Processes & Practices

Prototypes & Staged Deliveries

• Projects that define deliverables in terms of prototype, phases or stages identify risks and constraints early on and are able to plan and implement counter measures with greater success.
• Customers who receive small releases regularly during the project gain trust more easily than those who are in the 'dark' and are awaiting the end of the project for a whole set of deliverables that may be delivered in whatsoever form.
• The functionality is developed and delivered in stages thus ensuring that the most important function is delivered at the earliest.
• Reduces the possibility of estimation errors.
• Project visibility to customers and upper management increases.

Weekly Status Reports

After the end of every week, we send a Status Report to our clients telling them about:

• The activities originally planned for the last week.
• The activities actually performed in the last week.
• T he activities planned for the coming week.
• Issues, if any.
• Changes to Stage Schedule, and reasons for the same.
• Overall Project Status

Comprehensive Bug Management

Bugs are part of every product development process. How do you track the bugs you find during product development and after? Bugs that are found but not properly tracked might slip away. Ampere uses the leading bug and defect-tracking tool Bugzilla for bug management, which leads to:

• Streamlined software development and maintenance.
• Clear, updated information about the status of each bug or defect.
• Full control over the work flow.
• History of work done on each bug, defect or enhancement being always a click away.
• A fully integrated solution that enables users to input and track new bugs, defects, and problems in general

Version Controlling

Ampere uses the most popular version controlling tool CVS. On specific client requirements, we can also use Visual SourceSafe (VSS), SourceGear, Source Offsite, StarTeam, Rational ClearCase.

Knowledge Management System

Ampere understands the power of Knowledge Management, and has in place a KMS in all the technical departments to ensure that we solve a problem just once. This drastically reduces the time of solving some of the most common, but difficult problems.

Quality Assurance

Quality is an ever-extending goal - the better you are, the better you need to be. The management of the quality process is infinite, and marked only by milestones, never by completion! Ampere recognizes that, to fulfill our goal of self-evident quality, we need to constantly improve our deliverables to match the increasing expectations of our customers. With standardization being the key to all growth - professional, personal and financial. Ampere reviews all its processes periodically and enhances them regularly.

We implement the Software Quality Assurance (SQA) process that addresses the Quality assurance needs at every phase of the development cycle. Our QA team has developed a focused quality control checklist. In addition, we also have a comprehensive Quality Testing Checklist which ensures that every solution delivered by Ampere measures up to the highest possible international standards.