Why should I work with B.A.T.?

Can we really see benefit in terms of cost, time & quality?

How does B.A.T. handle risk management?

Can you tell about B.A.T's software development expertise?

How can a customer control project progress?

How does B.A.T. handle project costing & what does the B.A.T. proposal cover?

How does B.A.T. handle customer needs to update the software package/system?

 

Why should I work with B.A.T.?
B.A.T. offers a high level of competence with relevant technology built-up over several years.

B.A.T.’s consolidated experience with diverse technologies comprises over 200 person years.

B.A.T. has valuable experience of working in the global village-thanks to our international exposure.

B.A.T. has a thorough knowledge and capability to set up a “Relationship Centre” for each of its customers with dedicated facilities and resources.

Ready resources with upgraded skills duly trained.

B.A.T. is a financially stable company assuring to function as a long term stable partner for long term customer needs.

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Can we really see benefit in terms of cost, time & quality?
B.A.T. offers rates which are cost effective as compared to customers' local country costs & pricing

B.A.T. assures availability of experts, experience & resources to service you in these rates.

B.A.T.’s international exposure allows effective project management ensuring optimum involvement from customer side.

B.A.T.’s “Relationship Centre” concept allows customer to utilize Indian advantage of time and dedicated team which is available on 365/24/7 basis.

Good communication skills with effective project management ensure desired progress and reviews to see timely deliveries to the customers.

Qualified well trained and experienced staff aided by robust working processes ensures consistency of deliverables to maintain quality needs as per customer requirements.

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How does B.A.T. handle risk management?
B.A.T. ensures effective risk management by handling following:
Effective and precise project definition effort by spending due time during initial project phase to collect customer’s requirements, specifications, acceptance criterion, expected delivery schedules and customer processes.

Establishing single point of contact on either side to ensure proper work flow and effective communication on all relevant issues during milestone reviews and while project in execution.

Defining easy to operate and standard terms & conditions to maintain clarity and transparency through out the project execution phase.

Focus on understanding customer processes and aligning B.A.T. processes with the same ensuring best suited working comfort for teams involved on either side.

Anticipating all risks during project inception phase which would be towards resources, work flow, training of team members on key topics, schedules, logistics and communication needs and thus establishment of risk management plan well in advance to ensure steady progress of the project.

Lastly allocation of team members matching to the required skills on projects to build understanding on project and execution plan quickly.

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Can you tell about B.A.T.’s software development expertise?
B.A.T. has been working with cutting edge technologies and can provide programming for all Windows platforms and Linux. The technologies list includes C, C++, Visual C++, Java, C#.Net, ASP.Net, COM/DCOM, Visual Basic, XML, Web Services, Embedded Systems., Our development team has collective technical experience of 200 man-years. We have developed software systems that use Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL and Access databases. B.A.T. has expertise in using IBM Rational products, VS 2003, VS 2005, MSDN, Versioning and Building software like Perforce, Visual Build Professional, etc. 

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How can a customer control project progress?
B.A.T. defines progress reviews at the project inception phase itself by mutually agreeable milestone reviews with customers besides setting up effective communication channel at both ends and allowing customers to have “ANY TIME” Reviews even while project is in execution.

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How does B.A.T. handle project costing & what does the B.A.T. proposal cover?
B.A.T. typically works on a project in four phases – Inception, elaboration, construction and transition. Each phase is estimated for it time and effort and invoiced on project costing basis.

B.A.T. proposal is given either for a general agreement covering small work-packs or for an entire project involving a specific requirement.

B.A.T. proposal covers confidentiality, project scope & definition, responsibilities, project execution methodology, resources allocation, project costing, deliverables & time along with the commercial terms & conditions.

For all Onsite customer requirements onsite working rates on time & material basis are charged with project management handled by customer teams.

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How does B.A.T. handle customer needs to update the software package/system?
B.A.T. signs long term maintenance or a sustenance agreement covering the responsibilities and scope of supply or can conclude with a general agreement to provide modification or enhancements on need & case to case basis.

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