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Design and project management: The Solid Process

Aldiva offers a large experience in Software and Hardware design under one roof. The software is not only optimized but also written in assembly to reduce the hardware cost to the bear minimum needed. Building on top of our extensive experience in design and the quality of Swiss workmanship, the net result is fast, industrial-quality solutions fitting your specific needs in cost-effective ways.

Aldiva functions like a boutique offering custom tailored solutions fitting the very needs of your project in a cost effective fashion.

At Aldiva, we work closely with our clients towards development of technically innovative solutions for solving real-world business problems. To achieve this goal, we have formulated a solid process for matching our core technology and expertise with the business requirements of a client through a step-by-step approach to solution development:

1. Solution Analysis: To engage clients is the specification and design of our solutions as early as possible.
2. Solution Design: To design/develop our solution based on specifications derived through continuous client review
3. Solution Delivery: To insure that our deliverables readily integrate with the business processes of our client

  The Three Stages of the Solid Process      
             
  Solid Overview        
 

Aldiva has formulated a well-balanced methodology for concurrent development and sales of its software solutions. This methodology is called Solid and it is the cornerstone of our business model.

Solid has several critical advantages.

1. Product definition is in synergie with client requirements
2. Product development costs are optimized
3. Using tollgates for risk management, our clients have clear acceptance test criteria, and have a clear methodology to work with us.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Solution Analysis

The first step is to prepare and present an analysis of our solution to a client, emphasizing why the solution is technically unique and why it is commercially beneficial. We call this step Solution Analysis and execute it under a development contract. At the end of Solution Analysis phase, we have a tollgate (TG1) and we require quantification of technical uniqueness as well as commercial benefits before we proceed to a design contract. 

Solution Design

The second step is called Solution Design and its goals are to obtain feedback from clients on product specifications, validate our design through tools/simulations that are familiar to and acceptable to our clients, and to enable us to propose business terms to clients for the delivery of the final solutions. 
Within the solution design phase will have two tollgates. TG2 will bring marketing feedback for pricing and formulation of business terms and passing TG2 will propel us into commercial contract negotiations. The award of the contract is then tantamount to proceeding to the delivery phase.

Solution Delivery

Upon receiving purchase order for deployment of our solution developed in previous stages, we enter a phase during which we integrate the developed solution (TG3). Depending on the nature and scope of negotiations, we may require an upfront license fee to the recurring usage of the solution. This phase is much like custom software development and its practices are quite commonplace in the industry. This may range the implementation or porting of our software into the client's development platform (e.g. a microprocessor or digital signal processor chip) to developing bespoke software on high-end computers.