Application Development & Maintenance

NSPL has a proven track record of providing application development and maintenance services to its clients in various industries, utilizing superior program management, proven processes & methodologies.

Application Development&Maintenance services has enabled our customers to maximize competitive advantage, gain strategic differentiation and operational superiority.

Application Development

At NSPL, New Application Development means analyzing and translating business requirements into an application or technology solution. The service enables its customers to deliver efficient and reliable custom software systems that allow them to compete in this highly competitive and high performance businesses world.

NSPL use state-of-the-art technologies in Applications Development to create powerful solutions that are focused on enhancing customer relations, increasing revenue opportunities and the creation of new competitive advantage for you.

Application Maintenance

NSPL Application Maintenance is a support offering that ensures operable conditions of software applications and IT systems according to the client’s operation requirements or/and provides system enhancements on client request.

Our Application Maintenance can provide preventive, refining, or repairing services for software systems. Preventive maintenance include refactoring and renewing. Routine maintenance activities include system performance check-ups, testing and repairs.

Methodology

Standardized development methodology helps us to provide cost-effective and efficient business solutions.

Phase I - Requirements Gathering

Our Business Consultants conducts Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with the client. These are brainstorming sessions that help determine the business objectives and marketing goals. Prototype storyboards or screen layouts are used for ole-playing.

Phase II - Technical Architecture

Our Technical Architects advise the client on options available to him with respect to architectural approaches and technology solutions for project implementation.

Phase III - Confirmation

Based on the architecture and technology chosen, the development team of Programmers, graphic designers and project managers draft a development plan for the project with cost and time estimates.

Phase IV - Incremental Development

This is the stage where the project is actually off the ground. NSPL builds the application in progressive phases or increments. Incremental delivery permits experimentation of complex solutions during the course of development. This approach facilitates modifications through hands-on exposure to the delivered increment.

Phase V - Installation and Training

Once the system is installed on the production servers, comprehensive training is extended to the client's IT/ MIS personnel; not only to administer and maintain it, but also to understand the underlying technology and development tools. The end-users are trained to use the application effectively. Follow-up action in terms of close monitoring of the system and applications ensures immediate response to issues.

Application Development & Maintenance in India

The Indian IT industry is booming as outsourcing and offshoring are catching up fast in the global arena. Indian IT companies have developed a software application development & maintenance that is indented to provide an intuitive solution for clients (wholesalers for products) to manage, record, and analyze the sales, distribution, and order fulfillment of parts.

In today's challenging economic environment, businesses have shifted their application development and maintenance focus from improving speed-to-market to reducing costs and increasing value. Information technology (IT) executives recognize they need to do more with less and are looking for innovative ways to aggressively reduce costs. But faced with a multitude of options, from outsourcing to process improvement programs, they aren't always sure what the best solution is.

Growth of Application development & maintenance in India

In the last decade, the IT and BPO industries have seen substantial application development and maintenance offshoring. India has been the leading application development and maintenance  offshore destination during this period, and now accounts for 65 per cent of the global industry in application development and maintenance offshore IT and 46 per cent of the global Business Process Offshoring (BPO) industry.

The global application development and maintenance offshoring market continues to grow rapidly, as the proven benefits of application development and maintenance offshoring (also termed global sourcing) induce more and more companies to adopt these practices and providers develop the capabilities to serve even more sophisticated customers.

India in the lead in Application development & maintenance

India's leadership position in the global application development & maintenance offshore IT is based on five main advantages:

Leadership has its rewards

Over the last four to five years, India’s application development & maintenance industries have proven to be significant economic growth engines. They have grown roughly three-fold between 2000 and 2004, from US$ 4.0 billion in 2000 to US$12.8 billion in 2004, accounting for 6 per cent of the increase in GDP between 2000 and 2004.

During this period the offshore application development & maintenance industries also accounted for nearly 95 per cent of the absolute growth in foreign exchange inflows associated with services industries between. While total services exports grew by 60 per cent from US$ 16 billion in 2000 to US$ 25 billion in 2004, offshore application development & maintenance exports tripled in the same period.

Remittances from IT professionals in the US and Europe have also been major contributors to the large foreign exchange inflows coming to India. Today, these industries directly employ nearly 700,000 people and provide indirect employment to approximately 2.5 million workers.

Highlights

India’s Companies providing application development and maintenance services establish a value improvement strategy   aligned   with the customers key business objectives

Indian Companies providing application development and maintenance services compare the customers application delivery   function with similar businesses in industry

Indian Companies providing application development and maintenance services find ways to reduce application development   and maintenance costs.

Companies providing application development and maintenance services in India provide a range of services to help   implement value improvement strategy.

Application development and maintenance service providers in India assess and evaluate options for improving application and development and maintenance processes. The application development and maintenance services are designed to help align business objectives with IT strategy, which helps to identify the most crucial areas for improvement and reduce unnecessary costs

Defining a set of prioritized value improvement initiatives

Application development and maintenance services assessment and planning services help to find ways to reduce costs by first establishing a value improvement strategy that is aligned with your business priorities. Based on this strategy, the Companies assess current system by reviewing many different aspects of application development and maintenance environment. Then they help you to select and prioritize areas for improvement that address key objectives of your value improvement strategy.

Comparing your capabilities against others in your industry

Application development benchmark services provide an assessment of your application delivery function relative to best-of-breed and industry practices. Using proprietary baseline data compiled by Indian Companies, they compare your application development and maintenance performance levels with that of comparable businesses in your industry locally and globally. You can then use this information as a measure to determine which functions you are performing well and which need strengthening, and develop a plan for improvement over time.

Helping to reduce costs while increasing value

Application development and maintenance offer several services that are focused on helping you decrease unnecessary costs. Application portfolio management services identify opportunities to reduce the number of applications you maintain and simplify your application infrastructure.

Implementing your value improvement plan with Indian application development and maintenance service provider companies

Once you have a clear plan for improving the value and reducing the cost of your application and development and maintenance functions, IT Companies in India can provide a complete range of services to advise and assist you in implementing it.

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