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Why Aardstorm?

Why Outsource?

As a potential Aardstorm client, you may have one of two main reasons for outsourcing your embedded software development work:

• You may be fully able to design and develop the hardware for your product, but may lack the software development skills or tools necessary to write the software to drive that hardware. Embedded software engineering is a challenging discipline that requires specialised expertise if it is to be done effectively and efficiently. By coming to Aardstorm, you can leverage Aardstorm’s facilities and wealth of experience to have your software developed cost effectively, with reduced risk of project overruns, and optimum quality and reliability.
• You may be able to develop the software yourselves, but lack the resources necessary to do so at the right time. In this case, Aardstorm can effectively extend your project team by taking on those aspects of the development your are unable to do, leaving you free to concentrate your resources on other activities, and get your product to market more quickly.

The Aardstorm Advantage

When compared to other software development companies, Aardstorm offers your project a number of advantages:

• Aardstorm's standard development process, described in more detail here, is designed to be very flexible. Aardstorm will therefore adapt its working practices to suit yours, to deliver only the work products you need, at the time you need them. You will not, therefore need to contend with an inappropriate, rigid software development process.
• Aardstorm's process, being based on modern 'agile' techniques, will only generate work products, such as documentation, that are really necessary, and add more value to the project than they cost to produce. You will therefore not have to pay for unnecessary standard products generated by a rigid development process.
• For all but the very smallest projects, Aardstorm's process results in the delivery of the developed software in a series of short, partially-functional increments, each building on the preceding ones until the final delivery is fully functional. This gives you a clear idea of the progress being made on the project, and reassurance that the agreed schedule is being maintained. You do not have to wait for a single 'big bang' delivery at the end of a project to discover whether it will occur on time.
• The incremental deliveries also give you the opportunity to review and even test parts of the software at early and frequent stages of the project. This should reassure you that the final software will function as expected, or allows any misunderstandings to be corrected early, reducing their impact on the project schedule and cost.
• The incremental reviews may also cause you to change your mind about just what you want the software to do. Aardstorm's process gives you the opportunity to change the project requirements at each increment review, either by trading the changes off against those yet to be developed, or by purchasing additional increments.
• Aardstorm has many years of experience developing software for embedded systems, described in detail here. You can take advantage of this expertise by using Aardstorm to develop the software for your system or product. Aardstorm's hardware development background can also be a great advantage when developing software to interact with your hardware.
• Aardstorm is a very small company, with very low overhead costs, allowing it to economically take on very small development projects.

If you would like a quotation for Aardstorm's services on your project, please request one here.

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