Mindspan teams have executed scores of full life-cycle projects of varying sizes, using different technologies, facing different kinds of challenges and issues. Emphasis on a mature and versatile software development methodology and a proven delivery process is integral to our approach.
A key element that leads to significant gains in cost, efficiency and quality for our clients is our systematic effort to identify, formalize and standardize the best practices in software development lifecycle. This has led to a vast, continuously growing, well-documented knowledge-base in Mindspan, including white papers, solutions to common challenges, templates, and standards and guidelines in architecture, design, coding, testing, documentation and project management. All project teams in Mindspan follow and benefit from this knowledge-base. This ensures adherence to the most effective, efficient and proven methods and techniques in all our projects.
|
|
Click on a category below to view the list of documented items in that category.




 |
|
- Application software development
- Business processes definition
- Business requirements definition
- Data warehouse/mart(s) development
- Data migration
- Data warehouse ETL
|
- Project charter
- Business requirements specifications
- New software system
- New interactive kiosk application
- New business intelligence solution
- Enhancements to existing software system
- Application development technology selection criteria
- Technical architecture document
- Common foundation data model in ERwin
- Database design document
- Functional specifications
- Screen function
- Reporting function
- Batch processing function
- Technical design specifications
- Test plan
- Requirements traceability matrix
- Application code QA steps checklist
- Code review checklist
- Data warehouse/mart architecture and design specifications
- Data warehouse/mart ETL specifications
- Data warehouse/mart administration guide
- Data migration - source data analysis
- Data migration design specifications
|
- Project size estimation worksheet
- Application development project
- Data warehouse/mart(s) project
- Project plan
- Application development project
- Data warehouse/mart(s) project
- Data migration
- Project status report (weekly)
- Project budget monitoring report (weekly)
- Internal project status report (weekly)
- Project review presentation (monthly)
- Minutes of meeting
- Requirements definition phase overview and planning document (application development)
- Requirements definition phase overview and planning document (DW/BI)
|
- Logical data modeling
- Physical database design
- User interface design
- Common test plan for screen functions
- Error messages and prompts for UI applications
- Coding guidelines for different programming languages
- SQL programming guidelines
|
- Web application UI wireframe generator
- Common foundation data model in ERwin
- Logical and physical data model documents generator
- Process overview diagrams generator
|
|
|