CPS vs. Traditional Services
Most IT organizations are overbooked and understaffed. To address
these problems IT executives have traditionally employed the services
of large consulting companies or turned to staff augmentation.
These solutions have had several drawbacks:
Escalating Costs
Large consulting companies and staffing services bill on a time
and materials basis. As a result, they each have an incentive
to extend the life of projects. Up front cost projections are
rarely accurate resulting in cost overruns and time slippages.
Our fixed cost pricing model is designed to provide the client
with cost reliability and our development methodology provides
predictable development duration.
Poor Code
It is one of the worst kept secrets in the industry that the consultants
from the big name consulting companies are some of the least experienced.
IT executives many times are looking to reduce the companies risk
by going with a “big name” while those consulting
companies can get away with hiring lesser talent and relying on
their name. CPS engineers must pass rigorous testing standards
and show themselves to be experts in their area. Our code is our
product; therefore we make sure that our code builders possess
the utmost skill.
Knowledge Transfer
Almost all IT organizations have encountered a difficult transition
of knowledge from a contractor to company employees. Many times
there is no documentation and the code is difficult to maintain.
A contractor’s existence is based upon his/her indispensability
making it sometimes difficult to extract the necessary information.
Our code is built using industry “best practices”.
The code is clean and well commented. With everyone engagement
we deliver thorough technical documentation on every component
delivered.
Comparison: CPS vs Traditional Consulting and Staffing
Services
| |
CPS |
Consulting |
| Pricing |
Fixed (Low) |
Variable (High) |
| Timing |
Predictable |
Variable |
| Skill Level |
Expert |
Intermediate |
| Code Maintainabilty
|
High |
Low |
CPS vs.Outsourcing
Outsourcing has become one of the fastest growing trends in IT.
In response to escalating consulting and contracting costs, companies
have turned to outsourcing as a low cost alternative. This solution
has provided some cost savings to companies, but has come with
some painful drawbacks.
Language
Many companies have found that the barriers of language, culture,
and time-zone conspire to create a very difficult development
process. Requirements are missed or misunderstood resulting in
frustrated project managers, multiple development iterations and
time slippages.
Poor Code
The biggest risk companies’ face when utilizing external
resources to build software components is the long term maintainability
of the delivered code. It has been a common experience for many
IT managers that the code obtained from outsourced companies is
sloppy, poorly formatted, inefficient and not commented. The documentation
is also virtually non-existent. The savings achieved in up-front
development costs can be eaten up quickly with the high cost of
the implementation and maintenance of poorly written code.
Comparison: CPS vs Outsourcing
| |
CPS |
Outsourcing |
| Timing |
Predictable |
Variable |
| Skill Level |
Expert |
Beginner - Intermediate |
| Code Maintainabilty
|
High |
Low |
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