Save time, make the right choice on presentation layer technology for SaaS
Are you engineering a new SaaS application? There are hundreds of criteria for evaluating RIA technologies including performance, scalability, security, customization, extensibility, maintainability, cross-browser/cross-device compatibility, initial learning curve, etc. With so many variables, it is easy to lose focus, misjudge priorities and end up with a choice that doesn't deliver as expected.
That's where Catalyst Resources can help. Our $3600, 3-week UI Technology Assessment provides a thorough review of your product strategy, application requirements and development resources to deliver an unbiased, expert evaluation of the best UI technologies for your SaaS and mobile development projects.
Why you need it
Our UI Technology Assessment can save you several man-months of research across technical, operational and design requirements. The final evaluation provides the authoritative and comprehensive information you need to maximize your development resources while minimizing development risks. The goal is to give you confidence in the decisions you make, the applications you deliver, and the assurances you give.
What we evaluate
Our team of technical reviewers includes a UI designer, UI architect and UI presentation layer technologist with over 36 years of combined experience. They evaluate the pros and cons of current RIA technologies including HTML5, AJAX, Silverlight, FLEX, GWT, Ext JS, Infragistics, jQuery, Telerik, and ComponentArt relative to your application, your business logic/data layers and your development resources. We also evaluate the pros and cons of current UI technologies to deliver richness + simplicity on your companion mobile solution.
Criteria include but are not limited to:
- Performance both perceived and actual that addresses constrained hardware or variable network speed and stability
- Scalability to deliver richer or larger sets of functionality within the user experience over time
- Availability to help negotiate unexpected downtime including offline mode and automatic data synchronization
- Security that maintains strong data and identity integrity while being easy to use and unobtrusive
- Extensibility & customization using modular and reusable patterns, views and panels
- Deployability of upgrades both in terms of IT provisioning and user experience
- Maintainability that matches development resources to the skills required to modify or repurpose panels of functionality
- Cross-browser and device compatibility that reaches the majority of your clients and requires the least amount of maintenance across multiple code bases.
- Development, debug & automated testing environment that matches the complexity of your application and the experience of your development team
- Accessibility for applications targeting large organizations or government agencies
- Richness of UI behaviors & controls delivered via existing or custom components
Deliverables
The final evaluation is delivered in a web meeting in which we present an easy to understand matrix evaluating our top 2 recommended UI technologies across the presentation layer client-side, the presentation layer server-side, the business logic layer and the data layer.
For each we clearly spell out the pros and cons relative to the criteria evaluated for your application and development resources. You end up with a 360° view of your current technology and the two recommended options, in an easy-to-understand and easy-to-present format.
Engagement Cost & Payment Terms
The cost of the UI Technology Assessment is $3,600 USD. 50% of the engagement cost is required as an initial payment to start work. The final assessment is delivered 3 weeks after the application web review meeting. After the assessment, if the client chooses to engage with Catalyst on a full UI design project, 50% of the cost of the assessment will be credited to the full project.
Our Experience
We have helped over 360 companies design thick client, SaaS and mobile applications. We use a proven methodology refined by deployment in hundreds of engagements around the world and backed up by UI experts with many years of design and implementation experience. Our SaaS clients range from VC-funded Silicon Valley startups to Fortune 100 multinationals.
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