Established in the year 2000, PSI is a global software solutions provider delivering across various segments such as OPD, BPM, AMD, ISV, Web & Multimedia, Testing, and Consulting Services. With offices in the USA, Canada and a development center in India, we serve a highly diverse customer base from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies across industry and technology domains.
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PSI Corporate Profile_Outsourced Product Development
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PSI Proprietary and Confidential. Strictly Private
21860, Via Regina Saratoga, CA 95070 USA
Phone: (408) 877-2424. Telefax (408) 867-0666
CIN No.: U72200RJ2004PTC019576
Email: info@thepsi.com, Website: www.thePSI.com
Corporate Profile
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Corporate Highlights
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Year of Establishment
• January 10, 2000
Total Employees
• 250 +
Service Delivery Exp.
• 1500 + Man Years
Core Service Offerings • S/W Product Development
• BPM Services & Solutions
• Custom Application Development & Solutions
Geographic Markets
• USA & Canada
• Europe
• Australia & New Zealand
• India
Customer Segment
(B2B & B2C)
• ISV’s - Start Up’s & Mid Size Software Companies
• Large Size BPO’s
• Large Enterprises (End Customer)
Offices • California, USA (HQ)
• Calgary, Canada
• Munich, Germany
• Jaipur, India (Development Center)
Certifications
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Service Offering Portfolio
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Product Engineering
• New Product
Design &
Development
• Product feature
enhancement
• Product Re-
engineering
• Software Product
Testing
• Product
Maintenance and
Support
• Release and Licence
Management
Application
Development &
Maintenance
• New Application
Development
• Application
Migration
• Application Testing
& Support
• Application
Maintenance
• Application
Integration
Business Process
Management
• Business Process
Discovery
• Business Process
Consulting
• Business Process
Implementation
• Business Process
Automation
• Business Process
Re-engineering
• Business Process
Migration
• Integration/EAI
Testing
• Project
Management
• Test Structuring &
Execution
• Quality Metrics
• Defect Analytics
• Process
Improvement
Content Engineering
• Rich Media
Development
• Rich Media demos
& Kiosks
• Creative templates
• 3D Modeling
• Animation
• Asset Production
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Product Engineering
• New Product
Design &
Development
• Product feature
enhancement
• Product Re-
engineering
• Software Product
Testing
• Product
Maintenance and
Support
• Release and Licence
Management
Application
Development &
Maintenance
• New Application
Development
• Application
Migration
• Application Testing
& Support
• Application
Maintenance
• Application
Integration
Business Process
Management
• Business Process
Discovery
• Business Process
Consulting
• Business Process
Implementation
• Business Process
Automation
• Business Process
Re-engineering
• Business Process
Migration
• Integration/EAI
Testing
• Project
Management
• Test Structuring &
Execution
• Quality Metrics
• Defect Analytics
• Process
Improvement
Content Engineering
• Rich Media
Development
• Rich Media demos
& Kiosks
• Creative templates
• 3D Modeling
• Animation
• Asset Production
Service Offering – Capability Matrix
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• Web App Development
• Enterprise App Development
• Multimedia Solutions
• Testing-as-a-Service
• Desktop App Development
• Data Analytics Solutions
• Mobile App Development
• Application Reengineering & Support
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Services Offering-Technology Stack
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Languages and Technologies/Frameworks
Java/J2EE, JSP, Servlets, Spring, Struts, Hibernate; VB.NET, ASP.NET, MVC, WCF,
Entity, Web API; C/C++, Objective-C, Delphi, Win32 SDK, PHP, HTML5, jQuery,
AngularJS, Ext JS, Ruby on Rails, UML, XML.
Application & Web Servers WebSphere, Pramati, Jboss, Tomcat, Microsoft IIS, WebLogic, Apache.
Mobile Application Development
iOS Native Development, Android Development SDK, Windows Mobile, PhoneGap,
HTML5, Adobe Air.
Open Source (CMS / E-Commerce) Tools WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Codeignitor, Magento, osCommerce, Zen Cart, R-tools.
Database Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL, Vertica, PostgreSQL, DB2, Derby, Progress.
Multimedia Tools
HTML5, Flash, FLEX, Action Script, Adobe Multimedia Server, Photoshop, Microsoft
Expression Blend.
Project Management and Defect Tracking
Tools
MS Project Server, JIRA, Dot Project, Salesforce, Mantis, Bugzilla, Testopia, Testlink.
Software Engineering and Review Tools TFS, MS Visio, ReSharper, Google Code Pro, Enterprise Architect, E R Studio, Eclipse,
NetBeans, Visual Studio.
Software Testing Tools (Black Box)
Selenium 2.0, Ranorex 3.2, Quick Test Professional 9.2, TPTP 4.1, Eclipse –
EclEmma; Silk Performer 2008 / 2011.
Configuration Management SVN, CVS, GIT, VSS.
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Microsoft Technology Stack
Language ASP.NET, VB.NET, C#, Visual C++
App Servers
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Internet Information Server (IIS), Windows
Server 2000 /2003, MS Exchange Server 2003, MS Project Server 2010, Microsoft
Team Foundation Server (TFS)
Databases SQL Server 2000/2005/2008,2012,2014
Programming Tools Microsoft Visual studio 2003/ 2005/ 2008/ 2010/ 2012, 2013
Technologies
Microsoft .NET, Web Forms, Win Forms, ActiveX, Web Services, SOAP, Windows
Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF),
Silverlight, XML, UDDI, XSLT, AJAX, Java script, jQuery, COM/DCOM, Sharepoint,
MVC, MVVM, LinQ, Entity Framework, knockout.js, Webapi
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Language Objective C, Java, C#
Development Environment WML, Xcode, Eclipse
Databases SQLite
Operating System iOS, Android, Windows
Platform iOS, Android, Windows
Framework / Environment iPhone SDK Frameworks, Android SDK, Windows Phone SDK
Hybrid Development Corodova/PhoneGap, Adobe AIR
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Mobile Technology Stack
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Language Action Script 2.0/3.0, AIR, jQuery, HTML, HTML 5, CSS, CSS3
Development Environment
Adobe Flash, Adobe Flash Builder, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Adobe
Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash Catalyst, Adobe Media Encoder, Adobe Sound
Booth/Adobe Audition, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign
Databases SQLite
Operating System MS Windows, iOS, Android
Platform Windows, iOS, Android
Framework / Environment Apache Flex, Cairngorm, PureMVC, Swiz, BlazeDS, WebORB, Sencha, Sencha Touch
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Multimedia Technology Stack
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Software Testing Technology Stack
Black Box Testing
Functional Testing, System & Integration Testing, GUI/ Usability Testing, Regression
Testing, Cross Browser Compatibility testing, Mobile Application Testing on
Android, IOS, Installation Testing, Scalability Testing, End to End Testing, Migration
Testing, Load Testing, Security Testing (User Mgmt, SQL Injection, XSS, URL
Tempering ) etc
Functional Automation Tools
• Selenium 2.0 (Web Driver & RCP)
• Ranorex 3.2 ( License Available with PSI)
• TPTP 4.1 over Eclipse RCP
• QTP 9.0 + (Can work if License provided by client)
Performance Automation Tools
• JMeter 2.3.2 ( Open Source)
• Badboy 2.0 (Open Source)
• Silk Performer 2011 (Can work if License provided by client)
Test Management Tools
• Bugzilla 3.6
• TFS ( Can work if License provided by client)
• JIRA ( Can work if License provided by client)
Test Frameworks Data-driven Framework, Hybrid Framework, WebDriver 2.4
Technology Platform JAVA, MS.NET, PHP, SBM 7.6.x, Flash, Flex, Silverlight, Android, iOS
Development Code Review Find Bugs, PMD, Google Code Pro, FxCop etc
Development Test Frameworks
(White Box Testing)
JUnit, NUnit, JFunc, JPerf, HttpUnit , JProbe, OptimizeIT
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Solution Areas – A Snapshot
Solution area Tools/ Suites & Frameworks Solutions
Business Process Management (BPM)
• Savvion Business Manager
• IBM BPM
• Activiti
• Salesforce
• Accounts Payable
• Work Distribution System
• Document Verification Process
• Immigration & Screening Process
• Research Process
• Service Desk Handling Process
Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
• Weblogic Portal
• MS SharePoint
• Smart Storage Solution For Huge Data
• Custom Frameworks Development
• Custom Front Ends Development
Business Intelligence(BI)
&
Data Ware Housing(DWH)
• OBIEE
• Microsoft SSAS/SSRS
• OWB
• ODI
• R
• Pervasive Data Integrator
• PSI (Pervasive Data Integrator)
• Tableau
• Reports
• Data Analysis for trends and forecasting
• Business Analytics
• Knowledge Repositories
• Business Intelligence
Mobile Application Development
• Xcode
• Android SDK
• Cocoa Framework
• PhoneGap/Corodova
• Business apps
• Training
• Game Tracking
• Custom apps
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Development Methodology – PSI
Development
Models
Basic Features Best Fit Scenario Our Expertise
Waterfall
• Legacy model for software
development projects.
• Fixed phases and linear
timelines.
• Requirements are very well
defined.
• Project is to be carried out in fixed
timelines.
• Expert level understanding
and have delivered many
projects using this model.
Agile
• Projects that needs extreme
agility in requirements.
• Short-term delivery cycles
(sprints).
• Requirements are dynamic.
• Project is to be carried out in
phases.
• Continuous evaluation is needed.
• Expert level understanding
and have delivered many
projects using this model.
• Many SCRUM Certified
Project Managers for this
model.
V-Model
• An extension of the
waterfall model.
• The process steps are bent
upwards after the coding
phase.
• Each phase of development to be
correlated with associated phase
of Testing.
• Good Level of Knowledge.
• Few projects have already
been delivered using this
model.
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Geographic Revenue Distribution
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India
Australia
Europe
USA & Canada
GEOGRAPHIC REVENUE
India
Australia
Europe
USA & Canada
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Quality Management
Quality Policy
PSI is committed to timely deliver software solutions and services that fully meet the customer
requirements and exceed customer expectations by developing a proactive, process oriented,
continuously improving organization where quality is reflected in everything that is done.
Quality @ PSI is the function of 4 major components:
• People: Experience & committed
• Process: Mature & Adherent
• Technology: Innovative & Contemporary
• Project Management: Dynamic & Transparent
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Quality Management
• Seasoned in Offshore/Onsite Service Delivery
• Optimal mix of Developers, Design Architectures,
Technology Consultants & QA experts
• Worked on mission critical projects with Fortune 500
clients
• Self-driven & Self-managed tech team
• Having Multi Cultural Exposure
• Exposure To Multi tier Team Structure.
People
• Global approach to ISO 9001:2008 process adherence
• Close loop approach for project control, learning, and
improvement
• Maintenance of project quality documents
• Analysis, Modelling, Control, Measurement, and Reuse of
processes and domain knowledge
• Dedicated SQA team.
Process
• Innovative and needful solutions
• Continual innovation and mapping with volatility
• Readily accommodate change and constraints
• Extensive use of automation tools
• Rich experience on contemporary tools/frameworks
• Diverse & in-depth skill coverage on varied technologies.
Technology
• Collaborative approach.
• S/W Configuration Management .
• Regular two way communication facilitating the
customer’s time zone.
• Dedicated team(s) and formulation of their pre-defined
roles and responsibilities.
• Interactive support through IM’s, VoIP, and e-Mail.
Project Management
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Leverage PSI
• Apt Size.
• Strategically positioned to deliver projects in 5-50 people range.
• Current infrastructure can support up to 100 people project.
• Access at all levels
Appropriate Company Size
• UKTI (UK Trade & Investment) ranked Jaipur as the 4th fastest emerging business destination.
• Hewitt Associates, ranked Jaipur as No: 1 in Talent Sourcing.
• PSI “Attrition Rate “runs in single digits.
• Safer, secure and world class infrastructure comparable to Delhi NCR or Bangalore, etc.
Advantage Location
• ISO 9001:2008
• Home grown processes evolved for QA Assurance.
Delivery & Quality Assurance Size
• Agile & Flexible Development Technologies
• Experience across segments.
Technical know-how
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SRS
Outsourcing Process
1 PSI Contact
2 Client Response
3 NDA Exchange
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Project Plan2
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UAT
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Client Release
Development & Testing
Outsourcing
Process
Support &
Maintenance
Project
PlanningImplementation
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2 Development &
Enhancement
4 MSA & Work Order
Exchange
Initial
Contact
Post Production Support
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3 Prototype/POC with
Architectural
Design
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Outsourcing Implementation
• Microsoft Project Server
• Dot Project
• SalesForce
• Asana
Project Management
• Bugzilla
• Mantis
• Fogbuz
• Jira
Bug Management
• ISO Driven Processes
• Streamlined process based on
engagement model
• Specific processes to target
different execution
methodologies like Agile,
Waterfall, V Model etc
• Detailed Processes and
Templates to cover all phases of
SDLC
• Email, IM and VOIP
• RDP, Live Screen Share, Video
Conferencing
• Time over lap with
International Teams
Communication Management
Process Management
Outsourcing
Implementation
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IPR Protection in India
• The Indian Copyright Act 1957 clearly explains:
— The rights of a copyright holder.
― Position on rentals of software.
— The rights of the user to make backup copies.
― And most importantly the amendments imposed heavy punishment and fines for infringement of
copyright of software.
• Copyright Enforcement Advisory Council (CEAC) is the key nodal body to track and suggest changes in the
Copyright Law.
• Several IPR and Copyright Law Enforcement agencies:
— Standardization, Testing and Quality Certification (STQC)
― Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)
— Information Security Technology Development Council (ISTDC)
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IPR Protection @ PSI
• Corporate
— Membership: PSI is a Member of Data Security Council of India [DSCI]. An organization which is active in
suggesting, influencing and enforcing IPR protection policy in India.
— PSI is an ISO 9001:2008 certified company and we strictly adhere to quality and data protection guidelines.
— We sign IPR agreement with customers.
— Liability Insurance (Errors and omissions excepted)
• Employee
— We sign back-to-back agreements with employees.
— Every employee is hired post background (BGC) check at PSI.
• PSI Infrastructure
— Total controlled access within the facility.
— Managed & Secure Network.
— Hardware based security:
• Server Room access controlled by Biometrics card, internal channel lock mechanism, Network and Server
controlled by SonicWall firewall, authorized user access to PSI network
— Software based security : Access to public networks is prohibited.
— Restricted access to designated areas.
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Engagement Models
Engagement Advantage Disadvantage Best Fit Scenario
Fixed Bid
• Fixed Price, no cost overrun
• Fixed Timelines
• Higher Cost per hour
• Less Flexible
• Less Agile
• Difficult CR Handling
• Lot of documentation to complete
project and contract
• Projects with Fixed Time
and Cost Budget
• Small to medium duration
projects
• Clear Project Scope,
requirements and
Specifications
Time & Material
• Effort Based Model
• Scalability
• Flexibility
• Development team scalability
based on projects
• Less Cost Control
• Closed Monitoring
• Team Ramp up & Ramp
Down is likelihood.
• Specifications and design
prone to changes
midstream.
Retainership
• Long term engagement
• Dedicated Team
• Most cost effective over long
run
• Utilisation of same
manpower.
• Close monitoring
• Dependency on People
• Scope Creep
• Long term & Strategic
Requirements.
• Good for ongoing Product
Development.
• Project Requirements not
clear.
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Thank You
We appreciate your time in reviewing the information and value every opportunity to work with you.
Please visit us at www.thePSI.com for further information or contact at info@thePSI.com
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