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About Hexacta Excellence in software development
About Hexacta > Hexacta is a Software Development and IT Consulting company with more than 14 years of experience in the market. > We are 300+ people, distributed in our four development centers in Argentina: Buenos Aires (our headquarters), Paraná, Bahía Blanca and La Plata, in addition to our offices in Montevideo (Uruguay) and São Paulo (Brazil). > We work for large international corporations throughout Latin America, in the US and in selected European countries, in projects that demand leading edge software development skills. > We have been providing outsourced offshore services since 2002. > Around 70% of our revenues are generated by offshoring projects, a fact that underscores our commitment and abilities to work with clients outside Argentina. Excellence in software development Excellence in software development
Our positioning Technical Excellence > Full-time team dedicated to Process Improvement and QA > HAT (Hexacta Architecture T eam): experienced pool of Architects available to support development teams at no additional cost > Disciplined processes and leading-edge methodologies Excellence in software development Excellence in software development
Our positioning Client Focus > Large enough to execute big projects; small enough to be agile > Simple organization with strong commitment to customer service > Solid understanding of business processes,, trends and best practices in the industry. instruments Excellence in software development Excellence in software development
Our positioning High Performance Teams > Compatible time zone with U.S. and Europe > Cultural affinity > Best talents in the region Excellence in software development Excellence in software development
Our services > Development and maintenance of Java > Usability Consulting or .Net based projects > Heuristic Analysis > Fixed Price/ Fixed Scope projects or > User Interface Design Time & Materials engagements > Prototype Construction Software UX Design > Staff augmentation Development > Off-shore development QA & Testing Consulting > Test case definition and execution > Definition of technological strategies > Test automation > BPR (Business Process Redesign) > QA Services and Consulting > Functional specification of > Scrum Developer Training software solutions > Definition of technological architectures “93% of our clients consider that working with Hexacta have given them a competitive edge .“ - 2010 Microsoft Customer Satisfaction Index - Excellence in software development
Strong presence in the US > More than 20 active projects Seattle - WA > Dedicated team assigned to each Portland - OR engagement Chicago - IL Samford - CT > Work seamlessly integrated with the client teams New York - NY East Brunswick, NJ Philadelphia, PA Rockville, Chevy Chase - MD San Francisco, Los Angeles, Saint Louis- Pleasanton - CA MO Atlanta- GA Dallas, Houston, Palm Beach Garderns - FL Austin- TX Excellence in software development
Some of our clients United States Europe / South America Excellence in software development
We work on a wide range of technologies MAIN PLATFORMS WEB TECHNOLOGIES MOBILE TOOLS JAVA HTML5, JQUERY, BOOTSTRAP, NODE.JS, BACKBONE, ANDROID. iPHONE, iPAD, WINDOWS TESTING: JUNIT, NUNIT, SELENIUM, C# / C++ / VB.NET ANGULAR.JS MOBILE, BLACKBERRY JMETER, MARATHON. PHP SPRING MVC, WICKET, SEAM NATIVE APPLICATIONS CI: JENKINS, TFS BUILD, CRUISE CONTROL RUBY / PYTHON MVC4, WPF, SILVERLIGHT, REPORTING SERVICES PHONEGAP, TITANIUM, JQUERY MOBILE SCM: GIT, SVN, TFS, MERCURIAL MS SQL SERVER RAILS, DJANGO, GRAILS ORACLE REST & SOAP SERVICES MYSQL / POSTRESQL COLLAB., PORTALS, CRM DESKTOP INTEGRATION MS SHAREPOINT PORTAL SERVER SWING MS BIZTALK RCP SUGAR CRM, JOOMLA JBPM WPF, SILVERLIGHT WORDPRESS, DRUPAL Excellence in software development Excellence in software development
Our methodology Over the time we have developed two methodological approaches for developing applications: > Our “traditional” model, mainly based on RUP and CMMI practices, is generally used in turnkey, fixed priced contracts. An iterative/incremental lifecycle model is used. Two different flavors, depending > The other approach is mostly based in Agile Methods, in particular Scrum and Extreme on the project characteristics Programming, and is used in “team based” engagements. An iterative/incremental lifecycle is also used in these projects. > We believe that our quality and productivity improvements will allow us to provide a better service to our clients and improve our profitability at the same time. > We are improving our positioning in markets that appraise the efforts invested in Why are methodologies so process improvement (like the US) and because we are convinced that this will important to us? become even more relevant in our region. > We aspire to be the best software development company in Argentina and one of the best in Latin America. Excellence in software development Excellence in software development
Main milestones in Hexacta’s methodology 2013 Sadosky Award for Best IT Solution – CESSI / Received the European Seal of e-Excellence. 2012 Hexacta was assessed as CMMI Level 3. 2011 “European Seal of e - Excellence” with a Special Mention in Latin America. Chosen among the Best 100 Outsourcing Services Provider by the consulting agency Global Services. “Best Companies to Work in Argentina” Ranking - Great Place to Work Institute (Position #6). Recognized by ExportAR Foundation as a service exporting company in Argentina. 2010 Host Company of MIT Sloan School of Business “Global Entrepreneurship” Laboratory. “Best Companies to Work in Argentina” Ranking - Great Place to Work Institute - (Position #2). Chosen among the Best 100 Outsourcing Service Providers by the consulting agency Global Services. Accepted as Registered Education Provider by the Scrum Alliance. Winner of “Exporting Excellence” - La Nación - Banco Galicia Awards. Finalist in the European Software Institute (ESI) Awards in the “International Category”. 2009 Chosen among the Best 100 Companies to Work in Latin America – Great Place To Work Institute. Chosen by the CESSI as the Best IT Company in Argentina - Sadosky Award 2009 / Assessed as CMMI Level 3 (Scampi A). “Best Companies to Work in Argentina” Ranking - Great Place to Work Institute - (Position #6). 2008 ISO 9001:2008 Certification. 2007 “Best Companies to Work in Argentina” Ranking - Great Place to Work Institute - (Position #6). - ISO 9001:2008 Certification. 2006 “Best Companies to Work in Argentina” Ranking - Great Place to Work Institute - (Position #28). 2005 Assessed as CMM Level 4 (CBI-IPI). 4 Stars in the Microsoft Quality & Competitiveness Program. 2003 Assessed as CMM Level 3 (CBI-IPI). Excellence in software development Excellence in software development
Methodology Two different approaches depending on the project and the client Main practices “TRADITIONAL” APPROACH AGILE METHODOLOGY Based on RUP, CMMI Based on Scrum and XP Iterative and incremental lifecycle Iterative and incremental lifecycle Requirements management Use cases User Stories Acceptance Criteria Testing Test cases based on acceptance criteria Test cases based on use cases Effort estimation Agile estimation Estimation by points Burndown charts Metrics Scorecards Planning Project plan / schedule Sprint Planning Meeting - Sprint backlog Project tracking Status meetings Daily stand-up Sprint review meeting User acceptance UAT - User Acceptance Test Post mortem meetings Process feedback Sprint retrospective meeting Excellence in software development
Scrum at Hexacta > Dedicated team assigned to each project > Different team configurations depending on each need Requirements Baseline > Hexacta resources embedded in the client team (mixed team) > All team members are from Hexacta > Sprint duration: 2 weeks > Main activities: > Sprint planning > Daily stand-up meetings > Sprint review / Demo > Sprint retrospective Excellence in software development
Flexible team configurations > We assign dedicated teams to each of our projects, composed of different profiles according to each need. Developers Hexacta Client Partner Sponsor Business Scrum Designers Analysts Master Team Product Leader Owner Q & A Excellence in software development
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