Clichy, France – May 14, 2014 – Scrum methodology has a lot to offer in terms of cost effective product development and completing the projects on designated deadlines. Implementing scrum methodology in lieu of traditional waterfall methods in a proper and planned manner can help the management reduce operational costs and develop products incorporating the latest features and functionalities during the product’s development cycle. Scrum helps to manufacture dynamic state-of-the-art products, and boost the ROIs for the software development company.

In the recent times, many IT based companies developing projects for the local market and involved with off shoring project activities are required to carry out sophisticated project development focusing upon targeted IT market segments. The projects generally cater to specific IT development, which aims to satisfy the requirements of individual businesses. However, with an increase in off shoring activities in the recent times, the IT companies have also started developing projects, which cater to a wider market segment that includes several countries across the world. It has become more important to carry out development which adheres to stringent quality control tests, and which meets the project deadline in a more reliable manner.

Presently, majority of the IT companies, the world over, use traditional waterfall methods for developing projects using linear or “staged” project development methodologies. Even though these development methodologies are effective and time proven, the newly emerging market trends indicate the IT companies need to develop projects at a much faster rate, and incorporate even more functionality as well as reliability in the end user products. If has become imperative to include new changes and modify the existing projects by utilizing the least amount of time, and offer robust and scalable products which can be used instantly, without having to worry about operational bugs and redundant functionalities. Traditional waterfall methods fail to deliver the product which satisfies the end user requirements and which meets the stipulated deadlines for the product release. A lot of development time is wasted in incorporating the new user related requirements in the project, and this results into increased overheads and development costs for the IT company. It is becoming more expensive and less profitable to carry out development using traditional project development methods.

For IT companies, a possible way out to carry effectual and quick project development which can address issues pertaining to changing user related needs and simultaneously meeting the project deadlines is to implement scrum in their ongoing projects. Scrum methodology typically includes developing the end user related requirements in iterations known as “sprints”, which generally last for two weeks. A sprint planning meeting is conducted to plan how the development should proceed in a particular sprint. It is very easy, and quicker, to incorporate new changes into the project while it is underway by carrying out development in sprints. Requirements, which have become obsolete, can be quickly identified and removed from the project and replaced by new ones as and when required.

The main advantage of using scrum methodology is that it supports an activity known as “product backlog grooming” which facilitates the stakeholders to add on new features and functionalities into the ongoing project, and do away with “phased out” end user requirements. It becomes possible to include the changing market trends and maintain product functionalities that have a higher business worth, or value. A useful and cost effective product can go a long way in generating additional sales for the project owners, and this is exactly what scrum strives to do – promote profitable project development and generate higher revenues.

IT companies can now earn higher returns over their investments and avail better profits through improved turnaround times. Certain IT development companies have developed project management tools such as QuickScrum which can help to implement scrum methodology into existing IT projects. The tools are very easy to use, and are “cloud” based which further quickens the process of implementing scrum in an organized and efficient way. It would appear that companies implementing scrum are more likely to deliver potentially shippable products and survive for a longer time in the IT market.

The QuickScrum tool:
QuickScrum is a brand owned by Bharti Consulting Services SARL, an ISO 9001-2008 certified IT Service Provider Company having its headquarters in Clichy, France and its operations center in Vadodara, Gujarat – India. The QuickScrum tool is a powerful, easy to use, and versatile web based scrum tool application centered upon Scrum framework. The tool incorporates scrum methodology into project development, and offers a dynamic scrum management environment. To know more about QuickScrum please visit www.QuickScrum.com