System Solution design and development
Our team can assist with prioritising and driving software design and development using our methodology. This is translated into a coherent solution identifying business requirements, process improvements, solution architecture as well as hardware infrastructure components. We understand that businesses never stand still and our ability to embrace change and interpret the impact of change allows us to produce outstanding solution blueprints and architectures. We are experienced in delivering solutions in both JAVA and Microsoft development platforms. In addition, we have in-depth systems integration skills encompassing large back end legacy systems.
Our industry experience includes Banking and Finance, Insurance, Telco, Systems Integration, Retail and Oil and Gas. Our technology coverage includes internet web applications, web SAP and Peoplesoft integration, complex middleware messaging, low level bank messaging, complex EMV compliance development, n-tier and web services development and datawarehousing. |
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Project management
ECAN Consulting has significant experience in the use of ‘tried and tested' methodologies to ensure successful management on projects. This translates to our ability to create an environment where teams are set-up for success.
Our consultants have a blend of ‘hard' technical skills and ‘soft' people skills to address the challenging issues typical of complex systems integration or projects needing to be rapidly deployed. Our approach is to enter into meaningful dialogue with key stakeholders early and to fully immerse ourselves with the problem domain, always cognisant of the need to design solutions that can be delivered NOW. This method reflects our philosophy of ‘seeking surprises' which provides us with a chance to better understand the target architectures and identify any potential systems build and deployment issues right at the beginning.
To achieve speed in delivery, we deal with multiple strands of the project concurrently, acknowledging that changes in priorities is dynamic and inevitable. We believe in ‘Staying Loose' until rigour counts. Hence, top quality communication at all levels of the project, as well as leadership and technical wisdom, are hallmarks of ECAN's project managers. |
Build Engineering
This service provides the ability to effectively promote your solutions from a development environment to the final production environment successfully. This can start with the successful integration of multiple developer's code and ultimate deployments to a production environment. This is supported by outcome of multiple tests that provide evidence that the latest deployment will not affect the existing solution in an adverse manner. ECAN Consulting has developed multiple tools to assist with the deployment of many solutions especially within the J2EE arena. |
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Agile and XP based system development methodology
ECAN Consulting has developed and refined and effective methodology based around Agile and XP guidelines supplemented with many years of large integration systems delivery experience. Our core team were one of the first organisations to successfully use this ground breaking approach in mixed technology environments with legacy systems and have applied it successfully to many projects since. We are also able to assist internal development team transform into high performance teams through a mix of consultative coaching and co-development approaches. |
Strategic Technical Architecture Development
For organisations to have a clear alignment of evolving systems to a target Strategic Technical Architecture (STA) carries huge advantage. It can translate to high returns and lower Total Cost of Ownership and supports rapid deployment as the blueprint from the STA provides clear direction to developers and architects to avoid excessive re-litigation of technology choice and direction. ECAN is able to help you develop your organisation's STA through a consultative, structured process. |
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How our services benefit the customer
- Significantly improve project success
- Adapts to change well
- Increased development team satisfaction, confidence & morale
- Increased team productivity & tempo
- Improved quality
- Higher standards of performance
- New problem solving approaches
- Reduce total cost of development
- Reduce total cost of ownership
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