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There are many reasons why corporations choose to outsource software
development projects. To name just a few, incentives to outsource include lack
of skilled IT professionals or industry knowledge, reduced costs, the ability to
free up internal resources and speed of delivery.
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Recruitment is a timely and costly business requiring that you first find and
then integrate the new personnel into your organisation. By outsourcing, you not
only negate the time and cost of recruitment, but you also gain access to staff
already integrated into the Mitrais organisation who can quickly be brought up
to speed by your existing team.
An additional benefit is that you can
turn a fixed cost of a permanent employee into a variable cost of a specific
skill.
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In an ideal offshore software development model, analysis activities are
performed on-site using a limited number of professionals. They can be either
Mitrais Consultants or your own resources. The coding element, which requires a
large pool of professionals, is outsourced offshore. However, design can be
performed offshore and Bali is an ideal place to temporarily relocate your
design staff.
The above diagram shows the typical distribution of tasks for an outsourced
software development project.
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Globalisation has reached a point where it is now as easy to collaborate with
offshore personnel as if they were in the next office as apposed to the next
country. This rapid increase in communication tools means that it is easy and
inexpensive to exchange data, voice, and video over secure links.
Where
applicable Mitrais staff will visit your site. This is usually during the design
and integration phases of a project where knowledge transfer is critical. It is
cheap and easy to visit Mitrais as we are located in Bali. Our offices are
located less than less than 10 minutes from Ngurah Rai International Airport.
Being a major international tourist attraction, Bali offers extensive
international air links.
This has made offshore developments practical
and economical.
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As an international software development company, Mitrais uses the English
language to communicate.
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Mitrais consultants are well prepared to
interact with clients professionally in English.
All Mitrais consultants
are university graduates with current Cambridge Business English Certificate
(BEC) scores or equivalent. The Mitrais in house training program retains 4 full
time teacher/facilitators, and its specialized Business Curriculum has been
developed in conjunction with TBI (The British Institute) the leading English
Training Centre in Indonesia. Mitrais consultants are linguistically prepared
and culturally aware of our client’s culture, ensuring effective communication.
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Where applicable, Mitrais consultants will perform analysis activities at
your site. Account Managers will communicate with their clients regularly;
however, all development is done off site. If requested, as part of the project,
development staff will come to your site in order to hold meetings, give
training or answer questions. The implementation phase of a project typically
involves a software engineer being on site. Also see 8. Outplacement.
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Yes. Mitrais has provided staff on site in Australia, Eire, UK, Malaysia,
Hongkong, Indonesia, Iran and the Philippines, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and
Zambia. This takes the form of specific expertise for short periods or longer
term contract outplacement.
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We can save companies around 50% of the costs of hiring personnel and even
more if the solution was to use contractors. You wind up with all the normal
outsourcing benefits of no continuing personnel cost obligation at a much lower
cost.
In addition you also save on hardware, most software licences and office
space which, depending on your location, can easily double the saving.
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Mitrais has three basic engagement models:
- Fixed Price
Fixed Price Software Development is Mitrais'
premium priced service costed at a composite hourly rate. The price premium
reflects Mitrais' assumption of much of the risk of over runs and a lower staff
utilisation rate.
- Time & Materials
Time and Materials projects generally are
less costly because clients assume the project risk.
- Seat Outsourcing
Seat Outsourcing is Mitrais' lowest priced
service where Mitrais builds and manages a dedicated off shore team for the
client. The commitment by the client is a minimum of 6 months or longer.
Please contact us for more details of our bidding methodology.
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Reporting systems are tailored to meet individual client requirements.
Typically, periodical reports contain information about completed tasks, planned
tasks, issues, risk management and questions for the client. For time and
materials projects, additional reporting would normally include cost to date,
cost to completion and time to completion. As an example, using the capabilities
of the Internet, facilities can be provided to facilitate online interactive
design, progress reporting and source deliveries at milestones.
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To protect confidentiality and the intellectual property rights of the customer, Mitrais signs a Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure agreement. Such agreements are governed by Australian state or Federal laws. We also have a full set of arbitration regulations in our standard contract, backed up by our own liability insurance.
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We have the Mitrais standards for processes, coding standards etc which we
are happy to share, but we understand that existing software developers have
their own standards and procedures and we are flexible and will consider any
constructive suggestions.
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The cost of living in Bali is much lower than in most developed countries. We
are able to do your work at a much lower cost because our costs are much lower
providing a win-win situation.
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Electronically via e-mail or FTP, via courier service such as DHL, or, as
many of our new customers choose, personally visit the island paradise of Bali!
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A quality assurance process is a key element of Mitrais methodologies.
Measurement, project planning, quality reviews, and the continuous improvement
of standards, procedures and tools are an integral part of our methodology. We started down the CMMI path in 2006 and plan to reach level three
accreditation in Q4 this year.
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Firstly we are in Bali and we are always happy to help out with hotels (we have
corporate rates at several of the best hotels in Bali), but more importantly we
value your trust. We have found that once people have visited us and met our
team, relationships are always smoother.
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While Mitrais has staff experienced in embedded software in C & C++ it is not one of our core competencies. We can, however, draw on additional resources should the need arise. For more information please contact us at info@mitrais.com.
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