XITEX Software's vast experience coupled with our mature and time-tested methodology allows us to develop the most appropriate outsourcing strategy for each of our clients.

Usually we pass the following steps approaching a new project:

Step 1	NDA	We understand that all information related to your business is confidential, so we always execute NDA before moving forward.
	REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL	You send us the specifications of your project for estimation. These can be either detailed like a complete functional specification, or general like your business needs description. Our analysts will then assist you in defining the requirements by asking further questions.
	TECHNO-COMMERCIAL PROPOSAL	XITEX Software estimates your request and submits to you a no-obligation business proposal containing a rough estimation of project costs and suggested pricing model for your approval.
	AGREEMENT	Both sides sign an official agreement defining all the aspects of sides’ interaction, level of services, terms of payments etc. Our standard template can be used for that purpose or we can tailor it to the specific needs of a project.
Step 2	SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE	Our analysts are always in close interaction with customer representatives because understanding your requirements correctly means 50% of success in your project. Of course it is impossible to define all the nuances of the project on its first phase, so the process of requirements detailing is built iteratively.
	PROTOTYPE DEMO	It is always essential to see how the system you've planned to get will look like.
Step 3	IMPLEMENTATION	The stage of transferring project requirements into a working system, which is in fact an actual code writing process. During the whole process of this phase we perform testing of all beta versions of the product, consisting of: - testing by our testing lab; - testing by your company.
Step 4	ACCEPTANCE TEST	Evaluation of code reliability and application stability checks. We utilize feature freezes and clean all remaining bugs.
Step 5	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE	After the project is completed we enter the support phase. Its duration should be defined in the Agreement. Usually it means that during the support phase all arising problems will be fixed for free.

As you can see, working with an offshore outsourcing company is no more difficult than working with a local consultant. For more information on XITEX Software's outsourcing services, please contact us.