Agile software development

Sander Priivits, Sourcify OÜ, Co-Founder, Sales Manager

In collaboration with AgileWorks, Sourcify today provides a platform for strategic Request for Quotation (RFQ) management to the world's largest freight forwarding companies. As our clients themselves tell us, we don't just develop and implement their needs; with AgileWorks, we have a strategic partner who collaborates and often, by the end of the development process (compared to the initial requirement), we arrive at a much better solution. The agile approach ensures results that align with business needs and helps avoid unpleasant surprises throughout the process. In the AgileWorks team, our dialogue partners are specialists in their field, with whom communication is smooth, and we understand each other very well.

Andrek Laanemets, Registry and Information Systems Center Product Owner

Centre of Registers and Information Systems experience with AgileWorks team was amazing! Cooperation with the analyst, designer and the developers was smooth. At each stage, from analysis to implementing the requirements, the business logic was delved into, the end user's needs were taken into account and the team was thinking along and making suggestions to make the best decisions possible.

Meelis Zujev, Estonian Transport Administration Project Manager

The outcome does not only have an immensely positive effect on the Estonian work culture but is a role model on the European scale. I only have praises for our partner, AgileWorks, as, despite the delayed replies on our end, they carried on the work processes in a truly agile manner. Thank you for your pleasant cooperation and a great outcome!

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Jan Lagast, Managing Partner Participium, idlegcy

I was looking for developers from Belgium and Estonia for one of our key products. From a distance, all developers look similar, but for me, one of the most important factors in choosing software developers was that they were able to think from the business point of view and understand the idea. Most companies only talked about themselves, but AgileWorks immediately understood my business idea and today, having received the software, I can say that my original idea has indeed been successfully implemented.

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Eero Pank, Partner and Project Manager at Ellington Printing

We have had a very pleasant and productive cooperation with AgileWorks. They have been professional and considered our wishes and business needs. We highly evaluate their involvement in enhancing the system and the ability to adapt to changes.

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Olev Tehver, CEO of Taddy OÜ

Our cooperation with AgileWorks was smooth. The development team did its job professionally and quickly, and they understood our desires and business needs as a customer. Regarding AgileWorks software developers, we enjoyed constant communication, which helped to better understand each other and successfully reach the end result. If you need to create efficient and high-quality software and have the desire to have a say in development of the product, then the software development team of AgileWorks is the ideal partner for this.

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Silva Lill, Marketing Manager of the PLM Group’s Swedish branch

The agile approach of AgileWorks means that the entire development process is transparent and traceable for the customer, while at the same time taking into account the customer's business needs. This is why our collaboration has been successful so far.

Toomas Mattson, Communications Manager, National Audit Office of Estonia

We are pleased with the flexibility of AgileWorks - instead of saying that something is impossible, the team is constantly coming up with new ways to solve problems. AgileWorks represents a different kind of work culture.

Development process

Vision

The client comes up with an idea for a desired product. The idea is discussed with the lead developer.

Creating user stories

All known product features will be written down as user stories, i.e. how the user can use the feature and for what purpose.
The user stories will be evaluated by the developer. However, we maintain the freedom to modify, add or delete user stories during the project.
At the same time, essential features are selected for implementation in the initial development cycle.

Development cycle

The user stories chosen for the development cycle are carried out. The customer has a continuous overview (meetings, Pivotal, Skype) of started, unstarted, and completed works. The customer's desired changes are carried out on an ongoing basis.

The advantage of cyclic development is that the customer will already receive the useable part of the product at the end of the cycle.

End of development cycle

Works performed in the previous cycle are reviewed and new user stories are chosen for the next cycles to be carried out. The same actions are repeated.

Second development cycle

In the second development cycle, the product completed in the first cycle will be supplemented with new features (chosen user stories).

The customer has a continuous overview (meetings, Pivotal, Skype) of started, unstarted, and completed works. The customer's desired changes are carried out on an ongoing basis.

The customer receives a product with even more features.

A product corresponding to the vision

Upon completion of the development, the customer will receive a product corresponding to the vision.

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Continuation

...often, the customer wants to continue with product development, adding new ideas and features to its original vision.

New features

New features can be added to the existing product.

Agile software development

High productivity

Agile Software Developing is effective, high quality and swift. The most important thing is customer satisfaction. This assumes delivery of software that meets the customer’s goals, doing it efficiently and as often as possible. The customer receives a part of the used software every couple of weeks without having to wait for the completion of the entire software.

Flexibility

The customer’s vision of the needed software may change over time as the business progresses. We welcome necessary changes in the software development phase. In order to be flexible, we prefer not to set a strictly fixed volume, deadline and budget at the beginning of a project. We can agree on these, if necessary, but this may hinder the flexibility of development.

Speed

If you’re in a hurry, agile development is perfect for you. From the feasibility phase, delivery can be achieved in just a couple of weeks. Each delivered component of the software can be used independently and used to generate profit. On average, we deliver software 30-40% faster than companies using traditional development methods.

Constant overview and feedback

If meeting up is not possible, the distance is not an obstacle. Skype and a web-based project management platform allow the customer to plan development cycles, keep regular track of the development, test results and provide feedback.

Short development cycles

We deliver software frequently, i.e. in short development cycles that generally span a couple of weeks. With each delivery, the customer receives a usable component of the software. Cyclical development presents the customer with a great opportunity to make new decisions about what to change or add in the next cycles.

Minimal risks

Our success is mainly measured by software that is high quality, has no security risks and works well. If the developed code is good quality and has been adequately tested, it is also sustainable and can even be improved by the developers of the same field.