Management
Management is a meticulously planned and organized effort to accomplish a successful project. A project is a one-time effort that gives a specific result, such as, a building or a major new computer system.
Project management comprises of developing a project plan, which consists of defining and confirming the project objectives and goals, determining tasks and how goals will be accomplished, quantifying the resources required, and determining budget and timeline for project completion. It also consists of managing the implementation of the project plan, together with operating regular controls to ensure that there is accurate and objective information on performance related to the plan, and the mechanisms to implement recovery actions where required.
AnkTech is highly focused towards the management. We use following terms in real development lifecycle while others just only claim.
Proactive Escalation
Since from the early phase of development we start escalation of issues that may cause problems to the successful execution of project, either in quality or a delay, we never make any compromise with quality and deadlines. Hence we escalate everything proactively, before time or within time.
Enumerate the Risk Factor
To manage project efficiently one should identify the risk before it appears and becomes a big issue. We calculate the risk inside the project cycle, and take further steps to cure severity.
Cure Severity
We don’t want our client to feel any severity related to project, he has assigned to us. Once we signoff with a client, total responsibility is at our side to make them happy in all cases. Our managers and Leads are there to take care for all.
Projects usually follow major phases or stages (with various titles for these), including feasibility, definition, planning, development, implementation, evaluation and maintenance.
We understand that it's extremely important to communicate project plans, status and results to our dear clients regularly. AnkTech makes their managers to stay online from homes and other remote areas if they are out of office. AnkTech provides Laptops and internet to key peoples. So, our leads and managers are available to you at 24*7. We can update you at any time so that you need not to worry about status and queries at all. These key points make us more successful.
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The Last Call
Purpose: Client aimed to promote their mobile phone and planned an event to use mobile without any call/sms for a day. Winner would win a dinner with Lady Gaga. Event was organized in July 2009 where final 100 people were selected from the 10 countries in Europe to participate in the competition. This event has been supported by 10 countries and rest of the Europe.
Functionality – People from listed countries could participate by registering on the site. After registration, they had to collect vote by spreading their message on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and other tools. Top 100 vote gainers were selected for final event and winner of the competition was awarded 10000Euro to take Swedish Singer out for dinner.
Technology –
- CakePHP
- Database : MySQL
- Architecture : MVC
- Languages : PHP
- Quality : Manual and Automated Testing
- Tools : SVN, Team city
- Others : JQuery, JavaScript
Shipping and Fishing Industry
Challenging Issue:Client had requirement to implement web project with special effects which may supports layered images moving around the website resulting into an interesting 3D illusion. Client was facing problems with expertise technical resources. Short time duration was one of the major concerns to make website on air.
Solution: We analysed the problem and offered few options to the Client. After few iterations, we implemented a perfect Parallex effect solution, where in background, text and object layers move separately.
Since timelines were very tight, team had to stretch a lot to accomplish the task by due deadlines.
Parallax Effect - AnkTech implemented parallax effect (using JavaScript and JQuery) in this project. The Parallax effect technique feature layered images that move around the website in different speeds/perspectives creating a nice and interesting 3D illusion.
Expression Engine - AnkTech used PHP CMS (expression engine). This CMS enable Admin to modify design and content of the site anytime.
Outcomes: Client liked the overall work and appreciated the team’s effort deliver a complex technical project under high pressure.
Be A Calpol Start - Facebook application
Purpose: Calpol competition was looking for the guest judge in the ‘Be A Calpol Star’ competition. Guest judge on the panel will select two winners of the ‘Be A Calpol Star’ competition which offers a once in a lifetime opportunity for two children to feature in the next Calpol TV advert. There are two categories in which people can vote: 9 months to 5 years or 6 to 12 years. The 12 most voted from each age group will then be invited to the casting say, making 24 semi finals. This Facebook competition runs from 1 July 2011 – 2 August 2011 asks parents to upload photos or videos of their little stars.
Below are the ways in which one can enter into the competition
1. Find a photo or video of your Little Star which illustrates how they’re ‘back to normal’
2. Upload entry via the Be A Calpol Star facebook page www.facebook.com/calpoluk
3. Encourage friends and family to start voting!
Key Features –
- Allows users to upload image/videos from their computer or facebook album.
- Ajax carousel functionality is used to display large number of pictures/videos
- Provides ability to users to vote for a particular entry.
- Admin have right to approve/reject an entry.
Technology – Cake Php, JQuery, JavaScript, Ajax, Facebook library, MySQL
