Services

Visual Basic .NET utility programming and
Rapid Application Development (RAD) - $25/hr

Enterprise Web Design and Development - $25/hr

Oracle Database Design and Development - $40/hr

Data Analysis and Data Modeling - $40/hr

We are pragmatic programmers; we build the specific functionality required to satisfy your business needs--no more and no less. Whenever possible, we integrate existing functionality into our applications, using the extensive (and thoroughly debugged and tested) Microsoft and Sun Microsystems code libraries. We complete our software projects on time, on target, and within budget.

We are rapid application developers; because we fully understand the business side of software development, our goal is to generate business solutions for business needs, rapidly, effectively, and efficiently. Because we use the best tools, techniques, and technologies of rapid application development, we are frequently able to produce usable software components while "traditional" software engineers are still trying to understand what the software is supposed to do.

90% of enterprise software development consists of re-inventing the wheel--designing new blocks of code and new functions that do exactly the same thing that other blocks of code and functions have done for years. Despite the mantra of "reusable components," the dismal success rate of software development projects can be traced directly to the failure of IT departments to effectively and efficiently utilize available resources.

Because we are professionals, we understand the needs, constraints, and realities of business at a level that is substantially above that of most "software consultants," software engineers, and web developers. Because of our background in management and business analysis, we understand that the "latest, greatest" software solution is often a waste of money, time, and effort.

Similarly, in designing your website and documentation, we are able to promote and facilitate acceptance of your organizational goals and mission by crafting linguistic and design elements that are both compelling and unobtrusively elegant; the best website design or document design is the one your customers and clients like--without understanding or even thinking about why they like it. We fully understand that the most elegant, attractive, creative website or documentation is useless if it fails to convey, define, and extend your business strategy, mission, goals, and identity.

Whether your company needs a cost-effective utility application to automate time-consuming data entry or other repetitive processes, a software application to organize and categorize your business intelligence, business analysis and project management services to complete a critical development project, implementation of a knowledge management system to capture and preserve organizational knowledge assets, a database-driven corporate website, or an online help system for your latest software product, we can provide solutions that consider your business wants, needs, and bottom-line at every step of the process.

Who We Are

We are professional contract business programmers:

  • Every member of our programming staff has completed at least two semesters of programming classes at a US college or university, in addition to any other experience
  • Every developer has thoroughly internalized and adapted to the "best practices" of the software development industry, from naming conventions to design patterns
  • Every developer is thoroughly familiar with Qbject-Qriented Analysis and Design (OOAD), the Unified Modeling Language (UML), and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
  • Every developer is thoroughly familiar with Rapid Application Development (RAD), proof-of-concept, and user interface programming in Visual Basic, Visual C++, ASP .NET, XHTML, HTML, XML, and SQL Server

We are professional business solutions developers:

  • Our software development, web development, and documentation projects use Extreme Programming (XP) and SCRUM principles and practices

We are professional contract project managers:

  • Each of our project managers has (or is currently pursuing) an MBA or MS degree in management at a US university
  • Each of our project managers has completed graduate-level university training in advanced project management, and is intimately familiar with the PMI PMBOK, and project management best practices
  • Each of our project managers is a competent and experienced user of Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio, and Microsoft Office applications
  • Each of our project managers is trained, experienced, and skilled in managing, coordinating, and motivating collocated and non-collocated subcontractors and teams working on multiple projects

We are professional contract technical documentation specialists:

  • Each of our documentation specialists is either a native-speaker of US English, or has completed a minimum of four years of coursework at a US university
  • Each of our documentation specialists is familiar with and able to use the grammar, syntax, tone, semantic constructs, and vocabulary of a US university graduate who is a native-speaker of English

We are tekwrytrs.com