My name is Refael (Rafi) Bar and I am a Founder- Director at Turiya Management Consultancy (TMC).
TMC is a Software management consultancy firm that enables customers go to market at the most efficient way, reducing cost and optimizing time to market.
More specifically, TMC specializes in setting up software engineering teams at a low cost location and provide a complete off-shoring solution from evolving off-shoring strategy to execution of the first project at the remote location. This allows startup companies to go to market in the fastest, most efficient and cost effective possible way, while focusing on R&D of the next product.
TMC has had numerous success stories in setting up software engineering teams in India, for US based companies. We would like to offer our services to companies that are in the process of transitioning their product to market by providing you with our expertise in software engineering and off-shoring operations.
Issue we are solving and our focus
Why Turiya?
- Our experience and contacts to get the remote centre set up very quickly
- Our access to a large talent pool of high performers, known to us with a proven track record.
- Our vast experience in hiring the right talent to make an organization successful.
- Our expertise in organization building with the right people, processes and culture
- We charge a portion what we save the client. Everyone wins!
The Turiya offs-horing advantage
Cost advantage of operating in India (Bangalore)
Process and approach
Our approach
Understand the key drivers and goals for off-shoring
Develop an off-shoring plan which,- Identifies the areas of work that can be off-shored
- Defines the off-shoring strategy
- Defines timelines with clear milestones
- Identify the cost saving for the company
- Define Turiya’s compensation based on the saving
- Assist in developing the remote organization structure
- Develop a hiring and training plan (using batches)
- Assist in hiring with a top down approach - essentially the management team and technical leads.
- Help to define and establish SDLC (software development lifecycle) and Product Life Cycle process for the new center
- Help set up project management office as needed
- Assist with remote entity incorporation and legal formalities
- Assist in setting up facility, lab and IT infrastructure at the offshore location
- Assist with remote project assignment, execution and tracking
How do we improve results?
- Review the existing development process and recommend improvements using TTM process – focus on product life cycle
- Streamline the development process to enable off-shoring, using Agile and CMMI and other industry standard process for software development
- Strengthen Project Management to enable better tracking and execution across locations.
- Bottoms-up scheduling - always keeping an eye on the schedule
- Develop formal Mentoring and training programs for competency development of the off-shore centre
- Project engagement - make sure team is functioning as it should for at least one project
- Project, Product Life Cycle and SDLC will result in big improvement throughout the company and not just at the offshore center
How do we make sure the team is solid?
- Mentoring program - continuous improvement of team’s skill and work quality
- Bottoms-up scheduling - always keeping an eye on the schedule
- TTM process - organize the product life cycle
- SDLC process - organize software development
- Project engagement - make sure team is functioning as it should for at least one project
- Introduce system for requirement management
- Building the team based on Agile
- Utilize the latest and best software methodologies
Best in class SDLC through Turiya
- Utilization of ALM (Application for life-cycle management)
- Utilization of UML for architecture
- Main line (common trunk)
- Peer Review and unit test
- Mentoring program for continuous skill improvements (PCMM)
- Agile iterations concepts (Scaled Agile Framework)
- CMMi level 3 concept
- Program and Project management based on PMI
- Implement Bottoms-Up scheduling methods
- Requirement management utilizing Use Case and OO methods
Software feature roadmap
Off-shoring options
Our business model
Experience
The team
Methodologies, and program management through Turiya
