Why outsource development to AVSAR?

When should you outsource?

Companies need to outsource development for a number of reasons. AVSAR has the infrastructure necessary to undertake development on a number of platforms in a range of application areas.

You should outsource when:

• Your project is well organized and easy to outsource
• You're running too many projects and need to focus
• You want to farm out maintenance work for old products
• You want to port legacy code
• You believe that you can lower your costs
• You require additional technical expertise
• You can't do the job fast enough
• You need to increase your capacity for a specified period of time
• You need to expand your team, but don't have the resources

Why is it more productive to outsource to an offshore company?

You get far more value for your money by outsourcing to an offshore company. By taking advantage of lower costs and easier availability of skilled resources, offshore companies like AVSAR, can deliver highly cost-effective solutions. By working with an experienced and organized team, you have access to skilled and immediately productive development and management resources.

It is more productive to outsource to AVSAR because:

• You get a whole team of experts that already work well together
• Costs are much lower
• Additional resources can quickly be added to a project to handle the unexpected
• We are experienced at managing projects and communicating with international clients
• Having your own established offshore team that is able to economically deliver projects for you is an extremely valuable resource

What about quality?

The leading cause of dissatisfaction in outsourced development is quality. Too often clients and consultants fail to adequately define the standard of quality expected, and equally some contractors cut corners by compromising quality. At AVSAR, we understand the importance of quality. Defining expected standards and deliverables is integrated into our development process.

AVSAR assures clients of high quality standards because:

• We have dedicated testing and QA teams
• Testing and QA certification is an integral part of our development-release cycle
• We know how important your projects are to you, and how unwilling you are in compromising quality
• We integrate required quality standards into all phases of development
• Extensive and skilled QA facilities are available for all projects

Do other companies outsource development to offshore companies? Why?

The ability to do nearly any software project is available offshore. Many of the world's major software programs are developed offshore, in whole or in part. Major hardware and software giants like Microsoft, Apple, Novel, Sun, IBM, Compaq and Texas Instruments have extensive offshore operations.

By working with AVSAR you benefit because:

• You gain access to a rich base of experienced software professionals, managers and QA personnel committed to delivering high quality solutions
• AVSAR focus is on building long term relationships with clients, which means you have a partner sharing and working towards a common strategic vision
• Structure and process driven project management ensures that your project is handled professionally and carefully, to guarantee efficient and timely delivery

Will outsourcing lower costs?

Outsourcing the right work to the right company can result in significant cost savings. Choosing the wrong company to work with can be an expensive and dangerous mistake.

Working with AVSAR is highly cost-effective because:

• Lower rates mean an immediate and significant saving
• Reduced management and administration for you
• Freedom from recruitment, interviewing, training, handling staff issues and project management means your time and money can be allocated more productively
• Flexible costing structures encourage you to optimize the benefits you derive from our services
• Planned, managed and monitored development mean that deliverables and costs are clearly identified in advance - no hidden costs, creeping budgets or slipping deadlines

What effect does outsourcing have on project start-up time?

Successful and well managed offshore development companies use strategic staffing approaches to ensure that resources are easily available when projects need to start up or increase in size.

Strategic staffing at AVSAR means that:

• It is generally much faster than trying to staff a project in-house
• Resources and infrastructure are available whenever required
• Teams can be grown or shrunk to accommodate changing requirements

What about communication?

Communication is critical to the success of an outsourced project. With the availability of effective and efficient communication, remotely monitoring or being part of a development team is never a problem.

AVSAR employs a number of approaches to ensure that we are in constant touch with our clients:

• Internet connectivity for email, web site updates, file transfers, chatting and video-conferencing
• 24 * 7 phone access to key managers
• Regular conference calls
• Electronic project updates and status reports
• Phone, fax and voice mail facilities

What about control?

Well-organized and managed offshore development projects ensure that you always have the amount of control you need. At AVSAR, our structured approach to project management gives you as much control and project visibility as you require.

To enable you to track your project at all times, we:

• Have regular status updates
• Are available for meetings at your discretion either in person or on the phone
• Arrange visits to your offices by our management and development teams
• Arrange visits to our facilities by your management and development teams

How are your interests protected?

AVSAR executes standard non-disclosure agreements with all our clients. Depending on your requirements, additional contracts and non-conflict of interest agreements can be drawn up. To ensure mutually beneficial long-term relationships, AVSAR does everything possible to both protect your interests and allow you to work with us confidently.