Custom S/W development

A custom software development project is often an expensive and risky undertaking but necessary since a Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) software rarely meets all the requirements. That is why NIS provides custom software development and engineering services using System Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

There have been numerous studies of documented failure of software projects and most of those failed projects are not from technology but more of process and the people. Of the many reasons, the primary cause of project failures can be traced back to poor requirements since more than half of product defects originate in requirements phase.
Correcting or fixing the requirements later in the software project life cycle can be expensive. It is important for the development team to understand what needs to be built before starting to build not later in the project life cycle. Industry average suggests 70% of project rework is typically contributable to the requirements. That is why we focus on effective requirements management to improve success rate of software development projects.
We focus on effective requirements management by focusing on documenting requirements for consistency, and detailed business, system and functional requirements with consensus.

Good tools and process can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the entire software development life cycle but sometimes execution may be more important than process.
Our project managers are experienced and have the ability to deliver and manage software projects effectively and efficiently balancing resource and financial constraints everyone faces in these economic times. Our team has experiences with latest software development methodologies and processes including Agile Software Development, which refers to a group of development methodologies based on iterative development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between development teams. Currently most of software development projects use some kind of spiral-based methodology over a waterfall process.

We also have certified Database Base Administrators (DBA) with expertise in relational databases and most common platforms such as MS SQL, Oracle, DB2, Sybase, as well as MS Access. We can assist with database design, development, migration, maintenance and implementations.