Seat outsourcing provides a best of both worlds approach to the engaging an
external software developer according to the Australian company MXL whose
newest software for the global education market was completed in Bali by a
systems engineering team employed at Mitrais.
MXL enjoys a significant cost advantage of a minimum of 33 percent over
other methods of engaging outsourced development skills, such as fixed price
or time and materials.
Nevertheless the company retains control of the eMinerva Enterprise Schools
software with its own systems architect dictating the design, product
features and functions. Additionally the application specific knowledge
remains “on tap” to MXL for further development and product maintenance
after the initial project to enhance the software.
Mitrais project manager Made Setiadi explains that the brief for the
eMinerva project was to enhance, implement and maintain this leading
enterprise student information system using up to date technology that would
allow faster access, better performance and an improved look and feel.
eMinerva Enterprise Schools is the leading enterprise student information
system for the K12 environment. Designed from the ground up to scale and
work within a multi-school environment, eMinerva allows student and related
information to be managed and shared appropriately across schools in small
or large organisations.
Mitrais software engineers used .NET 3.5 framework, the SRRS reporting tool
and Teleric Skin to modify and upgrade the application user interface.
While seat outsourcing offers a significant cost advantage over other ways
of outsourcing software development, MXL was primarily interested in
addressing a huge volume of work in-house with existing staff. It did not
want to hire more local staff to see it over the peak of the workload.
MXL selected Mitrais following an exhaustive interview process in which it
confirmed software engineers with the appropriate skills were immediately
available and that Mitrais had a well-proven track record of working with
Australian software companies.
Mr. Setiadi that MXL had engaged Mitrais after experiencing less than
satisfactory outcomes in earlier projects to outsource software development
to the Philippines and India.
MXL is a 10 year old company and a member of a listed group of companies
Entellect Solutions Ltd. From a head office in Sydney, MXL operates globally
through partners in the UK, Europe, Australasia, South East Asia, Latin
America and CIS countries (former USSR).