How we work
We use methodologies ofrapid application development. The applications are constructed through iterations. In this way the customer can see how the project advances and in which state are each one of its functionalities.
In each iteration functionality and requirements are reevaluated, so that priority is given to the functionality that the customer really needs.
The customer has access to the application's code repository of the iteration that has been given to him|her. We don't release just an executable, but the customer can see the source code of the application that it's being developed for him.
APSL offers a complete consulting service of open source solutions: selection of the option that best adapts to our clients needs, installation on the customer's servers or in servers managed by APSL and adaptation of the solution.
We are specialized in web solutions, for the access across Internet as well as for the corporative intranet: internal management applications, cms, mail, backup solutions, etc.
We cover all the cycle, from the domain management to the installation of a full groupware solution for your company.
Developement process
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The budget
Once the initial contact has been established, one of our analysts will contact you to establish the reach of the project and to elaborate the initial budget. The budget is an orientation about the cost of project. The cycle of iterations that APSL follows means that after any iteration the reach of the project can be modified or new functionality can be added. In the acceptance of the budget the customer pays a percentage agreed on, normally between 10 and 20% of the total budget and is granted access to the source code repository and the project management software so it can track the status of the project.
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The iteration cycle
In each iteration the priorities are agreed on with the customer. Each iteration has a duration of between two weeks and a month and ends with a product with the characteristics that have been requested for that phase. Once the iteration is finished the customer pays the percentage corresponding to the mentioned iteration minus the percentage corresponding to initial overtaking, whenever this has not been consumed totally, and starts a new cycle. In any moment the customer can give the product for bond and finish the iterations. In this case the amount that she will have to paid will be the initial overtaking plus the total of the payments of the carried out iterations.
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End of project
The customer is who decides in every moment if continue or not with the iterations. Once the initial payment has been exhausted, the iterations are paid by advance. The project is considered finished when the customer considers that with the iteration her requirements are fulfilled or new iterations have not been requested in two months.
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Guarantees
The cost of the application includes a service of corrective maintenance free of charges for three months and includes the resolution of the following cases:
- • Programming errors
- • Modifications in the rules and legal dispositions
- • Degradation of the answer time for a forseen workload
