Velocity Partners offshore software development company has over a decade of experience helping companies in the gas and oil industry to create the type of software development they need to keep pace with today’s digitally evolving systems. From consumer information management and data analytics, to pipeline transportation, right through to optimization and distribution, all of these various elements demand highly effective, agile software solutions.
With ongoing commitments with some of the industry’s top companies, it has allowed us to develop a specific domain expertise in both oil and gas sectors. Furthermore, our nearshore delivery centers are located in Latin American countries that have long histories of oil and gas production, and have helped to provide us with both the experience and resources to develop quality software at a much lower cost. We have experience in providing organizations with software that gives them the ability to not only track and manage daily mission-critical operations but to also interface with their customer base and providers. Our team specializes in developing software that includes the cloud or on-premise solutions as well as innovative SaaS (Software as a Service). Also you will appreciate how much easier it is to communicate with a nearshore software development team on your project than with traditional Eastern hemisphere developers as you are all on a similar time zone. In addition since our teams bring broad industry knowledge based on real projects in-country, it will result in a better final product. We encourage you visit our website and to contact Velocity Partners for more information on the advantages of outsourcing a customized energy software solution. At Velocity Partners we expertly deliver nearshore (Western hemisphere) software development services using a distributed Agile model for outstanding planning, accurate delivery and optimal business value. Our team is comprised of top Agile experts, consultants, and engineers who believe in not only meeting but exceeding our customers’ expectations. For more information, please see our website.
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Velocity Partners offshore software development company’s new Principle Agile Evangelist, Bill DeVoe explains that, “The 3 C’s are a core component of good agile implementations. And making sure that we focus on delivering all 3 – especially our conversations – can help an agile team reach even loftier heights.” He reminds us all that even if you have been practicing Agile for years (or if you are new to the practice), it is good for all practitioners to review or learn the “3 C’s.”
The 3 C’s were defined by Ron Jeffries in 2001 as the card, conversation, and confirmation. The card started out as a 3 x 5 card, and the small size ensured it kept the story short and concise. The evolving format focuses on: As a <role>, I want <some functionality> so that <I get some benefit>. While it is not necessary to follow this exact format, it is a good starting point especially for Product Owners new to Agile. The next C stands for conversation and typically gets started when a developer reads off the card in order to begin a conversation about it. In most cases, it is the Product Owner who begins to answer questions and gets the dialogue going regarding the story. Bill reminds Agile practitioners that, “Conversations are the backbone of agile (if you check the Agile Manifesto, you’ll see that three of the four values deal with communication).” Confirmation is the third C and involved the acceptance criteria. This included the team’s consensus of when the story was complete as well as answering questions such as what should the software do when finished? In some cases the acceptance criteria was written on the back of the card as a way to remind developers what the system should do. We encourage you to visit Velocity Partners’ website to learn more about our professional nearshore software development services. By combining quality software development and staff scalability, we provide our customers with optimal business solutions. Velocity Partners expertly delivers nearshore (Western hemisphere) software development services using a distributed Agile model that offers outstanding planning, accurate delivery and optimal business value. Our team is comprised of top Agile experts, consultants, and engineers who believe in not only meeting but exceeding our customers’ expectations. Contact us to learn more about how a distributed Agile model provides high-quality software development. The Velocity Partners’ nearshore software development team is comprised of some of the most talented software developers, Scrum Masters and project managers in the field. In addition we provide all of our staff with ongoing, cutting-edge training and career development that centers on technical practices and using Agile/Scrum software development processes.
This is why we are so pleased to now offer VP Coding Clubs at our Latin American delivery centers. Our first edition took place at our Medellín, Colombia center and was based on an adaptation of an internal training course in ReactJs, which is an open-source JavaScript framework for building user interfaces. All of the workshop participants were pleased to be able to not only learn and be inspired by but to actually have the chance to code in the popular framework. While from a variety of backgrounds including Front End and Back End developers, the group had one thing in common – a strong desire to learn. Velocity Partners second Coding Club was at our Caracas, Venezuela delivery center and focused on the topic of QZ Automation for Manual QAs. All of the attendees had the opportunity to learn about the latest industry trends as well as to learn more about VP’s company culture. Please visit our website to learn more about Velocity Partners offshore software development company and our exciting career opportunities. Our goal is to provide challenging and interesting projects for each employee, as well as to offer company-sponsored training and development and a comprehensive benefits plan. Velocity Partners currently has a variety of job openings at our delivery centers in Medellín, Colombia; Caracas, Venezuela; Montevideo, Uruguay; and several locations in Argentina. Velocity Partners expertly delivers nearshore (Western hemisphere) software development services using a distributed Agile model that offers outstanding planning, accurate delivery and optimal business value. Our team is comprised of top Agile experts, consultants, and engineers who believe in not only meeting but exceeding our customers’ expectations. For more information about our exciting career opportunities, please see our website. Velocity Partners offshore software development company is pleased to announce that Bill DeVoe will join our team on a full-time basis as our Principle Agile Evangelist and will take over many of the tasks that Bob Galen has been doing. His focus will include our Nearshore Operations in addition to assisting the Sales and Marketing team.
Bill’s career of almost 25 years started in software development with writing Windows applications in the early 90s. His first introduction to Agile was in 2000 in the form of eXtreme Programming and he hasn’t looked back since. Ever since Bill has enthusiastically introduced Agile or assisted in a transformation that was already underway at every organization he has been a part of. Bill’s background also includes coaching teams, management and executives on implementing Agile frameworks for large-scale projects and systems. He has extensive experience working with distributed teams, and most recently he helped several large organizations to develop a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Velocity Partners will benefit from Bill’s expertise as he brings his distributed team and Agile expertise to assist us in our continuing efforts to deliver quality services that utilize: Scrum, eXtreme Programming, Kanban, or a scaled framework like SAFe or LeSS. Furthermore, he likes the fact that our company employs a nearshore delivery system as he feels it helps to eliminate some of the inherent difficulties in traditional off-shore delivery models. We know his expertise in Management 3.0 techniques and his years working with distributed teams from an Agile perspective will help us continue to deliver optimal quality for our clients. Bill’s wealth of impressive qualifications includes Certified Scrum Professional, SAFe Program Consultant, and licensed Management 3.0 Facilitator, and he looks forward to helping our teams deliver the best software development. Please see our website to learn more about our software development services. Velocity Partners expertly delivers nearshore software development services using a distributed Agile model that offers outstanding planning, accurate delivery and optimal business value. Our team is comprised of top Agile experts, consultants, and engineers who believe in not only meeting but exceeding our customers’ expectations. For more information about our cost-effective software development services, please see our website. When you work with Velocity Partners’ offshore software development company, our services allow you to scale your business by extending existing teams or to add additional development capacity using our resources. Specializing in building software with US-caliber staff in cross-functional software development and test teams, our business operations have steadily grown since we opened our doors in 2004.
Each Velocity Partners’ team is built to a client’s specifications and will have experience in the necessary technical skills and business domain. We are also proud to report that our strong brand and attractive culture keeps our teams intact, month-after-month, year-after-year. In fact our employee tenure is above industry average, and we intend to keep it that way as we recognize that satisfied employees mean satisfied clients. Furthermore, having a dedicated team allows our clients to recognize optimal ROI. However just don’t take our word for it. A spokesperson from one of our clients, ClearStar, writes that, “I have had the pleasure of working with Velocity Partners for nearly 5 years in the capacity of Product Owner and working with our dedicated teams is truly an enjoyable and successful experience. In addition to being highly productive, one of the best experiences is that our Velocity Partners’ teams have grown with us in our business and have truly become part of the ClearStar team. The extreme care for our products and for the teams supporting them is amazing.” They go on to that, “The relationships and culture we have built make communicating effortless, work fun and products successful!” Other clients have also expressed their satisfaction with our services including an employee of Hootsuite, who says, “The combination of excellent development experience, product knowledge and a minimal time zone shift has proven to be very successful. Velocity has been very easy to deal with and well worth the budget that we allocated to the project.” Another client notes that we are an “excellent offshore partner to work with.” As you can see, the foundation of Velocity Partners’ success is built on our teams. We strongly believe that it is through teamwork and collaboration that our client success is achieved. With exceptional leadership setting the vision, we empower employees to work together towards one goal –customer success. Velocity Partners expertly delivers nearshore software development services using a distributed Agile model that offers outstanding planning, accurate delivery and optimal business value. Our team is comprised of top Agile experts, consultants, and engineers who believe in not only meeting but exceeding our customers’ expectations. For more information about our cost-effective software development services, please see our website. We have many reasons to be proud of the hard working, dedicated employees of Velocity Partners LLC including their big hearts. Throughout 2016 VP made monthly donations to Hopelink, a charitable organization that works toward ending poverty in the greater Puget Sound area. It was also the charity our company chose to be the recipient of a special Christmas donation.
In addition to the firm’s support, our U.S. employees got involved in a big way by raising money as well as purchasing donations that were targeted for area teenagers. Items included Seahawks gear, ear phones, yoga mats and other sports items. Our generous employees ended up donating more than $1,000 worth of goods that were delivered to Hopelink in time for the Christmas celebration. We also had several employees attend the Hopelink annual luncheon where they made further donations that were matched by Velocity Partners. All total we raised $5,000 for Hopelink. For a little background on the organization, Hopelink was started in 1971 on the vision of a community free of poverty. It is the largest social service agency in north and east King County and serves homeless and low-income families, children, seniors and people with disabilities. Their goal is to provide stability and help so that people can gain the skills and knowledge they need to become self-sufficient. Each year Hopelink’s services reach about 64,000 people. Please visit Velocity Partners’ website to learn more about our offshore software development company and our innovative services. By incorporating emerging technology and using Agile/Scrum methodologies, we have successfully completed hundreds of projects for businesses both large and small worldwide. Velocity Partners expertly delivers nearshore (Western hemisphere) software development services using a distributed Agile model that offers outstanding planning, accurate delivery and optimal business value. Our team is comprised of top Agile experts, consultants, and engineers who believe in not only meeting but exceeding our customers’ expectations. For more information about our exciting career opportunities, please see our website. Velocity Partners’ Agile teams expertly help our clients to develop software efficiently and cost-effectively. By leveraging our broad experience, we provide customers with products that have a superior release quality as well as a lower cost. Our nearshore delivery centers are staffed with a talented pool of software developers, project managers and Scrum masters that utilize the latest technical practices and Agile/Scrum software development processes.
Founded in 2004 as a spinoff of an Agile training company, distributed Agile is engrained in all of our technical processes and has helped us to successfully complete projects for a wide variety of clients. By working closely with each client, we can determine the appropriate metrics to track and the optimal pace in which to execute. In addition we can respond quickly to the intrinsic unpredictability of software development to lessen the potential for project risks and provide clients with the best business value. Velocity Partners’ clients include many big names such as Microsoft, Bloomberg BNA, U.S. Bank, Pet 360, Blue Nile, eHarmony, Oracle, Starbucks, but we serve companies both big and small. One of our clients, WebMD says that, “Velocity Partners is a great partner and everyone on the team is very proactive, produces high quality results, takes on any challenge and is always willing do whatever it takes to get things done. I really love our current team and want to keep them happy long into the future!” As a proud leader in software development and quality assurance, our specialties include Microsoft, Open Source, and QA test automation. Please contact us to see how our offshore software development company can help you with your next project. At Velocity Partners we expertly deliver nearshore (Western hemisphere) software development services using a distributed Agile model for outstanding planning, accurate delivery and optimal business value. Our team is comprised of top Agile experts, consultants, and engineers who believe in not only meeting but exceeding our customers’ expectations. For more information, please see our website. At Velocity Partners, we know how important it is to our customers to keep a team intact during the duration of their project. This is why we are proud to report that we not only have some of the most talented individuals in the industry working for us, but our employee tenure is above industry average.
The advantage of this type of stability is it allows our clients to invest in long-term relationships with their nearshore teams. Furthermore, as the team develops a deeper understanding of the client’s domain, they begin to operate as a true extension of the client’s team, and work collaboratively throughout the life of the project. With relatively low attrition and a real sense of team cohesion, we have been able to concentrate on creating the type of environment where people want to stay. Also our reputation for being an attractive place to work means we have the luxury of hiring the best candidates. As further incentive, we offer extremely competitive regional salaries and very generous benefit packages with perks such as a child care and gym allowances as well as a monthly book allowance for software development, project management and business skills resources. Moreover we offer employees in-company English lessons. Another reason Velocity Partners is a great place for career building is we offer incredible training to every employee. Our team of experienced in-house trainers, internal coaches and instructors allow us to offer leading-edge training and career development that centers on technical practices and Agile/Scrum software development processes. Additionally VP employees have the opportunity to work alongside colleagues in a real world Agile environment and to be mentored by extremely talented team leaders. They also have the chance to work on challenging projects with a great group of clients. Velocity Partners expertly delivers nearshore software development services using a distributed Agile model that offers comprehensive planning for accurate delivery and optimal business value. Our team is comprised of top Agile experts, consultants, and engineers who believe in not only meeting but exceeding customer expectations. Contact us for more information about our world-class offshore software development company. Velocity Partners’ General Manager of our Argentina and Venezuela nearshore delivery centers, Cristian Gohlke is passionate about delivering quality results to our customers. As our first Argentina hire, he was instrumental in helping to build a successful Agile team for VP’s Argentinian operations. From the start, Cristian focused on hiring the “right people” and to establish a culture that is aligned with Agile methodologies and VP’s principles. In fact Cristian’s own commitment and work ethic has led to a work culture that has very little employee attrition in both our Venezuela and Argentina delivery centers.
Cristian’s responsibilities include overall office management, project reviews and resource utilization, preparing nearshore staff for projects, coordinating staff training, recruiting, interviewing and hiring nearshore staff. He started his career as a software engineer but quickly advanced to technology leadership positions. His background in software engineering has better prepared him to handle the challenges involved in managing our busy development centers. With a computer science degree from Comisión Argentina de Informática, he enjoys music, sports, and recreational activities in his spare time. Our General Manager of the Uruguay and Colombia delivery centers is Pedro Minetti. One of Pedro’s strong suits is utilizing his interpersonal skills to build long-term relationships both in his personal and his business life. His responsibilities include managing all operations in the region as well as local company growth, financial planning, and resource management. With a career that has spanned more than 20 years, Pedro’s extensive background in information technology includes managing multiple global accounts along with overseeing and integrating large, multicultural teams. Pedro studied at George Mason University and the Universidad de la Republica del Uruguay. In his free time, he enjoys weekend camping trips or heading to the sea for scuba diving expeditions. Please visit Velocity Partners’ website to read our entire leadership’s bios and to learn more about our offshore software development company. Velocity Partners expertly delivers nearshore (Western hemisphere) software development services using a distributed Agile model that offers outstanding planning, accurate delivery and optimal business value. Our team is comprised of top Agile experts, consultants, and engineers who believe in not only meeting but exceeding our customers’ expectations. Contact us to learn more about how a distributed Agile model provides high-quality software development. Velocity Partners was founded in 2004 as a spinoff of an Agile training company and has quickly evolved into a top offshore software development company. Our reputation is built on proudly providing customers with superior software development services that incorporate the latest, emerging technology using Agile/Scrum methodologies.
In fact even our name, “Velocity,” is a term used by practitioners of Agile to track the effort estimates associated with units of work completed over set intervals known as “iterations.” These short work periods often run from Monday to Friday but are usually not longer than four weeks. In addition they are agreed upon by the team and followed for the duration of the project. “The fixed length of iterations gives teams a simple way to obtain, based on velocity and the amount of work remaining; a usually accurate (though not very precise) estimation of the project's remaining duration.”¹ Software development using an Agile model consists of an initial vision and planning period, followed by the sequence of iterations, and finally a short closure period upon the project’s completion. When using velocity to track and estimate the length of a project, it is important to remember to take the aggregate of the team’s efforts during the first few iterations and not just individual results. In addition since each team and each project is different, there is no meaningful comparison of velocity. To ensure a reasonable approximation of the project’s completion date, user stories must be measured in a consistent manner and the velocity calculated by counting the units of work completed in a set interval. Please visit our website to learn more about our premium software development services. Our nearshore delivery centers ensure that communication is timely as we are all in the Western hemisphere. Moreover your team will be built to specifically address the technical needs of your project as well as your business domain. At Velocity Partners, we expertly deliver nearshore (Western hemisphere) software development services using a distributed Agile model that offers outstanding planning, accurate delivery and optimal business value. Our team is comprised of top Agile experts, consultants, and engineers who believe in not only meeting but exceeding our customers’ expectations. Visit our website to learn more about our cost-effective software development services. Source: ¹agilealliance.org/glossary/velocity/ |
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