Software Engineering Services

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Client/server solutions. Web-based solutions. Systems analysis and design. Database development. These daunting, resource-intensive software engineering and development tasks raise tremendous challenges for any company. Can your company realistically develop the management processes and devote the people necessary to successfully implement these projects?

Providing Complete Solutions
Critical Components for Success

NAC International (NAC) can help -- combining creativity,engineering and experienced management to provide innovative, high-quality software solutions. We provide the experienced, skilled people to push your projects through to successful completion. NAC takes on your entire project -- requirements definition, project planning, quality assurance, training and all points in between. NAC also provides hands-on software management and engineering process consulting, empowering your company with the tools and methods for implementing major software projects. Our expertise includes full life-cycle software engineering design and development, architectural and technical systems integration consulting, and business process analysis and reengineering. NAC provides expert consultants and methodologies critical to a successful software engineering project:

	Requirements Definition: Establish a common understanding between the customer and the software requirements to be addressed by the project
	Project Planning: Develop comprehensive project plans to perform the software development, estimate project costs and timelines, and define project deliverables
	Project Tracking and Oversight: Create substantial visibility for the progress of the project, in efforts to keep client stakeholders informed and the identification and resolution of potential issues that threaten the project plan
	Quality Assurance (QA): Adhere to stringent QA procedures and guidelines to meet established requirements
	Configuration Management: Maintain the integrity of the design throughout development
	User Training: Develop the skills and knowledge of individual users to so they can perform their duties effectively and efficiently
	Peer Reviews: Early identification and subsequent removal of defects from the application and associated deliverables
	Defect Prevention: Acknowledge known defects, document lessons learned, and apply those lessons to prevent reoccurrences

Client/Server Solutions
Oracle Designer 2000, Oracle Developer 2000, Oracle, SQL Server, Visual Basic, Lotus Notes, Delphi, C++

NAC offers consulting and application development services. Our strong commitment to the latest development tools combined with our Project Management Methodology provide our clients with a proven, reliable solution to Client/Server and Web-based development needs. Our staff is experienced in full life-cycle software development.

Systems Analysis and Design
Functional Requirements Analysis, Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Systems Architecture Design, Systems Administration

NAC offers our customers innovative, state-of-the-art solutions. Our software engineering staff recognizes the importance of genuine analysis and design unfettered by any bias toward a specific product or solution. Our analysts and engineers strive to match our customers with the correct solution for immediate and future needs. We accomplish this goal by applying a disciplined functional requirements analysis approach and performing an extensive vendor selection.

Database Design, Implementation and Administration
Oracle, SQL Server, Logical Data Modeling, Physical Data Structure and Implementation

NAC believes in a data centric approach to software development. Good database design is key to successful software implementation. We use the latest techniques in logical data modeling, object-oriented analysis and design, and reverse engineering, combined with advanced software tools. Our highly trained teams are able to design efficient, reliable data archi-tectures to meet our clients’ requirements.

Web-Based Development
Web Design, Web Servers

The World Wide Web is having a dramatic affect on the way information is viewed and shared. It is predicted that this dramatic growth will continue over the next two years and that Internet usage as a means of communication will surpass voice communication over the telephone. The Internet offers an exciting avenue of customer access for public and private organizations. In order to provide effective solutions to our clients, NAC offers Web development services. These services include:

	Needs assessment
	Database design and optimization
	Architecture design
	Customized web-based solutions
	GUI design and layout

Delivery of Turnkey Solutions

NAC brings more than selling our software engineering solutions to customers. NAC also provides the following value-added services for customers:

	Providing hardware installation services or coordinating hardware upgrades
	Developing procedures or modifying existing ones to coincide with the selected solution
	Providing consulting services
	Providing maintenance support for our customers
	Providing hardware, software and implementation services in a turnkey solution for customers

Mission Critical Solutions

NAC has experience in the development, management and operation of Information Systems classified as “Mission Critical.” NAC’s Information Management Group developed and maintains one of the U.S. government’s mission critical systems. NAC provides teams to meet the customers’ needs and requirements, including high reliability and security, as in the case of mission critical systems.