Standardized development instead of standardized product

With the successful integration of our Multi-GDS Agent Point-of-Sales tool “Virtual Travel Organizer” (VTO) to several of the top Travel Management Companies we have learned one lesson: There is no such thing as “One size fits all!” for a graphical user interface in this industry.

The Business Unit Travel has always focused on licensing and application service provisioning. Now, in 2008 we decided to develop our Agent Point-of-Sale product in accordance to the individual requirements of our clients. This means we go back to our roots as a Software Development Company with customized software applications for the prize of standard software.

Nevertheless we have installed modern state-of-the-art development structures. The licensing model of our backend product’s, the Multi-GDS Hub XX/1 and the FareQuoteManager FQS will remain unchanged. This is in line with the general understanding that a front-end product, such as a graphical user interface (GUI) or a point-of-sales (POS), needs to be individually designed and developed and also needs to change consistently, while a backend application or programming interface (API) remains unchanged for decades.

Industrial Software Development Approach improves Time to Market

Instead of beginning with a lengthy gap-analysis which may leave the customer with a slight sense of an incomplete product with compromises to their needs and requirements, we now start with the scope and envision session followed by the First Business & Technical Design / Feasibility.

The illustration shows the new approach following the advantages of Industrial Software Production. The overall process is simplified and thus helps us reach our goals faster and more efficiently.

This approach is comparable to the process of buying a car. You buy a finished product - for instance a red car with black seats and a CD player, but you'd prefer a silver car with grey seats and an iPod docking station it is going to be rather expensive to make those changes in order to get the car that you want.

The illustration shows the automation potential of a typical software application. Light blue shows all similar software components which are re-usable in any application. The yellow parts can be partly automated and only the red parts call for individual programming.

Joint Business Concept

“You Talk, We Listen, We Summarize, You Confirm!”

It is crucial for us to become completely familiar with the needs, requirements and objectives in order to fully satisfy our clients expectations. All requirements will be recapitulated in the business concept which shall not be finalized until you are fully satisfied.

These initial phases will usually be carried out on a time and material basis. Together with the business concept we will also provide a proposal to develop the designed product. This is the major milestone for us to have developed enough trust to engage us further.

To get aqcuainted with our way to develop software read on our Development Management and learn more about our Software Factory in the Technologies section.


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