Efficient Collaboration for Development Teams

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3 BETTER SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT FOR DISTRIBUTED TEAMS VS Anywhere helps companies keep pace with global development trends that demand better collaboration across distance. 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. From the oldest methodologies, designed in the 80s for mainframe environments, to more recent ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) 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, resources and budgets. Effective development, team coordination and collaboration have become absolutely essential. The rapid evolution of technology in recent years has made it necessary for companies to continually increase output and find more efficient solutions to help them deal with ever-shrinking timeframes. 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. 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 inefficiencies and enables teams to consistently meet deadlines while delivering high quality products.

4 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. WHAT A DIFFERENCE THE RIGHT COLLABORATION TOOLS MAKE Until now, no tool on the market has been able to effectively facilitate development team collaboration and knowledge transfer, with a specific focus on resolving inefficiencies that cannot be eliminated by implementing new methodologies or dedicating more resources to speed project tasks. Lack of the right tools prevents successful product deployment. 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. VS Anywhere reduces costs associated with a range of development tasks by up to 70%

5 PROJECT MANAGERS: BUILD HIGH-PERFORMANCE TEAMS 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. BETTER QUALITY SOFTWARE EASY KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER Real-time collaborative code reviews and virtual pair programming 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 collaborative decision making STRONGER GLOBAL TEAMS EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION Resolve issues common to distributed or outsourced teams with code-based technical communication that reduces dependence on language, allows project managers to manage the development process and boosts team cohesiveness Code-based communication prevents misunderstandings that arise from verbal language exchanges. Teams work inside the IDE, using context-aware cursors to demonstrate fixes and model best practices, quickly clarify ideas, share techniques or give support.

6 SOFTWARE ENGINEERS IMPROVE TEAMWORK ACROSS DISTANCE VS Anywhere eliminates workflow bottlenecks, relieves common outsourcing problems and gets teams working cohesively, regardless of the miles, languages, and coding styles between them. LESS WAITING, MORE CODING REDUCE BUGS AND ERRORS 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. HIRE AND TRAIN SMARTER RESOLVE LANGUAGE CHALLENGES Trainers and senior developers can show external teams how to implement functionality or access libraries. Hiring processes get a boost as candidates demonstrate skills live in interviews. Code-based communication reduces dependence on verbal language. 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.

7 OUTSOURCING MANAGERS: GAIN VISIBILITY AND CONTROL Achieve the full benefit of outsourcing by using VS Anywhere to efficiently hire, train and support global development 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 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 BETTER TEAMS & ONBOARD FASTER ENSURE BEST PRACTICES 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.

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