Ward Solutions provide complete software development services to meet your bespoke business needs.
Our highly skilled team of software developers, who work closely with our strategic business development team, ensure the delivery of functionally efficient, innovative software solutions that enable businesses to achieve increased productivity and reduced costs by maximising and modern technologies.
Ward Solutions provide a professional service from requirements analysis straight through to software development, testing and deployment thus providing complete project management of all business technology solutions.
Requirements Analysis
The first stage of all our projects begins with a detailed requirements analysis phase. During this phase we identify the core business issues, comprehensively analyse and understand the problem and determine the technology solutions that can be best implemented to deliver the desired end result. We will document the organisations business requirements and functional specifications and determine what resources and technology solutions can be best implemented to ensure an IT Project delivers the best return on investment and achieves business efficiency.
Project Management
Ward Solutions uses a modified Prince II methodology to deliver IT projects that come in on time and within budget and engage in a partnership approach with our clients throughout the entire lifecycle of the project.
Our team of experienced project managers will support you throughout the project development lifecycle to control and ensure successful delivery of your IT project. Our project management roles include defining project requirements, developing processes, developing and managing complex schedules and project plans together with budget planning and forecasting using our modified Prince II methodology.
Solution Design & Architecture
Ward Solutions approach to requirements gathering together with highly skilled technical and development teams enables us to deliver a customised solution that will meet all requirements defined at the requirements analysis stage.
On completion of requirements gathering and once the team is comfortable that all inter project dependencies are identified the project can then move through subsequent Design, Development/Implementation, Test and Maintenance/Support phases.
Our excellent business analysis skills and leading edge software architects, using a unique Ward Solutions framework based on the Aspire methodology practices outline how the key components of a project will be brought together to deliver a software solution designed to meet the company specific business needs.
Ward Solutions embrace a partnership approach from the outset, seeking input and feedback from the client on an ongoing basis.
Software Development
Whether looking to expand or improve an existing system or to develop a new solution our highly skilled development teams ensure the development and deployment of robust, secure solutions that help organisations adapt quickly to new market opportunities.
Our solutions include, web-based applications, public facing online solutions (e.g. transport, recruitment, retail), Microsoft .net applications and applications built on the java platform.
System Testing
Critical to the success of any software development project is the assurance that the system achieves the quality levels set in place. Following the development phase, the solution is tested as a pilot scheme. Any issues identified are resolved prior to full implementation. The testing and pilot phase ensures that key objectives and goals are achieved prior to full solution rollout.
A rigorous testing phase ensures your application is reliable, conforms to features specified and meets security demands whilst ensuring maximum system performance. Our testing programs also test system integration with existing operating systems and hardware.
Training
As part of our service delivery Ward will provide customized training on all our solutions. WSL documents the delivered system in its entirety. We tailor our training to suit
- IT staff resulting in an IT staff who can effectively manage the solution on a day to day basis once the implementation is complete.
- End user resulting in all end users being proficient in all areas and functionalities of the system
This customized on-the-job training offers greater benefits to the user through working with their own real systems and data.