Wikipedia defines product engineering as “the process of designing and developing a device, assembly, or system such that it be produced as an item for sale through some production manufacturing process.” It is a branch of engineering that involves activities dealing with issues of cost, producibility, quality, performance, reliability, serviceability and user features so as to provide customers with high-quality goods and services in a timely, cost-effective manner.

Product engineering attains great importance in today’s competitive business environment where enterprises need to develop product features that meet dynamic market demands and deliver value to end users so as to stay ahead of the competition. In such a scenario, partnering with product engineering services expert can help enterprises in introducing innovative product engineering processes. They offer product engineering services for all stages of the software product development lifecycle, from product conceptualization to product extensions. Here is a look at their core focus areas and capabilities in product engineering.

·         Product Conceptualization & Development

Ø  Performing product research and conceptualization

Ø  Identifying and designing key features

Ø  Selecting an architecture design & platform

Ø  Adopting an appropriate development strategy

Ø  Providing UI prototyping and technology POCs

·         Product Localization

Ø  Extracting and localizing strings

Ø  Updating graphic elements (e.g., screenshots, UIs, fonts, etc.)

Ø  Enabling run-time language switching

Ø  Resizing and rearranging dialog controls

Ø  Rebuilding resource files

Ø  Correctly formatting dates and times, currency values, and decimal numbers

Ø  Testing the product's look/feel, keyboard shortcuts, data display and compatibility

·         Product Customization & Implementation

Ø  Integrating and customizing products to meet the end user's requirements

Ø  Installing the product at an end user's site

Ø  Training the end user on essential product skills

Ø  Reinforcing product best practice

Ø  Resolving any technical issues

·         Product Migration & Porting

Ø  Operating System migration (e.g., Solaris, Linux, Windows)

Ø  Pre .NET to .NET migration

Ø  Application server migration

Ø  J2EE to .NET migration and vice versa

Ø  Proprietary architecture to an open, standards-based architecture (e.g., J2EE, .NET)

Ø  Database migration (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle, DB2)

Ø  Programming language migration

Ø  Platform interoperability (mobile)

·         Product Extensions

Ø  Identifying and quickly extending product functionality

Ø  Extending product design and scope for cross-platform integration

Ø  Extending product for web and smart devices

Besides, they help in setting up an offshore product development lab for companies that lack a content engineering  or need to support a single product or entire product line. Thus, enterprises get full lifecycle R&D and support services, as well as proven processes and dedicated engineering teams.


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