think future technologies
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Think Future Technologies – Corporate Overview
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Contents
Outsourcing
Case Studies
About Think Future Technologies
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Overview
• Think Future Technologies is a global software development, QA & Testing services firm- Incorporated in India in 2006- Privately-held; self-funded and debt-free
• Locations- Worldwide Office Locations- San Jose, CA , USA (Bizdev Office)- Gurgaon, India (Offshore Development Center)- Rudrapur, India (Recruitment &Training Center)- London, UK (Partner)- Irvine, CA, USA (Partner)- Tel Aviv, Israel
• Total of 150+ employees worldwide servicing over 10 top global companies- 130 technical resources- In-house training infrastructure- Lowest attrition rate in industry- 100% client retention practices
• 70% growth every year since its inception
• TFT ranked 15th in the Deloitte Fast50 India 2011
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Accreditations
Think Technology..Think Future
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At a glance
• Software Development- Web Enabled Application- Windows Desktop Application- Macintosh Application- Multiple Mobile platform app Development- Frontend Development
• QA & Testing- Manual Testing- Automation Testing- Performance Testing- Security Testing
• Maintenance & Support- Manage the code & Make Enhancements- Bug Fixing- Email and Online Chat Support Services
We step in to fill voids in the client organization…!
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Key Differentiators
Value Addition Value Addition Experience of working on Revenue generating products
Skill DeploymentSkill Deployment
Sr. Management Focus Sr. Management Focus
Talented people with multi-dimensional skill sets. Persistent allocation across project. Suitable built-in redundancy to mitigate attrition
The senior management is technical & is engaged in periodic monitoring of projects
Flat Organization Flat Organization Agility. Issue Escalation to senior management. Immediate Decision. Less Bureaucratic
End-user Orientation End-user Orientation The end-user is ubiquitous in all development related decisions
Process OrientationProcess Orientation Stress is on process efficiencies
Stability Stability Self funded and been in India for last 15 years
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Contents
About Think Future Technologies
Case Studies
Outsourcing
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PDLC Expertise
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Resource Distribution - Overall
Harness key technologies for producing robust, scalable, and maintainable solutions!
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Project Management Process (PMP) Flowchart
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PMP Artifacts
• Project Initiation Note
• Project Kick-off Meeting
• Project Plan
• Sprint Sheets
• Daily Status Reports
• Monthly Status Reports
• Test Plan
• Test Suites
• Release Notes
PI Note
Project Kick-off
Daily Stauts Report
Weekly Status Report
Project Plan
Sprint Sheet
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Governance Model
…”Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.!” Henry Ford
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Recruitment Overview
..Hire "A" Players and tap their network. "A players attract A players, B players attract C players“!
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Our Expertise (Dev)
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Our Expertise (QA)
QA & Testing
Manual
Functional, Integration, Cross Browser, Compatibility,
Localization
Automation
Framework based automation using QTP,
Selenium,Symbiotest
Performance
Load, Stress, Endurance, Volume using Load Runner,
WebLoad, OpenSTA
Security Testing
False Positive Reporting, SQL Injection, XSS, Phishing
Attacks
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Information Security
• Network Security- Email Policy, download policy, Internet access policy- Password policy- Firewall, antivirus, VPN
• Data Security- Access Rights, Disposal Policy- Version Control- Backup Policy
• Physical Security- Fire Alarm, smoke detectors- Security Personnel
• Employee Security- Security Awareness Training
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IP Security
• Non Disclosure Agreement- Between client and TFT
• Information Access - Confidential information distributed on need to know basis
• Employee Confidentiality- Employee Agreement- Client specific contract (can be discussed)
• Non-Compete Agreement- Do not work for a list of “competing” companies (can be
discussed)
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Engagement Model
• Time and Material- TFT Project Management- Client Project Management
• Fixed Cost – Fixed Time- Pre decided cost- TFT Project Management
• Maintenance- Minimum retainer ship basis
• Dedicated Offshore Development Centre- Dedicated Resources- Dedicated Infrastructure
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Initial Steps
• Discovery Phase- Estimated to be one month’s duration- TFT sends 1 or 2 Sr. engineers on-site to understand the
culture, technologies and frameworks used, short and long term expectations etc
- Estimated to be one month’s duration- Jointly formulated what needs to be done in pilot phase- And the metrics to evaluate success of pilot phase
• Pilot Phase- Set of tasks to be carried out by TFT- Apply and validate the Project Management /
Governance Model- Evaluate the pilot phase
• Project Execution Phase- Project Kick-off
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Summary – TFT Advantage
• Resources that work over 45 hours a week
• 20% of resources are added as Shadow (i.e. not billed)
• Easy ramping up and ramping down of resources as per
requirement
• Access to experienced and expert consultants on need basis
• Work as extended team of the client
• Good Process definition and validation
• Self developed tools that are provided to client free of charge
• All this at a very competitive price
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Contents
About Think Future Technologies
Case Studies
Outsourcing
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Case Study # 1:
It is a private university located in Robina, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is also
the first private university established in Australia. It received top marks in more categories
(key performance indicators) of the Good Universities Guide than any other Australian
university in 2007, 2008, 2009 and an equal second rating in 2010.
TFT is working with it since last one year and had come in relationship after exhaustive
evaluation of technically competent vendors by it. TFT is one stop solution for all their IT
guidance, development & maintenance.
• Key Features
− Extended team to it’s PMO
− Flexible support model
− Availability of SME on demand
− Dedicated and focused team
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Technologies ( Support )
− iPad Development
− MS Dynamics (CRM)
− MS Sharepoint
− MS Team Foundation Server
− MS SQL Server (RS & AS)
− MS .NET Framework (C#, VB.NET, C++) development & maintenance
− Blackboard Support
− QA & Testing
TFT is developing new as well as maintaining existing applications. Here our responsibilities lies with guiding client on new tools & technologies where ever required.
Reference shall be provided on request.
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Case Study # 2:
It is an US based entity deals in online digital assets. The client has forged business partnerships with renowned corporate thereby offering their contents in various innovative ways.
TFT came up with a proposal for developing a software system where in they can merchandize their assets online via various mediums such as web mails, blogs, chats etc.
• Key Features− Dynamic availability of digital contents from contents library− Highly secure over internet− Involved windows internals programming− Scalable architecture
• Technologies− C# 2.0, Flash, Flex, AS 3.0− WPF & AJAX− Design Patterns & MVC
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Case Study # 3: Create And Print
Create and print is a product of world known greeting card company. This is the Adobe flex based application where user can customize the pre-defined as well as new greeting cards for their friends and family and can take printout.
• Key Features− Dynamic availability of digital contents from contents library− Highly secure over internet.− Scalable and well defined architecture- Favorite card can be posted directly on social networking sites.
• Technologies− Adobe Flex 3.0, AS 3.0− Javascript (dojo)and python− Design Patterns(Façade Pattern, Command Pattern, Proxy Pattern etc) & MVC based
framework(pureMVC)
•References− On Demand
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Case Study # 4: Automated Regression Suite
It is an online dating company, pioneered online dating when it launched on the Web in 1995 and continues to lead this exciting and evolving category after more than a decade.
Business need was to help with regression testing using automated means, which was spanning approx. 8000 test cases and used to take weeks to execute one full cycle.
• Key Features− Automated ~5000 test cases, automation still going on− Most innovative use of Object Repository and Recovery Mechanism− Unattended execution of all test cases in parallel on ~10 workstations− Customized emails for test execution results− Initiation of test execution using batch files, instead of need to launch from Quality Center− Full support for database validations− Support for multiple version of application features, running at the same time
• Technologies− Quality Center from HP− QuickTest Profession from HP, with tightest possible integration with Quality Center− Extensive use of Open Test Architecture exposed by Quality Center− Use of Automation object model of QuickTest Pro− Strong usage of VBScript
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Case Study # 5: Off shoring QA
The client is an Israel based company developing email client that makes it easy and enjoyable for people to send and receive emails.
Business need was to offshore the complete QA.
• Key Features− Moved the entire QA to India in a matter of 3 months− The QA was spread across 4 different sub-teams totaling 20 resources − Each sub-team had a local associate lead− The Associate Lead of each team reported to an onsite lead− A site to site VPN was setup between TFT and the client to enable a better and responsive
environment for the teams at TFT− All KT was done in two phases. In the first phase, the TFT leads visited the client site. In the
second phase, the leads visited India to train, meet and greet each member of the team. This also allowed each offshore member to interact with the onsite leads and build good bonding
− All requirements brainstorming, test case review was done along with the onsite lead using Internet Messenger like skype
− There was a regular exchange of daily and weekly status reports.− The top level stakeholders setup a monthly status checkpoint to ensure that all issues were
under control
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Case Study #6 : Assessment Software System for DRDO
Defence Research Development Organization is an Indian government owned enterprise dealing in development of defence equipments and having labs across India. It had a requirement to manage & control its yearly assessment & training process throughout India on an uniform basis.
A .Net based implementation using Oracle as a backend database was recommended for the implementation of the entire system. It took about 18 months for the entire implementation covering all the labs.
• Key Features− Web-enabled application− Highly secure over internet & intranet being a defense application.− Scalability & Maintainability− Security at all levels i.e. IIS, Presentation, Business, Database.
• Technologies− C#, ASP.NET, jQuery− Webservices & AJAX− NUnit, JSUnit & QUnit − Oracle 10g, Design Patterns, MVC
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•Reference Site− www.drdo.org
After the huge success of training and assessment application, DRDO is working on new initiatives where TFT will be hand holding them in implementing CMS systems for various modules.
•Key Features− Web-enabled application− Highly secure over internet & intranet being a defense application.− CMS (Joomla) & SEO− Security at all levels i.e. IIS, Presentation, Business, Database.
• Technologies− PHP, C#, ASP.NET, jQuery− Webservices & AJAX− MySQL, − Design Patterns, MVC
ReferenceOn Demand
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Case Study # 7: Human Resource System
Developed a Human Resource Management Engine. Part of this engine was used to support development of a customized human resource management system.
• Key Features− PAQ Management− Jobreq Management− Newbie Management− Employee Management− Separation Management− Assets Management − Reporting
• Technologies− Java/J2EE , Struts, Spring Core, Quartz ,iText,JNDI,SOAP,Velocity− My SQL,MS SQL Server 2005 Databases− HTML ,Javascript , Dojo,XSLT,MXML− Adobe’s IlogElixir for visualization
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Case Study # 8: Mobile Apps
TFT is developing Smart phone applications on multiple platforms in Fun, entertainment, games and apps for enterprise.
• Key Features− Social Networking− Adds on Mobile− GPS− Funny Avatars
• Technologies− iPhone SDK 3.0, XCode, Objective C− Blackberry / J2ME− Android− Windows 7
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Case Study # 9: Migration from QTP+QC to Selenium+VSTM
Our client is a dating company, pioneered online dating when it launched on the Web in 1995 and continues to lead this exciting and evolving category after more than a decade.
Business and Financial need was to reduce the execution time for current automation suite (~8000 test cases) from 48 hours to 6 hours by increasing number of automation hosts from current 8 to 40. This required additional purchase of about 32 QTP licenses (along with new QC licenses).
• Key Features− Implemented TAGS framework based on Selenium− Replaced QC with Microsoft Visual Studio Test Manager and integrated selenium with VSTM− Unattended execution of all test cases in parallel on ~40 workstations− Customized emails for test execution results− Initiation of test execution using batch files, or excel based Grid (our own solution)− Full support for database validations and API− Support for multiple versions of application features running at the same time
• Technologies− TAGS- TFT Generic Test Automation Framework based on Selenium Web driver− Microsoft Visual Studio Test Manager− Smart integration of Test Manager with TAGS, completely replacing HP Quality Center− TAGS Grid (Our indigenous grid solution)
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TFT has been working as extended QA team to the existing qa team of our US client . It has been working with TFT to develop test cases, repair existing test cases, test mobile applications (iPhone, iPod, Androids, Blackberries etc) on device and simulator both.
Reference
Details can be provided on request
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Case Study # 10: Clintele(Extended Team)
An online dating company, pioneered online dating when it launched on the Web in 1995 and continues to lead this exciting and evolving category after more than a decade.
Business and Financial need was to cut down the running operational cost of maintenance and execution along with couple of other implicit expectations.
• Key Features− Significant reduction in cost of operation− Extension to client’s onsite team giving work window or 15 hrs daily− Technical support to existing automation team− Trained shadow resources to provide work continuity− 45 hours work week
• Technologies− Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5/4.0, MVC 2.0/3.0, Unity Framework 4.0, Enterprise Library 4.0− MS Team System 2010, MS SQL Server 2008− NUnit, Mock Objects, Test Driven .NET− C#, jQuery− Razor View Engine, LINQ
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TFT has been working as extended Development team to the existing dev team of Match.com. Match.com has been working with TFT to develop & maintain internal tools, maintenance of existing match.com site.
Reference
Details can be provided on request
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Case Study # 11:
It is a microstock photography website which maintains a library of royalty-free stock images available by subscription.
Business need for it was to reduce amount of manual efforts required to carry through regression testing for each product release. This would enable existing experts to focus on product enhancements rather than regression tests of the application, while keeping implementation costs to minimum levels.
• Key Features− Implemented TAGS framework based on selenium− Used XStudio as test management tool which comes with free licensing.− Unattended execution of all test cases in parallel on ~12 workstations− Customized emails for test execution results− Initiation of test execution using batch files or excel based Grid (our indigenous solution)− Full support for database validations and API− Support for multiple versions of application features running at the same time− Use of excel to write automation workflows in order to minimize need of programming
expertise which would otherwise be required to automate with selenium
• Technologies− TAGS- TFT Generic Test Automation Framework based on Selenium Web driver− XStudio as Test Management Tool− Smart integration of XStudio with TAGS− TAGS Grid
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•References As per request.
TFT is working as extended QA team to the existing qa team of our client. It has been working with TFT to develop test cases, repair existing test cases, automate test cases using TAGS, regular execution of these automated test cases, monitoring results, reporting findings and maintaining suite of automated tests in XStudio/ TAGS.
Reference
Details can be provided on request
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Think Future TechnologiesXI-XII FloorsJMD Regent SquareGurgaon, Haryana, Indiawww.tftus.comEmail: [email protected]
Thanks.
Swati SinghBusiness Developer
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +91-124-2807000