Technology Services

From concept through deployment, and beyond, BlueCat Group is your resource for comprehensive technology and product development services. Our consultants combine the market and business savvy to understand your product imperatives with deep knowledge of the latest technologies and methods and proven problem solving skills. As a result, you get faster time to market, and quicker response to changing customer needs. Nothing less will do as you confront the challenge of an emerging market. For more on our specific areas of domain expertise, click here.

Every client and every project is, of course, different and tailored to the precise needs of the client. However, typical BlueCat Group   technology services engagements proceed through some or all of the following project phases:

 
Technology Assessment

 
Architecture & Design

 
Software Development

 
Intellectual Property

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

Existing product documentation is reviewed. These include MRDs, specifications, architectural & design diagrams (e.g. UML models), source code, etc. Discussions with the clients development team are very helpful at this point, to verify the consultants understanding as it develops. The core strengths of the clients technology are enumerated, articulated, and contrasted with the alternatives and emerging alternatives in the market space. The existing and planned capabilities and direction are assessed against the preliminary market requirements and an architectural recommendation, intended to optimally leverage the identified core strengths in the market position context, is developed and articulated.

Building out the architectural recommendation entails the development of a number of key engineering assets. These generally include:

 
High level systems architecture documentation

 
Selection of key supporting technologies, including build / buy recommendations as appropriate.

 
Functional specifications.

 
Patent identification and supporting materials

And may also include:

 
Prototype development

 
Project plans and schedules

 
Design specifications and class design

After the product has been defined, the architectural and design decisions taken, BlueCat Group continues to be a vital resource to the software development effort. From coding to SQA to team and technical leadership, whether in house or as an outsourced project, BlueCat Group has the product development expertise to take make your product roadmap a reality.

For companies in emerging markets, identifying and understanding the options for protecting Intellectual Property is as much a strategic imperative as it is an incomprehensible quagmire. Before you send your key technical people off to wander through the bog, click on the link to find out how BlueCat Group can help drain the swamp, and produce higher quality IP assets that optimally serve your business objectives, at lower overall cost.