In the context of lean start-up approaches complete development contracts are nowadays outsourced. In such situations in addition to the requirement engineering we offer development coordination to coordinate external development teams based on initial requirements and iterative advancement.
Here, we attach great significance to involve the responsible product manager of our customer. This happens on a regular basis. The product manager has to be involved adequately in the development cycle in order to avoid inefficiencies throughout the process.
Tools preferably used
- ETEO for management support of decentralized teams
- Jira or Team Foundation Server for planning and administration of development tasks
- Wiki or SharePoint for documentation storage
- Microsoft Office for generation and creation of documents
- Microsoft Project or comparable online tools for project planning and project control