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2. Company Overview
EffectiveSoft is an international software development service
provider founded in 2000. We are headquartered in San Diego,
CA, and offer both local and off-shore presence. We have
partners and international representatives in 20 countries.
We are 250+ skilled specialists (both onsite and off-shore):
 software developers
 QA engineers
 project managers
 system administrators
 technical writers
 designers
We participated in mission-critical projects for such end-clients as
Deutsche Bank, IKEA, British Gas, Tanker Pacific and Wates
Group.

3. Facts about EffectiveSoft
We pay much attention to staff certification to prove our skills and
expertise. We are 3x Microsoft Gold Certified and 2x Microsoft Silver
Certified.
EffectiveSoft provides a full cycle of software development services,
with main focus on Microsoft stack, Java, PHP and mobile
technologies.
 Founded in 2000.
 HQ in San Diego, California.
 Dispersed development team:
San Diego-based and Minsk-based.
 250+ employees globally.
 1500+ successfully completed projects.
 Twice more projects in 2012 as compared to 2010.
 86% of projects evolve into new versions.
 80+ clients partnering for 2+ years.
 15-20% employee growth annually.
 Simply nice people to work with. :)

4. Technology Overview
Application Development
Technologies:
.NET Framework (ASP.NET, MVC, WPF,
WCF), MS SQL Server, SharePoint, MS
Dynamics.
Team:
75+ developers, 15+ Microsoft certified.
Technologies:
J2EE, Spring, Hibernate, Oracle
database, Java Script.
Team:
40+ developers, 10+ Sun certified.
Technologies:
LAMP stack, Zend framework, Symfony
framework, AJAX, HTML5 and Flash/Flex.
CMS:
Drupal, Joomla, Magento.
Team:
30+ PHP developers, 5+ Zend certified.
Mobile Development
Platforms: iOS, Android, WP7, BlackBerry.
Team: 30+ mobile developers.

5. Processes
Methodologies
Our software development methodology is based on ISO/IEC
standards, and our 12+ year experience.
We apply the following methodologies:
 Agile
 Scrum
 Waterfall
Planning and Project Tracking Tools
Our customers and managers control the development progress
via the following tools:
 Microsoft Office Project
 Jira
 Redmine
 BaseCamp
 Confluence

7. Experience & Expertise
EffectiveSoft’s development turnover is less than 7%.
3 key points of our strong staff loyalty:
 In-house education and trainings.
 Proven bonus program.
 Challenging projects.
All of the developers have Bachelors or Master’s degrees
in the following sciences:
 Mathematics and Computing.
 Physics.
 Radio Electronics.
EffectiveSoft's Team Expertise
BAs
51%
MAs
36%
PhDs
13%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%

8. Quality Assurance
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Our quality management mechanism is based on ISO 9001-2000
requirements and ISO/IEC 12207-99 recommendations. We provide:
 Functional Testing
 Automation Testing
 Performance Testing
QA team: 50+ automation and manual test engineers
Specialists certified in:
 ISTQB foundation level
 ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Manager
 Software Testing Brain-bench Master Certificate
QA tools applied:
 Planning and coordination: MS
Project, JIRA, Confluence
 Test management: TestLink, Mercury
TestDirector / HP Quality Center
 Test
automation:
TestComplete,
JMeter, Selenium, MS Visual Studio
 Defect tracking: JIRA, Mercury
TestDirector / HP Quality Center,
Bugzilla

9. Communication
Smooth communication is assured by:
 US-based Developers, Business Analysts,
Project Managers, Account Managers.
 Dedicated Project Managers and Team Leads
on the development team’s side.
 Detailed project plans, estimations, project
scope.
 Regular detailed reports.
 Transparent development process assured by
customers’ access to Project tracking and Bug
fixing systems.
Communication tools:
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E-mail
Skype
WebEx
Phone
“Face-to-face” meeting

10. Why EffectiveSoft
In order to see how we're doing overall and find out
how we can improve, we regularly conduct the
customer service questionnaire.
Key reasons
According to the results for the previous year, our
team's work was evaluated as follows (1 -Poor, 2 - Fair,
3 - Average, 4 -Good, 5 - Excellent):
 Quality level of the delivered software 4,5
 Team members productivity 4,6
 Communication 4,8
 Planning and estimation quality 4,7
Skilled people
Smooth communication
Proven reputation