riting and maintaining top-quality software requires hiring and retaining the nation's best software developers, regardless of their geographic location. To accomplish this, Stellar Science has become an expert in the field of distributed development. During the last four years, we have perfected our ability to produce high-quality results with a distributed workforce, by employing tools that enable geographically separated developers to work as effectively as geographically collocated developers. Let us put this experience to work for you. Stellar Science can provide custom solutions for your distributed workforce needs. We can set up and run the entire operation for you, or we can assist you in doing the same. You decide.
The phrase distributed software development refers to all the tools necessary to facilitate collaboration on a software project between two or more people who are geographically separated. Among other things, these tools include:
- A secure source code repository that allows developers to work productively even when they are disconnected from the repository.
- A secure collaboration tool that allows developers to quickly and easily communicate with one another just as if they were in the same room.
- A secure development web site that supports file transfers, is automatically updated daily with version control logs and source code documentation, and can be used to store any other project data.
- A project-specific secure mailing list that allows developers to quickly and easily communicate with all of their team members.
Gathering people in the same room is no longer required to assure an equivalent level of collaboration to inumerable in-person meetings.
Our use of distributed development was motivated primarily by our business philosophy, which mandates that we hire only the best software developers regardless of where they live. However, there are many other reasons to use distributed development. Our system allows team members to work from home out of necessity (e.g., permanent or temporary handicap, pregnancy, or poor weather conditions) or preference (eliminating commutes and improving morale).
Perhaps some of your team members need to travel frequently? Our distributed development solutions allow traveling developers to make the most of their travel time by letting them work anywhere they happen to be. For example, bugs discovered while visiting a remote customer could be fixed and checked in while the developer is still at the customer's site, or employees can work on or check in code while waiting at an airport.
Yes, absolutely. This was one of the biggest hurdles that we had to overcome in implementing our system. You need to make sure that the right people get exactly the data they need while preventing unauthorized access to your company's private data. We here at Stellar Science take security very seriously. That is why we insist on using only the most secure encryption technology available when transporting your data across the internet.
Let us put our expertise, and the experience that we've developed over the past four years, to work for you. You could certainly set up distributed development yourself — after all, we did — but remember that keeping your developers busy while protecting your company's proprietary data is very serious business. One mistake can compromise your proprietary data, or leave your developers idle for days while you try to repair your systems. Why not just do it right from the beginning by letting us help you. We can set up and run everything for you, or assist you in setting it all up yourself. You decide. Either way, you can have a rock solid and secure distributed development solution working for you in weeks.
We know our systems work, because we use them ourselves on a daily basis. Contact us and let us put that expertise to work for you.
