Product Development
The challenges facing customers in developing innovative products are many:
- R&D services for validation of a solution
- Product launch within the opportunity window
- Resource constraints in terms of skill sets and infrastructure
Infosys can help you develop mechanical, hardware or software products for your company based on our experience in developing hundreds of products.
We understand the importance of collaboration between development teams and our customers for an early product delivery. We progress projects in a series of iterations. Prior to each iteration, development teams meet our customers to prioritize the work. At the end of each iteration, the team delivers a potentially shippable product increment.
We provide the following to meet your product development challenges:
- Infosys' Product Development Life Cycle expertise spans from conceptualization through design, development, testing to product sustenance. (i.e. complete end-to-end solution development)
- Prototyping, proof of concepts and R&D services which help to validate your solution at an early stage in the product lifecycle
- Center of Excellence (COEs) for on-demand needs, covering various technologies and domains, including specialized areas
- Agile processes that conform to the best industry benchmarks, yet are adaptable to your situation
- Knowledge based engineering that helps you cut your design cycle time
- Pool of specialized resources across various technologies and domains
- Quick resource ramp-up capabilities utilizing our world class training infrastructure
- High quality implementation through engineering excellence
- Utilization of proven tools, techniques and best practices from our vast knowledge database resulting in operational efficiency, thus reduced costs
- Infosys partners with leading industry R&D establishments and Academic Institutions in India to provide complete solutions to its clients
- Offshore Engineering Development Center (OEDC) to meet your extended product development needs
For embedded products, our solutions span requirements specifications through design, implementation, testing, software integration, system integration, independent verification and validation and sustenance needs. Our teams have exceptional understanding of the various industry standards. For example, in the automotive sector, we are not only premium members of AUTOSAR but follow their standards. Additionally, our avionics teams carry out system testing and software development adhering to DO178B, DO 254, DOD2167A and MIL-STD-498 standards.
For software product development, we employ a process that is based on the best practices of Agile Methodology and CMM Level 5 quality. Its adoption depends on the product stage and your unique situation. For example, a well defined piece of work can be quickly developed using a typical SDLC while a "changed requirements" type of work would be done through agile / iterative development.
For mechanical products, we employ best practices of Lean Methodology in product design, leverage our domain expertise to offer solutions in knowledge-based engineering (KBE) to shorten your time to market.
Infosys product engineering services are truly collaborative. In fact, we have had zero IP infringement lawsuits in the 25+ years of Infosys' existence as a company.
The benefits to our customer include:
- Rapid time-to-market with round the clock attention to the product through Infosys' Global Delivery Model capabilities
- Increased focus on business with implementation aspects owned reliably by Infosys
- High QoS and low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for your products
Offshore Engineering Development Centers (OEDC)
Today's product companies deem it critical to have a virtual extension of their product engineering groups at offshore (India). Infosys provides you with the exact need and removes the agony and risks of creating one from scratch. The Infosys offshore center provides you with the best-in-class people, processes, infrastructure and executive commitment.
The Infosys offshore Engineering Development Center has been fine-tuned over years of experience with several leading product companies and incorporates industry best practices that ensures a greater value-add for our clients. High learnability, sustained focus and ability to rapidly understand your products' business drivers contribute to a sustained long-term benefit. The OEDC is essentially an extension of your engineering center. It houses an offshore lab, a dedicated pool of engineering people and a global infrastructure with seamless access to your systems and processes. OEDC is based on a well-grained framework that includes offshore best practices, offshore processes for project planning, tracking and improvement, offshore lab and infrastructure setup, roles and responsibilities and business models. Executive commitment, good planning, time zone advantages and seasoned project teams combine to deliver measurable business results to you. With state-of-the-art communication facilities and infrastructure, our offshore centers work as a virtual extension of our client's development environment providing 24/7 service.
The OEDC is made up of multiple projects that work for you. Each Project provides product engineering service on product (family) with activities spanning product development, product sustenance, product testing and other services. The processes & methodology at the ODC closely follow that of your company and can be viewed as virtual extensions of your development teams.