Software & Product Development Lifecycle Management
To remain competitive, product-oriented organizations are outsourcing application development and maintenance work in order to focus on their core design and deployment competencies. In today's global community, these same organizations must come to market with products that reach multiple countries at launch, requiring that products be developed with localization in mind, or even be delivered fully localized for target countries. Lionbridge's Product Development services manage all stages of the product development lifecycle, including the localization step, freeing you to focus on innovation and product delivery, as well as other key aspects of a successful product development company.
Lionbridge has a mature software development lifecycle process governed by its quality management system (QMS) that allows us to commit to pre-defined service levels. Our deep technology outsourcing experience and adoption of QA best practices for managing product development ensures a quality product development experience.
By leveraging our global delivery capabilities, our leading outsourced testing service, VeriTest, and our ability to deliver fully localized products as part of the application development lifecycle process enable you to:
- Reduce time to market
- Reduce development costs
- Integrate testing into the development process
- Reduce maintenance and support costs
- Launch in global markets faster and more cost effectively than in the traditional build-then-localize model
Lionbridge has a well-defined development process that covers all aspects of the software development life cycle (SDLC). Our quality management system (QMS) ensures that each phase of the SDLC has adequate reviews, controls, and check-points built into the development process. Lionbridge's development activities are governed by a service level agreement (SLA) framework. The QMS collects data at each stage of the development cycle and reports the metrics at regular intervals. Further, Lionbridge uses its independent, third-party testing organization, VeriTest, for the test phase of the SDLC.
Lionbridge offers flexible engagement models for product development services. Lionbridge will work with its clients to set up a dedicated offshore development center (ODC) or, if required, use the build-operate-transfer (BOT) model to provide services. Lionbridge is sensitive to intellectual property (IP) protection and is committed to perusing stringent norms for protecting its clients' IP.
Our core Product Development offerings include:
- Designing the initial product
- Developing the product based on original designs as well as user manuals and help materials
- Testing products to ensure they meet original requirements, or market specifications
- Deploying products in multiple languages around the world
- Maintaining and supporting multiple product versions, in multiple languages
- Help Desk services for ongoing end-user support