Franteractive IT Consulting
Our business analysts have a minimum educational background of either an MBA or an MS in Computer Science / Engineering, and are experts at synthesizing customer requirements into UML Use Cases. Our software engineers are proficient in Java / dot-net / LAMP architectures. Our product management professionals are not only proficient in crafting PRDs, but they also have prior experience rolling out high-tech products and services in the market place. Some of our current focus areas where we can quickly add value to your IT operations are as follows:
Requirements Study / Analysis / Synthesis
Our business analysts, who typically have master's degrees in business and / or computer science from top schools,
have years of experience working with customers and taking requirements from the white-board / business policy documents to the computer terminal / hand-held. We use iterative methodologies like
UML Use Case modeling and
rapid UI / HTML prototyping to get your projects quickly off the ground. Please feel free to browse our
UML Use Case templates, which we use to synthesize customer requirements prior to software development / deployment. Please feel free to buy our templates for your in-house use. If you need us to be part of your project, we will be delighted to develop fully-developed Use Cases for you. Please
contact us for more information.
Agile Software Development
We are systems integration and
management experts, with an eye for detail. We understand
agile execution. While crafting your Use Cases, we will marshal software engineering resources for agile execution of all your application development, unit testing, systems testing & QA, and related activities. We can even
manage the whole project for you
utilizing our software engineers who are skilled in J2EE / dot-net / LAMP. Please
contact us for more information.

Hardware Product Management
Our hardware product management practice serves organizations producing disruptive computer servers, PCs, chips and chip-sets, routers and networking equipment, disk drives, mice, printers, monitors, cell-phones, PDAs, set-top boxes, gaming-consoles, etc. We use our proprietary
hardware PRD template to create not only the needed PRD as part of the product design and production process, but also associated documents like MRDs, marketing plans, etc. Sample sections in this PRD document which is fifty pages in length include
Manufacturing Requirements, Regulatory Compliance and Homologation, Customer Success and Use Cases, Brand (Counterfeit) Protection,
Product Requirements including Upgrade / Transition / Migration plans, Product Strategy, Product Positioning, Market Dynamics and Strategy, Product go-to-market strategies, New Customer Launch and Anti-Competitive Launch, Cost-based Pricing and Competitive Pricing
, Product Localization / Internationalization, System Performance Impact, Preventive maintenance / Sparing, IP (Intellectual Property) Licensing, Reliability, Availability, Serviceability, Responsive Supply Chain Design guidelines, Review Action Items, Glossary, and References
. We will be happy to assist you with our product management expertise as required; please
contact us to find out how
.
Software Product Management
Today, almost all business software being built is built with the Internet browsers as the UI (User Interface). This feature allows your business system users to access your business applications anywhere using the Internet (if it is a third-party
SaaS - Software as a Service) or the Intranet (if it is your in-house application). Along with SaaS, other software products gaining popularity include
DaaS (Database as a Service), IaaS (Information as a Service), etc. Our industrial strength
software PRD template can help your organization build and roll out Internet based products, which can be
disruptive in nature, and which are targeted at both laptop / desktop browsers, as also at
hand-helds. Please
contact us, if you need our help in authoring an industrial strength PRD prior to product development, crafting a go-to-market strategy while your engineers are cranking out the product, etc.