Procedural Challenges
It is routine for WorldPartner to maintain open communication lines with clients; thus, procedures are kept transparent and expectations and timelines are clearly understood at all times.
Clients often assume that ODC employees implicitly understand client expectations based on the context of the assignment and the materials handed over. However, more often than not, ODC employees will look at the assignments from a technical perspective because that is their expertise. They will not have a perfectly clear understanding of the strategic business aspects of the application, and they will most likely have limited experience in the specific business sector of the client.
Problems considerably get worse when short cuts are undertaken in the initial phase. Typical pitfalls include lack of processes like:
- setting up proper technical strategies;
- drawing up quality guidelines;
- creating stringent test procedures;
- arranging a clear development methodology;
- preparing supportive development tools; and
- generating progress tracking procedures.
Having these tools in place guarantees a properly functioning ODC. WorldPartner has overcome these procedural challenges by building up processes and methods to deal with problems at the onset. Moreover, common problems are usually avoided since WorldPartner ensures that clear guidelines exist in every part of the software development cycle.
