{"id":219,"date":"2017-02-14T04:49:07","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T04:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astorwells.com\/web\/?page_id=219"},"modified":"2017-02-17T02:45:22","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T07:45:22","slug":"expertise","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/astorwells.com\/web\/expertise","title":{"rendered":"Expertise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our staff has over twenty years in building, modifying, and operating enterprise software applications. Here is a sampling of what we can deliver for you:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>System Analysis<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>is a general methodology to understand a system, its individual elements, and the interaction between those elements.\u00a0 Modern computer systems can be extremely complicated.\u00a0 Without a good understanding of the system, making changes to software can result in unexpected consequences.\u00a0 System Analysis is to software development what an architect\u2019s blueprints are to construction.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Process engineering<\/li>\n<li>Reverse engineering<\/li>\n<li>Performance enhancements<\/li>\n<li>Business Resiliency and Continuity<\/li>\n<li>Current State Analysis<\/li>\n<li>Feasibility\/Stakeholder Analysis<\/li>\n<li>Scope and Impact Statements<\/li>\n<li>Business Requirements catalog<\/li>\n<li>Functional Specification<\/li>\n<li>Technical Specifications<\/li>\n<li>Quality Assurance Planning<\/li>\n<li>User Experience (UX) design<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Prototypes are essential for stakeholders to see their final product and provide a model for developers. \u00a0 This can avoid costly mistakes when the users and developers are not aligned.\u00a0 Better than simple drawings and wireframes, we can prototype designs faster than programmers can code.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Project Management<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>is essential to keep the software development process on track and on budget.\u00a0 It involves periodic validation of progress and reporting progress to management.\u00a0 Unlike construction of, say a bridge, software is intangible and progress cannot be easily seen.\u00a0 It is the job of a skilled project manager to provide visibility to the development process so that obstacles and roadblocks can be detected and resolved as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Program Management<\/li>\n<li>Project planning<\/li>\n<li>Task Analysis (resource &amp; time)<\/li>\n<li>Gantt charts with critical path<\/li>\n<li>Six Sigma<\/li>\n<li>SDLC<\/li>\n<li>Agile<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Operations<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>is to run the systems that you have in place.\u00a0 Effective management of your operations means more than keeping the lights on, it means preventative maintenance, resolving issues, and making incremental improvements to increase efficiency and uptime.\u00a0 This lowers your total cost of ownership.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Change Management<\/li>\n<li>Release Management<\/li>\n<li>Defect Management<\/li>\n<li>Efficiency &amp; TCO<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Subject Matter Expertise<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our staff hails from the financial services industry where speed and reliability makes the difference between a profits or losses.\u00a0 Redundancy, disaster recovery, business continuity have been essential objectives of the banking and brokerage business for decades.\u00a0 Technology best practices in finance can be effectively utilized for any industry application.\u00a0 These are some of the verticals that we have expertise in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trading of equities, fixed income, and commodities<\/li>\n<li>Execution and order management (EMS\/OMS) systems<\/li>\n<li>Asset Management<\/li>\n<li>Risk Management<\/li>\n<li>Collateral Management<\/li>\n<li>Retail Brokerage<\/li>\n<li>Energy Infrastructure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our staff has over twenty years in building, modifying, and operating enterprise software applications. 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