Let's be Agile, together

Are you in one of the following situations?

1. Strong economic pressure and need for increased responsiveness
2. Communication often difficult between business and IT or overall lack of communication on the project
3. Confusion between the estimated needs and real needs and not taking into account their inevitable evolution
4. Contractual wars take precedence over the original target
5. Terms of the fixed price package that freeze in stone incomplete specifications
6. Insufficient tests
7. Risk Management issues
8. Tunnel Effect
9. Knowlege management and collective ownership issues

Dare agility! 

Our experience has shown that in many cases an Agile approach early in the project allow maximizing the quality of software product and customer satisfaction while controlling costs and delivering on time. 
Agile software development is a conceptual framework focused on quality and communication, to carry out software engineering.

FastConnect builds on the so-called "agile" methods to achieve development for its customers. 

Methodologies 

Many Agile methods exist. 
At FastConnect we have chosen to combine Scrum to Extreme Programming (XP) methodologies, like many other software development actors, both among publishers and among service companies that use these methods.
They address different issues and complement each other. 
The complementarity of Scrum and XP is expressed in the fact that Scrum  positions itself in the overall management and organization of the project with XP addressing activities of user requirements gathering, development/coding and quality management .

These methodologies provide for the establishment of iterations of fixed duration, the shortest possible (few weeks) after which a usable software is provided by the development team. 
The content of these iterations is defined in full transparency with end-users (or their representative) in prioritizing the functionality providing the most value added at the business level. 
The chart below zooms in on the various development activities established within a iteration. 

 The Software Factory, an instrument of agility 

The establishment of a software factory is a necessary step in an Agile project. 
It helps to establish a chain of software development to adapt easily to change without compromising the quality of the software product.

For the chain of software development to be coherent, it must be used regularly as part of the development process, and its results must be analysed. 

We must ensure permanently that the various components of the evolving project satisfactorily integrate with the rest of the solution when they are changed, without disturbing the stability and functioning of the whole.

Our offer

Whether for project management consulting, training on agile methodologies, the establishment of a software factory, or for a specific "turnkey" development, we can help you in all phases  of software development to enhance the quality of software produced and increase customer satisfaction while keeping your development teams motivated.