eC takes up the projects for full or part life cycle of software development in addition to maintenance and enhancement. The Microsoft Practice teams apply industry standard methodologies.

Microsoft Practice - Overview

eC’s existing software development capabilities in Microsoft cover most platforms including C, C++, VC++, VB, VB.NET, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, C#.NET, ASP.NET XML Web Services in the domains of healthcare, engineering, digital image processing, digital signal processing, human resources and e-business. eC’s understanding, of existing systems and new technologies, help customers in the management/maintenance of established systems and development/integration of new technologies.

A ten-step methodology ensures smooth knowledge and technology transfer and transfer existing support mechanisms with service level agreements for all systems. The steps include :

• Technology identification
• Preliminaries
• Feasibility
• Preparation
• On-site operation
• Offshore setup
• Offshore transition
• Steady state
• Scalability
• Diversification

.NET Technology Expertise

eC helps companies design and develop and integrate business solutions based on the .NET platform. eC teams have a broad range of .NET skills to serve in

• .NET system design and application development
• Re-engineering applications to .NET from legacy systems
• Managing upgrades and technical support for existing custom/packaged applications
• Migrating web and desktop applications to .NET
• Developing web services using the .NET framework
• Developing interfaces for remote/mobile access to applications

Quality Assurance and Testing

At eC Quality Assurance is no more an art. eC firmly believes that software testing is an evolving science. The combination of technology and management expertise, from the people at eC, redefines QA and testing business proposition to build value in software development. A well-engineered mechanism to understand importance of quality, costs of securing high salability, customer satisfaction and loyalty make the difference. eC offers total solutions in QA.

eC focuses on testing types that include Conformance (assess the conformance of a software product to a set of industry wide standards or customer specifications), Interoperability (assess the ability of a software product to interoperate with other software), Performance (assess the performance of a software product with respect to specified metrics, whose target values are typically determined internally by the software development team).

Quality Metrics

eC measures the Quality objectives (in terms of schedule, customer reported defects and customer satisfaction) for every assignment, project and relationship through its in house tool called Project Management System.

The significant benefits of the customer centric delivery focus:

• Project/Process Management practices that are both effective and model compliant (ISO/CMM)
  • Common understanding of requirements between the customers and the project team
  • Requirements tracking across project life cycle results in addressing the customer needs
  • Better Change Management process helps in maintaining the product integrity
• A rich repository of re-usable tools/templates/best practices and learning gained from project execution
  • Improved productivity and reduced time cycle leading to faster and better ROI for the customer
  • Automation helps in consistency of product quality
• A testing methodology that is successful in both internal/external Quality Control setup
  • High quality product with fewer defects ensures higher customer satisfaction
  • Lower maintenance cost for the customer
• Quantitative Process Management with a metrics program
  • Projects can control and predict their performance to ensure that the customer’s requirements are consistently met.
  • High quality software work products are developed consistently resulting in higher customer satisfaction
  • Establishing a process performance model linking Project objectives to Business objectives
• High quality at competitive rates
  • eC’s defect prevention approach helps in reducing the cost of the product, resulting in low ownership cost for customers and improved margins
  • Detection of common causes for defects helps in preventing their recurrence

eC’s quality systems create strong predictive and diagnostic focus, delivering measurable performance to customer - a faster turnaround, higher productivity, on time and first-time-right deliveries. eC provides customers with transparency in projects through integrated web based project management and monitoring tools.

eC’s commitment to ISO 9001:2000 and SEI CMM level 5 has aggressively integrated techniques to focus on continuous, measurable process improvement, with powerful analytical tools and sophisticated review processes.

eC’s effective delivery management processes and frameworks support Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and enable integration with the customer specific metrics and methodologies.