Efficient Collaboration for Development Teams

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Efficient Collaboration

for Development Teams

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The design and implementation phases of enterprise software development require companies to adopt strategies that successfully harmonize multiple – often distributed – teams and resources with diverse knowledge, roles and responsibilities.

During the past several decades, the software industry has generated a range of methodologies, each with its own tools for management, implementation and operation, and each tied to a particular time period and technological context.

The increasing number of new technologies and platforms on which enterprise solutions are built naturally leads to knowledge dispersion. But successful team collaboration and coordination eases knowledge transfer, eliminates inefficien-cies and enables teams to consistently meet deadlines while delivering high qua-lity products.

From the oldest methodologies, designed in the 80s for mainframe environments, to more recent ALM (Application Lifecycle Manage-ment) software suites, the goal remains the same: to facilitate project implementation by marking distinct cycles and processes, and enabling clear measurement and control of project timelines, resour-ces and budgets.

The rapid evolution of technology in recent years has made it neces-sary for companies to continually increase output and find more efficient solutions to help them deal with ever-shrinking timefra-mes. IT managers have turned to talent outsourcing, which allows for greater productivity and wider knowledge, but brings its own set of challenges as teams are more geographically distributed than ever.

Effective development, team

coordination and collaboration

have become absolutely essential.

VS Anywhere helps companies keep pace with

global development trends that demand better

collaboration across distance.

BETTER SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

FOR DISTRIBUTED TEAMS

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THE HIGH PRICE OF INEFFICIENCY

When tasks are not performed with precision and efficiency, the final product suffers, and this further impacts development and software maintenance processes.

The consequences of this are perfectly quantifiable: when a product does not meet specifications, the corresponding corrective action incurs a cost that is proportionate to the level of inefficiency throughout the software lifecycle.

Detecting the consequences of inefficiency and applying solutions is not an easy task. Root causes may be pinpointed by analyzing KPIs, but the cost required to resolve them and the lack of sufficient tools available on the market consistently inhibit successful implementation. Costs related to inefficiency are therefore accepted as implicit to overall project costs.

Lack of the right tools

prevents successful

product deployment.

Until now, no tool on the market

has been able to effectively facili-tate development team collabora-tion and knowledge transfer, with a specific focus on resolving ineffi-ciencies that cannot be eliminated by implementing new methodolo-gies or dedicating more resources to speed project tasks.

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VS Anywhere’s powerful technology and feature set – specifically designed to resolve development team challenges – reduces the cost of specific tasks by up to 70% and in certain scenarios can help companies achieve even greater cost reduction and benefits.

WHAT A DIFFERENCE

THE RIGHT COLLABORATION

TOOLS MAKE

VS Anywhere reduces costs associated with a

range of development tasks by up to 70%

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VS Anywhere reduces costs associated with a

range of development tasks by up to 70%

Real-time collaborative code reviews and virtual pair program-ming let distributed teams work cooperatively, kicking out bugs and vulnerabilities out well before the implementation phase closes.

VS Anywhere allows internal teams to easily share knowledge with outsourced teams. It speeds the onboarding of new hires, gives everyone access to knowledge holders and enables quick collabo-rative decision making

BETTER QUALITY

SOFTWARE

EASY KNOWLEDGE

TRANSFER

Resolve issues common to distribu-ted or outsourced teams with code-based technical communica-tion that reduces dependence on language, allows project managers to manage the development process and boosts team cohesive-ness

Code-based communication prevents misunderstandings that arise from verbal language exchan-ges. Teams work inside the IDE, using context-aware cursors to demonstrate fixes and model best practices, quickly clarify ideas, share techniques or give support.

STRONGER

GLOBAL TEAMS

EFFECTIVE

COMMUNICATION

Designed to improve collaborative

development and increase project awareness

across distributed teams, VS Anywhere creates

a lean and clean workflow that reduces the

errors and inefficiencies that slow teams down.

BUILD HIGH-PERFORMANCE

TEAMS

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Resolve issues common to distribu-ted or outsourced teams with code-based technical communica-tion that reduces dependence on language, allows project managers to manage the development process and boosts team cohesive-ness

Code-based communication prevents misunderstandings that arise from verbal language exchan-ges. Teams work inside the IDE, using context-aware cursors to demonstrate fixes and model best practices, quickly clarify ideas, share techniques or give support.

Since everyone’s working live in the same file, there’s no need for screenshots, verbal descriptions, or waiting.

Just lean, clean and hassle-free coding.

More eyes on the same code means bugs and errors get spotted and resolved a lot faster. Keep embedded chat open to quickly clarify or make decisions on the fly.

LESS WAITING,

MORE CODING

REDUCE BUGS

AND ERRORS

Trainers and senior developers can show external teams how to imple-ment functionality or access libra-ries. Hiring processes get a boost as candidates demonstrate skills live in interviews.

Code-based communication redu-ces dependence on verbal langua-ge. Teams use context-aware cursors to demonstrate, share best practices quickly and clarify or make decisions on the fly.

“Our developers love working with VS Anywhere and we’ve seen great first results. VS Anywhere is definitely a ‘must-have’ for team collaboration across distance.”

Thomas Schissler, Managing Director, Artiso.

HIRE AND TRAIN

SMARTER

RESOLVE LANGUAGE

CHALLENGES

VS Anywhere eliminates workflow bottlenecks,

relieves common outsourcing problems and

gets teams working cohesively, regardless of

the miles, languages, and coding styles between

them.

IMPROVE TEAMWORK

ACROSS DISTANCE

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Trainers and senior developers can show external teams how to imple-ment functionality or access libra-ries. Hiring processes get a boost as candidates demonstrate skills live in interviews.

Code-based communication redu-ces dependence on verbal langua-ge. Teams use context-aware cursors to demonstrate, share best practices quickly and clarify or make decisions on the fly.

Real-time team collaboration. Pair Programming sessions. Interactive code reviews.

Cooperative merge to reduce risks. Fast “task kick-off” by experts.

Access to knowledge experts anywhere. Fast support for off-premise teams.

Interactive training sessions.

Moderated sessions with presenter role.

Trainees can be required to follow the presenter. Mute/ unmute trainee ‘code edit’.

Option to switch session participant roles. Local project copy for participants.

Effective training from remote locations. Eliminate training-related travel costs.

Hire more qualified developers by testing skills in long-distance interviews using interactive code sessions.

Get new developers up to speed faster by giving them anytime, anywhere access to knowledge holders.

Monitor development techniques. Correct faulty implementations faster.

Review implementation qualityEnsure best practices across virtual teams.

Companies that employ offshoring or nearshoring to realize cost savings, need to need to keep tight reins on distributed teams and projects. VS Anywhere brings transparency to projects, speeds workflows, standardizes best practices, reduces errors and improves hiring and training.

Here are just a few of the ways in which VS Anywhere brings ease and agility to distributed teams

INCREASE SPEED

& EFFICIENCY

IMPROVE

GLOBAL TRAINING

HIRE BETTER TEAMS

& ONBOARD FASTER

ENSURE

BEST PRACTICES

Achieve the full benefit of outsourcing by using

VS Anywhere to efficiently hire, train

and support global development teams

GAIN VISIBILITY

AND CONTROL

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Hire more qualified developers by testing skills in long-distance interviews using interactive code sessions.

Get new developers up to speed faster by giving them anytime, anywhere access to knowledge holders.

Efficient Collaboration for Development Teams