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The JBS approach
At JBS, we not only believe, but have proven, teams comprised entirely of senior level experts deployed along side your existing resources create a more efficient process. Hybrid teams, or "High Velocity Software Development Teams" as we like to call them, have higher success rates than the industry average. Our project teams take the time to understand each and every clients' unique business objectives and work cohesively with existing resources to produce a return on your investment.
Hybrid development teams
JBS will custom fit a senior level team with your company's existing resources. Our engineers mentor and support your in-house software, QA, and visual teams throughout the life-cycle of the engagement. Every member of the team works closely together and unlike a traditional top down approach, High Velocity Software Development mixes the teams together to create one unit, dedicated to turning your vision into a reality.
Typical Project Management
- Typical Partner
- Your Company
Project Manager
Certified ScrumMaster
Main point of contact for the project
Software Engineers
QA
Visual Design
Product Owner Works with Project Manager; provides business direction
SMEs work with product owner to provide requirements
System Users validate output and provide feedback
IT / Infrastructure assist in environment and deploys (if needed)
High Velocity Software Development with JBS
- Hybrid (JBS & Your Company)
- Your Company
Engineering Team
QA Team
Visual Design Team
Project Manager
Certified ScrumMaster
Main point of contact for the project; JBS Project Manager technically acts as the scrum master
Product Owner Works with Project Manager; provides business direction
SMEs work with product owner to provide requirements
System Users validate output and provide feedback
IT / Infrastructure assist in environment and deploys (if needed)
We deliver every two weeks
At JBS, we use a modified agile software development method that allows business requirements to change during the process without creating lots of overhead. We deliver a set of previously agreed upon tasks, features, or bug fixes every two weeks for the product owner to review and provide feedback.
Transparency and communication, to the point of being annoying, are the keys to your success. To help aid transparency, we typically use a Kahnban project management board like Trello. These boards organize tasks in backlogs and have the added benefit of visualizing what each team member is accountable for in any given time period. At JBS, we work in two-week periods called sprints, which is part of the agile methodology. At the end of each sprint, our product manager releases features or updates for review by the product owner.
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Salesforce integration
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Automated sync between app and third party
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Edge case breaks module - Map auto files to main content with additional media type support
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Create native mobile UI
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Logging enhancements
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Implement new user dashboard UI -
Mobile navigation correction -
Database audit
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Attach images from comments -
Verify third party API - Rebrand application to latest marketing style
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Restore database import -
Ensure ARIA is appropriate for module accessibility -
Refactor interaction from Services -
Mobile navigation correction
Sample Trello Board
Continuous communication is at the heart of the agile process. In a daily stand-up meeting, developers explain what they were able to accomplish the previous day and what if anything is blocking them from continuing. It allows your team to address issues before they become expensive and burdensome. The meetings are short, around 15-minutes, and include every member of the team. If a topic takes more than a few minutes to discuss, the product owners, managers, and developers should discuss it outside of the meeting. These meetings keep your project focused on key performance indicators, maintained velocity, and incremental results.
Stand-up meetings have the added benefit of giving developers a voice and promoting engagement. Senior developers are often able to identify faster, easier solutions to problems that may not occur to the project manager and product owner. A small tweak in the way things are developed could save hundreds of hours of development time down the road. All knowledge shared by senior level developers helps to prop up your in-house team along the way.
WineAccess has used JBS for the majority of their engineering and development needs since late 2014. To say we're pleased with the relationship is an understatement. The technical acumen and professionalism of their developers is astonishing. On top of that, the raw velocity and throughput is superb. Development tasks are always done the 'right' way, with an eye toward business needs, scalability, and overall integration into the existing infrastructure. All measurable KPIs from site speed to uptime performance are continuously improved upon. I know of no other development / technical consulting company that comes close. With zero hesitation, I would recommend JBS for any company that has software development needs.
I can’t say enough about the level of experience and willingness to go above and beyond to produce a great product. When coding, they often went beyond the requirements that were documented when we the customer inadvertently omitted a step or didn’t think about the impact to something else.