Bayer Pty Ltd

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Bayer primarily is a Software Architecture firm. Software architecture in the simplest sense is about creating the blueprint required to construct all aspects of software application systems. This can be as simple as a public online information system, i.e. a membership management system or as complicated as a SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) based loosely coupled collection of services feeding into an ESB (Enterprise Service Bus).

The specific tasks associated with software architecture may include any of the following activities:

Business Analysis: Analysing business processes, business drivers, user requirements, business process re-engineering.

Domain & Data Modelling: With a domain or data model, we create a map of the main business model in terms of data entities and their relation to each other. By attaining in-depth domain knowledge as a result of sound business analysis, we become subject experts. This in turn makes us very valuable to clients, as we become familiar with specific business processes & model and interfacing clients & systems. The aim is that we become an integral part of our client?s business.

Specification Work: We create a functional requirement specification, which include a range of project artefacts. Those project artefacts are the result of the business analysis as well as domain & data modelling process explained above and include wireframes of all user interface pages, very detailed UML (Universal Modelling Language) use cases as well all UML diagrams resulting from the domain & data modelling above. As part of the solutions architecture we provide detailed infrastructure requirements and a system overview with key technologies and interfaces.

Enterprise Architecture: We are employing open standards architecture frameworks and building blocks to iteratively translate and map business objectives, processes and service into sustainable system and software architecture for all infrastructure and application services provided within an organisation.

In addition to software & enterprise architecture, Bayer also offers the development of the above solution on a T&M basis, using a combination of adaptive planning methods (RUP ? Rational Unified Process) and time boxing (allowing for regular build iterations). We intentionally do not offer fixed-price project proposals, as they are deemed outdated and inferior to an adaptive, iterative approach, yielding a considerably better quality outcome for the client.