APRO Software
- 2. Introducing APRO Software APRO Software is a nearshore outsourcing and custom software development provider 10 years experience; 50+ full time staff; 3 locations in Europe We deliver professional software development services: Offshore or Onshore Fixed Price Assignments or Time and Materials Across multiple industry sectors We focus on the customer experience through: A strong partnering and collaboration approach High standards in process and quality assurance Thinking creatively with a can do attitude to solving problems Our clients engage us to: Augment their existing development teams Deliver a specific software application Replace their current outsourced development partner HEADQUARTERED IN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC MAIN DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MINSK, BELARUS
- 3. Our Services BUSINESS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CUSTOM MOBILE DEVELOPMENT DATA WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE DEV OUTSOURCING DEVELOPMENT OF BESPOKE BUSINESS SOFTWARE THAT IS TAILORED TO YOUR PROCESSES ASP.NET PHP JAVA MS OUTLOOK IBM NOTES MICROSOFT SHAREPOINT DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINES WHICH USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PRINCIPLES PATTERNS RECOGNITION MACHINE LEARNING IMAGE RECOGNITION PROFESSIONALLY DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED MOBILE APPLICATIONS FOR ANY PLATFORM IPHONE APPLICATIONS ANDROID APPLICATIONS WINDOWS MOBILE BESPOKE MOBILE WEB CLIENT SPECIFIC DATA WAREHOUSING SOLUTIONS TO FACILITATE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE BIG DATA AUTOMATED DATA WAREHOUSING STORE, REPORT AND ANALYSE DATA MIGRATION & INTEGRATION OFFSHORE AND ONSHORE OUTSOURCED DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR BUSINESS FLEXIBLE COMMERCIAL MODELS NEARSHORE DEVELOPMENT ONSITE DEVELOPERS HOURLY RATES BASIS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE
- 4. Our Client Approach Opportunity Identification Formal RFP Direct Customer Contact Confirm Requirements and Scope of Work Response to requirements Statement of Work produced and agreed Prior to Contract Confirm technical requirements and timeframes Confirm the right resources with customers via interviews / CV’s Project Kickoff Preferred customer methodology Project Initiation Document – Communication plans and Success Criteria Status meetings and Regular Communication Account Manager assumes Project Sponsor role Project Manager assumes day to day reporting and progress Weekly reports and calls Delivery According to Project Plan Phased / Prototype / Go Live / UAT Quality Assurance Final Signoff
- 5. Talent Management RECRUITMENT & SELECTION PROFESSIONAL CAREER PLANS ROLE & RESPONSIBILITY SALARY & BENEFITS TRAINING & PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION & FEEDBACK
- 6. Project Examples BUSINESS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT WE CREATED A NEW SMS APPLICATION FOR T-MOBILE BACKEND SERVER SOLUTION INTEGRATED TO T-MOBILE SERVICES SOPHISTICATED USER INTERFACE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT COMPLETED IN .NET "Thanks to APRO we could see our expectations for the Message Analyzer product come into life. We especially value the technical expertise of the team and their overall innovative approach to creating solutions.” Pavel Tuma, Product Manager SMS SOLUTION WE DEVELOPED AN EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT AND SEARCH SOLUTION WITHIN OUTLOOK DELIVERED ON A CLOUD PLATFORM THE SOLUTION WAS DEVELOPED IN .NET FRAMEWORK AND UTILISES SQL SERVER WITH FULL ENCRYPTION. THE SOLUTION ALLOWS THE CONSULTANT INSTANT ACCESS TO POWERFUL SEARCH AND VISUALISATION CAPABILITY. THE SOLUTION WAS INTEGRATED TO WINDOWS MOBILE AND BLACKBERRY ENTERPRISE SERVER FOR MOBILE FUNCTIONALITY ON THE GO BESPOKE OUTLOOK APPLICATION FOR RECRUITMENT WE CREATED A NEW WEB USER INTERFACE FOR A COMPLEX CALCULATOR PRODUCT USED BY SALES AGENTS WHEN SELLING INSURANCE PRODUCTS. THIS REQUIRED IN DEPTH ANALYSIS OF EXISTING FUNCTIONALITY AND DYNAMIC DESIGN TECHNIQUES. WE DELIVERED XAML INTERFACES AND CREATED PROTOTYPES WE TESTED WITH END USERS BEFORE CONNECTING TO CORE DATA SERVICES. THE SOLUTION WAS DELIVERED ON TIME AND BUDGET TO 350 USERS INSURANCE SCHEME WEB CALCULATOR WE DELIVERED A WEB APPLICATION INTERFACE FOR PROCESSING ORDERS. THE SOLUTION WAS INTEGRATED INTO IBM BACKOFFICE APPLICATION “The created web application helped to enable access to data in our internal system for external parties, either customers or suppliers, thus greatly improving all processes related to car order management.” Michal Bašta - Application Analyst, LeasePlan ČR, s.r.o. VEHICLE ELECTRONIC ORDER MANAGEMENT
- 7. Project Examples ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DATA WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT WE DEVELOPED ENGINE WHICH USES PREVIOUS SALES DATA TO FORECASTS THE AMOUNT OF INVENTORY NEEDED BASED ON CERTAIN ATRIBUTES LIKE WEATHER, ECONOMIC SITUATION OR DEMOGRAPHICS. THE ENGINE USES MACHINE LEARNING PRINCIPLES TO IMPROVE ITS FORECASTS. PATTERNS RECOGNITION, MACHINE LEARNING, NEURO NETWORKS WE CREATED IMAGE RECOGNITION ENGINE FOR PRODUCT CALLED PROTANK. PROTANK IS TELEMETRICS INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT ORGANISING OF FLEETS. THIS ENGINE WAS USED FOR AUTOMATED RECOGNITION OF GARBAGE CANS TYPES WHEN THEY ARE PICKED UP BY TRUCKS. IMAGE RECOGNITION WE DEVELOPED A NEW CENTRAL DATA WAREHOUSE FOR THIS LEADING REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. WE DESIGNED, DEVELOPED AND DELIVERED THE NEW SYSTEM BEFORE CREATING A FUNCTIONALITY FOR MIGRATING DATA FROM A NUMBER OF LEGACY SYSTEMS "We have been cooperating with APRO Software for several years. I highly value their input in creating our data warehouses. APRO represent a guarantee of delivering and meeting all requirements placed by Orco Group.“ Lucie Němečková, ORCO Property Group CENTRAL DATA WAREHOUSE WE DEVELOPED A SOLUTION TO COLLECT DATA FROM MULTIPLE SYSTEMS AND DISPLAY IN CENTRAL SYSTEM FOR INSPECTORS TO USE “We have cooperated with APRO company for a long time and together we have completed several projects, simply because the people at APRO know how to externalize our visions and bring them to reality. APRO is a company with a truly professional approach to its customers and it always fulfills our assignments.” Karel Pavlicek- IT manager of Peugeot CZ CENTRALISED DATA SYSTEM
- 8. Project Examples CUSTOM MOBILE DEVELOPMENT WE DEVELOPED MOBILE APPLICATIONS FOR THIS LUXURY BRAND; IT INCLUDED PRODUCT INFORMATION, CAMPAIGN IMAGES AND INTERVIEWS AND PERSONAL SKETCHES. WE DEVELOPED AN ALGORITHM TO QUICKLY DISPLAY HI-RESOLUTION IMAGES AND INTERACTION TO SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS AND SMS. OUR BRIEF DEMANDED HIGH STANDARDS IN DESIGN AND USER EXPERIENCE. IPHONE AND IPAD APPLICATIONS WE CREATED A NEW MOBILE APPLICATION THAT OFFERED ADVANCED SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL FUNCTIONALITY FOR USERS SEEKING INFORMATION ON COMPANIES DETAILS. WE DEVELOPED THE ABILITY TO KEEP A LIST OF FAVOURITE SEARCHES WITHIN THE APPLICATION. OUR APPROACH TO DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT HAS LED THE CLIENT TO ENGAGE OUR SERVICES IN NEW PROJECTS IPHONE AND IPAD APPLICATION FITHPLAY SELL SAMRT ENERGY Solution. WE HAVE DEVELOPED FOR THEM MOBILE APP WHICH PROVIDES FLEXIBLE AND SIMPLE CONTROL OF PLUG CONSUMPTION. THE APPLICATION WAS DEVELOPED IN 3 VERSIONS: FOR IPHONE, IPAD, ANDROID AND WINDOWS PHONE 7. IPHONE, ANDROID, WINDOWS PHONE WE HAVE DEVELOPED A TABLET SOLUTION WHICH MAKES INSPECTION IN WAREHOUSES EASIER . IT IS REPORTING SYSTEM FOR INSPECTORS. ANDROID
- 9. Project Examples – Software Development Outsourcing ARTICDEV OUTSOURCING AARIXA IS A SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY IN BELGIUM. THEY REQUIRED US TO PROVIDE THEM WITH JAVA DEVELOPERS FOR A PROJECT WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION. WE PROVIDED STAFF FROM OUR BELARUS OFFICE TO WORK WITH THEM IN BRUSSELS. WE ORGANISED ALL WORK PERMITS AND VISAS AND OUR TEAM DELIVERED THE PROJECT OVER A PERIOD OF 6 MONTHS JAVA DEVELOPERS – EUROPEAN COMMISSION INNERWORKINGS IS AN IRISH COMPANY WHO PROVIDE AN INTERACTIVE LEARNING PLATFORM. WE PROVIDED THEM WITH 6 SKILLED DEVELOPERS UTILISING .NET, C#, HTML5 AND JAVASCRIPT. “We’re delighted with their aptitude and skill sets. Their communication with us has been focused and productive. In a very short space of time, we’ve come to feel that they are part of InnerWorkings and have almost forgotten that they work with APRO Software.” Robert Brady – VP of Operations WINDOWS PHONE, AZURE AND WINDOWS 8 FIFTHPLAY DEVELOP INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT IN BUILDINGS. WE PROVIDED A TEAM TO CREATE AN END TO END WEB PORTAL WITH SOCIAL NETWORKING UTILISING KANBAN METHODOLOGY. THE MAIN TECHNOLOGIES WERE ASP.NET, MVC3, MS SQL, JAVASCRIPT, CSS. “It looks really great, thank you! I am very impressed from your team achievement during time we work together!” Mihail Mihaylov, Fifthplay, Project Manager 4 DEVELOPERS WEB PORTAL PROJECT WE DEVELOPED A SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING USER INFORMATION AND MANAGING USER ACCESS FOR AN ADVERTISING SOLUTION. WE PROVIDED AN ANALYST AND PROJECT MANAGER TO AID IN SOFTWARE PLATFORM SELECTION. WE THEN PROVIDED A TEAM OF JAVA DEVELOPERS TO CREATE A SYSTEM FOR STORING USER DATA. THE SYSTEM REQUIRED A HIGH DEGREE OF SECURITY, MULTILINGUAL CAPABILITY AND LOCALISATION. WE HAVE CONTINUALLY WORKED WITH THE CLIENT TO UPDATE THE APPLICATION. ADVERTISING SYSTEM FOR WIFI NETWORK
- 10. Successful Outsourcing with APRO COMMUNICATION SETTING EXPECTATIONS RIGHT TEAM QUALITY PROJECT MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION TESTING DOCUMENTATION QUALITY PROCESS DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY
- 11. Why APRO? FLEXIBLE PRICE COMPETITIVE TALENTED AWARD WINNING EXPERIENCED NEARSHORE SOFTWARE SPECIALISTS INNOVATIVE PARTNERS RELIABLE UK SALES TEAM CREATIVE
- 12. Clients