich experience we have in delivering technology
solutions in the past. We continuously hone our processes to suit the
ever-changing technology and business landscape. The principles that we
followed while designing this process are:
Customer Collaboration Approach provides maximum transparency to the customer
and the management throughout the entire project.
We deliver solutions as a Virtual team of the customer collaborating with them
in developing and fine-tuning the most appropriate technology solutions. This
provides the sense of comfort and control to the customer in the outsourced
engagement; at the same time, this also ensures the developed solutions are
absorbed into the organization seamlessly.
System Solutions Approach enables Contentshoppe to deliver technology solutions
which factor in the business, people, process and technology issues of the
solution implementation. Such an approach optimizes the solution for unique
needs of the organization and reduces the time-to-deploy and time-to-adopt
within the organization thereby accelerating RoI. As businesses compete as part
of value chains, the technology solutions need to seamlessly integrate with
supplier, customer and partner systems as well. Our Systems Solution Approach
helps us analyze these impacts and influences upfront and design suitable
integration solutions.
Incremental Development Approach results in phased delivery through progressive
builds of the solution.
Often the exact specification for a solution cannot be fully described upfront
for the following reasons:
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As the solutions get developed, people visualize more functionality by
"touching and feeling" the solution increment
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The business factors affecting the company keep changing in parallel to
solution development and solutions have to keep pace with that.
Incremental Approach provides prototypes and deliverables in stages helping
customers specify and visualize the system better. Also, this helps to identify
and proceed with parallel organizational change activities towards the solution
adoption such as internal training, deployment environment setup and business
process re-design reducing deployment and adoption cycle time.
Interdisciplinary Approach utilizes diverse skills needed in technology solution
development to maximize speed and productivity. Our process through its
interfaces and phases aims to accommodate use of resources with diverse
expertise for specific tasks in the system development. We utilize specialized
resources with specific knowledge and skills in Business Analysis, Project
Management, System Architecture, Technology Selection, Solution Development,
QA, Technical Documentation, Customer Support, Web and Graphical Design.
CS team have worked with and researched numerous technologies and methodologies.
As new technology enters the market, which is currently happening at a rapid
pace, we continuously gear up for this new technology.
Tools our team uses for web & Software Development :
- Microsoft Visual Studio (Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual Interdev)
- Java, C++,
CGI-Perl, PHP, JSP and ASP
- VBScript and JavaScript
CS has a strong focus on database based solutions :
- My SQL
- Microsoft SQL Server 7
- MS Access
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Web Design Tools
Design is a crucial part of all our solutions. Even though we do not market
ourselves as a web design company, every good high end solution needs
professional presentation. Our designers are skilled in a number of popular web
and traditional graphic and web design environments.
- Adobe Photoshop
- Dreamweaver UltraDev
- Macromedia Flash
- Macromedia FireWorks
- Macromedia
Director
- Freehand MX
- Dreamweaver
- Paint Shop Pro
- HTML, DHTML, layers,
stylesheets
- CSS
Graphic Design Tools
- Adobe Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe GoLive
- Corel Draw
- Freehand MX
Internet/Intranet Technologies
- HTML, DHTML, XML, PHP
- Client and Server side scripting
- Active Server Pages,
Java Server Pages
- Java applets and servlets
- Popular Web design tools (MS Front
Page, DreamWeaver etc)
Operating Systems
- UNIX, Linux
- MS Windows 9x, NT, 2000, XP
Mobile Computing
- WAP
- Wireless applications and solutions
- WMLs