Flexible Team Extension

THE VISION

As a Head of Development, you want to make sure that the team accurately delivers the required solution, within the agreed timescale, velocity and cost. Leadership in the technology sector is not just about solving current problems. A modern leader must be able to build a strong and capable team that can implement strategic initiatives and take the business to the next level. This means not only recruiting talented specialists, but also creating conditions for their development, motivation and effective work.

As a Chief Technology Officer, you would like to build an environment where all technical delivery functions are balanced, competent and work collaboratively, between in-house and outsourced resources. You want to balance the scale of engineering pools between permanent staff and those needed, in the short term, to deliver specific projects, innovation or strategic goals.

As a Product Owner, you expect the delivery function to be scalable, fully onboard with the software engineering goals, and having the skills and expertise necessary for implementation of the product roadmap.

THE CHALLENGE

As a leader who is responsible for iterative delivery of technology products, you have probably been in a situation when all teams depend on a single DevOps engineer to push that next release or service pack to production.

Perhaps you have also experienced the impossible dilemma of allocating your two experienced data scientists between six projects? Knowing that each of these projects are of a similar priority and each competes for these engineers’ time and contribution. You have probably experienced the ‘Lose/Lose’ situation, knowing that four of the six projects could or will inevitably be delayed, putting an entire roadmap at risk.

Maybe coverage of automated tests remains well below your target, because the Test Automation Engineer vacancy has still not been filled, after four months, to the frustration of developers and overload of the manual QA team?

Finally, maybe your knowledgeable and expensive senior developers are constantly diverted to resolve minor support issues, taking them away from delivering critical and strategic project work.

WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU

We can offer you reliable and flexible support in scaling your teams. Flexible team extension offers you the following benefits:

01. Supplementing Your Delivery Teams

We can supplement your delivery teams with highly qualified engineers, analysts or designers for a pre-agreed period (usually 3 to 12 months) with the possibility of extending the contract.

02. Managing Candidate Screening, Interviewing, and Selection Process

We can take care of screening, interviewing and selection of the candidates while keeping you informed about the progress. You can also directly participate in the interviews with shortlisted candidates if you wish.

03. Onboarding and Knowledge Transfer Support

We can assist you with onboarding and knowledge transfer of the colleague.

04. Ensuring Qualification and Performance Assurance

We provide assurance of the qualification level and performance of the colleague. We take responsibility for substituting the engineer with a similarly qualified person if the engineer has long-term illness, leaves the company or does not perform to your expectations.

05. Commitment to Service Excellence and Value Addition

We provide commitment to the level of service, monitor the performance throughout the engagement and deliver additional value for you by sharing our company experience that can be beneficial for your specific project.

We are happy to share this experience with you via our Flexible Team Extension offering, which can be tailored to your needs and scale. Here is an example of how this service aligns to your development project plans:

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Selected Cases

Explore and learn more about some of Computools' recently delivered projects

AUTO UNION

#Automobiles #Enterprise #Germany #Artificial Intelligence #Computer Vision #Angular #PHP

Our client, a major European automotive brand, required assistance developing situational awareness and obstacle detection software. The team at Computools helped build the tool used to generate labelled data from the video stream and advised on selecting image processing algorithms, such as SIFT. The solution can detect obstacles, recognise traffic signs, create situational awareness and thus contribute to self-driving decisions. The digitally transformed system was used to train the machine learning models.

Bombardier

#Aerospace and Defense #Enterprise #Canada #.NET

As part of its Digital Transformation and Information Technology Automation initiatives, Bombardier, along with other smaller manufacturers, operating in the aviation industry, benefited from an enhanced document version control system, built around distributed architecture concepts in line with stringent security requirements. The system provides detailed aircraft maintenance instructions to aircraft technicians in seconds, eliminating the need to contact technical support or search for a specific version of a document. The solution reduced the interaction time between pilots and technical staff and saved back-and-forth communication requesting correct versions of operational manuals.

Synergy FX

#Capital Markets #Enterprise #Australia #Cloud #PHP #WordPress

Our client, Synergy FX, a leading global forex broker, was looking for a solution to improve their online platform and enhance their customer experience. We developed an innovative digital solution, including customised web page development, an improved interface and streamlined data processing. As a result of our collaboration, Synergy FX has seen a significant increase in sales and improved overall performance, validating the success of our digital solution.

Shipbuilding Management App

#Marine Transportation #SMB #United Kingdom #Blockchain #React #Node

The client is a small business in England that provides services to shipbuilders and shipowners. After we modernised the system, the client got a platform that incorporates distinct user interfaces and dedicated toolkits designed to address the specific needs of each user group, as well as an implemented blockchain-based data security solution. The platform's architecture leverages a robust combination of Node.js, React, and blockchain technology to deliver optimal performance, security, and flexibility.

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Global Web Officer at British Council

INDUSTRY: Education Services LOCATION: United Kingdom

The Computools team was very rapidely operational despite the complexity of the situation and the need for the team to adapt to our development methodologies. The Computools team could also work very remotely with very good inter-communication with the SBFinance team ensuring good efficiency despite off-shoring.

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Managing Partner at Sustainable Base Finance

INDUSTRY: Banks LOCATION: Belgium

Computools are experts and act professionally, with lots of guidance on technical recommendations and with easy to understand explanations of what the technical choices mean and why one can be a better website than another. As a result, the development was completed on time and exceeded our expectations. The feedback from our customers was very positive and compared to our previous results we doubled our turnover.

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ABOUT US

Computools shapes the future with products, services and solutions that businesses need to Unlock Tomorrow. We are a global company that delivers on the world-changing ideas that we co-create together with our clients.

Whether we’re designing customer experiences, dealing with our clients or managing our teams, we lead with empathy. Technology is for everyone, not just the geeks. That’s why we focus on using clear, intelligible language, treating every stakeholder with respect and providing support at all stages of development. By starting with a shared understanding of what makes us all human, we’re able to create the favorable conditions necessary to develop our best-in-class solutions.