Enterprise Projects

The Xanda Agile Software Development team are trusted with solving the complex technical problems of some of the biggest organisations in the world. Whether breaking down a monolith, deploying powerful AI solutions or providing big data and architectural solutions, our team has the expertise and proven record to successfully deliver digital transformation projects.

To discuss your requirements get in touch for a free consultation; all enquiries are handled in strict confidence.

Xanda were formally incorporated in 1999; since then, the company has achieved uninterrupted year-on-year growth launching thousands of successful digital projects whilst earning our clients hundreds of millions of pounds along the way.

Innovation has been essential to our survival and key to our success.

Our agile software development team investigates all new emerging technologies as a matter of course, adopting the most powerful into our stable of Principles upon which we deliver our projects.

Cloud software is revolutionising how people interact with the world, ushering in a new era of innovators who aspire to promote increased productivity, sustainability, progress, and disruption. Intelligently planned and deployed digital transformation projects will help your business:

• Lower costs
• Become more agile
• Innovate / modernise faster
• Improve productivity
• Improve security
• Evolve
• Disrupt
• Collect & analyse data

Reengineering legacy processes for the cloud

Transitioning your legacy applications to the cloud will improve:

• Availability
• Collaboration
• Scalability
• Security
• Reliability
• Monitoring
• Reach & power

The cloud offers businesses the opportunity to reinvent their working processes and customer relationships in a way like never before.

“Although not always easy, the longer you wait, the more entrenched you become and the harder the transition will be. The cloud represents a tectonic shift in technology; the time to adapt is now”.

– Alexander Constantine, Managing Director

Contact us for a free consultation to discuss your project requirments

What to expect: 4 Phases

Developments projects can broadly be separated into 4 phases:

• Phase 1: Planning
• Phase 2: Development
• Phase 3: Testing & Launch
• Phase 4: Support & Maintenance

Each phase contains essential processes that will come together to facilitate the effective operation of the new system.

Requirements, Problems & Objectives

Before starting any project, gathering the requirements and understanding the problems we are attempting to solve and the objectives are essential.

At one extreme, perspective projects will be well prepared with a Business Requirements Document (BRD) and a detailed Technical Specification.
Conversely, where requirements are unclear or research and investigation are required, our consultants will advise an Agile approach based on a simple Product Vision and/or prepare a Discovery Phase.

Discovery

During a Discovery Phase, we work with our clients through a series of meetings and workshops to:

• Discuss objectives
• Research possible solutions and approaches
• Collect essential data
• Elicit product architecture
• Confirm functional, non-functional and volumetric requirements
• Shortlist suitable tech stacks
• Estimate project time, cost, and viability
• Identify potential technical solutions

Proof-of-Concepts

Developing a Proof of Concept (PoC) is an exercise in validating identified potential technical solutions. Proof of Concepts will be measured against a number of tests, including:

• Performance
• Viability
• Functionality
• User Experience
• Scalability
• Cost

Where multiple PoCs are developed, we compare them to find the most suitable solution considering all business factors.

System Design & Specification

Our Project Directors are available to advise our clients on completing their Business Requirements Documents and then collate all the available information and research to help prepare the Technical Specifications. These valuable documents will become as essential to the project as architect blueprint plans are to construction.

Methodology Selection

During the planning phase, our Project Directors consult with our clients to discuss and agree the most appropriate methodology under which to work. Developing enterprise-level projects requires the coordinated efforts of a diversely skilled team. It is, therefore, crucial to agree and implement a structured development approach. Our Advanced Development Projects are most commonly developed with one of the following methodologies:

• Agile
• Waterfall
• Scrum
• Kanban

Milestones

Project Milestones will be agreed upon during planning to provide clarity of deliverables. Milestones will be set at specific points in time and used to measure progress and schedule significant events including:

• Decision points
• Sprints
• Releases
• Testing

Team Selection

Xanda have an extensive team of highly skilled and experienced technical resources. During the team selection process, we will recommend the resource allocation required to successfully deliver the project on time.

• All instructions are handled with strict confidentiality
• Work can be committed to either Xanda’s secure internal repositories or your own environments
• Reporting mechanisms will be agreed
• Jira boards will be setup
• Retain your team from our:
  • Project Directors
  • Project Managers
  • Mid / Senior Developers (backend / frontend)
  • Infrastructure Engineers
  • Solutions Architects
  • AI Engineers
  • AWS Engineers
  • Data Scientists / Analysts
  • Mid / Senior Designers
  • Mid / Senior App Developers
  • Support Engineers
  • Testers

Contract

Our contracts team remains on call to ensure your agreement with us meets your own compliance or regulatory requirements.

Marketing Consultation

For commercial products, our marketing executives can be consulted to align the project with its launch and ongoing promotional campaigns.

The Development / Implementation Phase is where the developed plans are actioned and projects begin to take shape. Depending on the chosen methodology, this phase will often involve;

• regular scrum meetings
• backlog grooming
• sprint planning sessions
• retrospectives
• break-out sessions (technical deep dives)

Our project managers will then define carefully managed sprints and timely releases of planned deliverables.

Management Team

Projects are managed collaboratively between Xanda Project Managers and client representatives. Together they will oversee the implementation of the project, ensuring transparency and dealing with any blockers that may manifest. Scrums will be arranged appropriately according to the methodology selected for the project and offer a platform for team members to discuss, where appropriate, progress, sprints, goals, and issues.

Our Tech Stacks

Xanda’s Cloud Platform team have extensive experience in a wide range of Tech Stacks and supporting services, including but not limited to:

• GoLang
• PHP
• Laravel
• React
• React Native
• AWS / Infrastructure planning, deployment and maintenance
• Hashicorp Terraform / Infrastructure as Code
• SonarQube – Static code analysis
• NeuraLegion (AI DAST)
• CI/CD pipeline
• Big data analytics
• Machine learning
• Serverless Infrastructure / Cloud based applications

Test Plans

Post development projects will enter a carefully planned testing phase. These test plans will include:

• Scope
• Test types (see below)
• Conditions
• Measurements / Metrics
• Schedule

Tests will be designed appropriately by the Project Management team according to the Technical Specifications.
All testing will be executed and monitored before results are logged and reported.
Testing will continue as planned until approval metrics are met and the subject is accepted.

Test Types

There is wide array of testing tools, techniques, and systems that can be deployed; these include:

• Unit testing
• Integration testing
• Load testing / Stress testing
• Performance testing
• Automated Testing
• Penetration Testing
• Security testing
• Accessibility testing
• User Acceptance Testing
• Operation Acceptance Testing / Recovery testing

Launch

Once testing is completed, Xanda will design and deploy a launch stragtegy. The project is now live!

Post Launch Services

Our Support & Maintenance agreements provide essential post-launch protection from defects, third party integration bugs, infrastructure-related issues, performance variations, design glitches, and general bugs that may arise from the ever-evolving digital environment.

Agreements are designed to meet client technical and regulatory requirements and will commonly include:

• Code-level support
• Security patching
• Server maintenance
• Platform maintenance
• Bug fixing resources
• Infrastructure provision
• Infrastructure management
• Communication channels
• Reporting mechanisms
• SLAs
• Continued post-launch service Iimprovement
• Emerging technology consultancy

Xanda have been successfully delivering enterprise-level software development projects for over two decades for clients, including The NHS, Apple, Vodafone, BNP Paribas, and various national government agencies and regulators.

All our projects are designed, managed, and developed in-house from our London HQ.
Xanda are certified and annually audited in the following industry standards:

• ISO 27001
• ISO 9001
• ITIL v3 aligned

Your Project

Please contact our Enterprise Projects onboarding team to discuss your project:

It begins with Hello

To discuss your project, please get in touch. 

If you would prefer a meeting, our business development executives will be delighted to arrange a Teams, welcome you to Xanda HQ or will come to meet you at your own premises.

Telephone: +44 208 44 44 757

We look forward to working with you.