Why Choose Us?:   As the new model of global economy forces companies worldwide to go beyond national frontiers in search of highly trained human resources, the most of IT companies have turned their attention on East European software develo-pment and web site design companies in their quest for the ideal balance between high quality programming services and cost-effective solutions. Under these circumstances, the software corporations worldwide begin to consider Bulgarians companies as highly attractive targets when it comes to finding reliable outsourcing partners able to develop custom web site designs  and handle maintenance tasks. Their main arguments for outsourcing to Bulgaria? Bulgarian outsourcing companies achieve an unbeatable balance between the quality of services and the price level. Adding the access to state-of-the-art programming technologies and flexibility in personnel recruiting completes the picture.   Know Your Advantage 1.Cost: Providing cost-effective solutions was the starting point of outsourcing as a business, and it still remains among it's most important advantages. By hiring an outsourcing company located in Bulgaria, for instance, you can expect a savings level up to 50% comparing to a western development team.   2.Shorter development time: If necessary, projects can be developed considerably faster by hiring additional personnel. Due on the fact that outsourcing companies are more experienced in recruiting qualified staff, this is usually no problem. A shorter development time is another effective weapon for getting in front of it's competitors.   3.Knowledge: A partnership with an outsourcing company means access to the latest programming technologies without spending on research. As a consequence, any IT company can broaden it's knowledge base while keeping expenses low; from this point of view, outsourcing is the most affordable way of keeping up with the pace of technological changes.   4.Human resources: The outsourcing companies located in the South East Europe have build their reputation by taking full advantage of their well known educational system. Bulgaria is maybe the best example, since Bulgarian programmers are acknowledged worldwide as highly trained professionals offering innovative and original solutions to the problems they encounter.   5.Flexibility: As outsourcing companies are more experienced with personnel recruiting, they developed policies allowing a better use of human resources. Most of these policies are oriented towards the possibility of hiring additional personnel to accomplish specific tasks, when necessary.   6.Shared risk and responsibility: Hiring an offshore programming company eliminates most of the problems typically involved with software development, as the project manager in charge of the project takes full responsibility and solves all problems. Most of the outsourcing companies are interested in attracting new clients, and sharing responsibilities and minimizing business risk are seen as a policy meant to encourage western companies showing excessive caution when approaching companies located in the South East Europe.   7.Focus on the business part: With the offshore programming company taking the responsibility for the software development, the customers get rid of the problems usually involved with this kind of projects. This is a great opportunity for customers to focus on the critical areas of their business (the marketing part, for instance) and not on the  web site development process and design. It is generally believed that concentrating on the core competencies of a business is the best way of reducing business risk.   8.Infrastructure: Hiring an outsourcing company also brings another kind of advantage: using human resources outside the company implies using the outsourcer's equipment as well. This is an advantage not to be left aside, because a programming office must be equipped with computers, scanners, printers, Internet access devices, network equipment and other expensive devices, not to mention the Internet access provider. All these need to be installed, configured, maintained and repaired, if necessary. This is another way of saving time and money, since they are already part of the outsourcer infrastructure and the client is no longer asked to pay for using them. These are only the most obvious advantages of using an outsourcing partner. Depending on a certain situation and context, other important benefits may emerge as attractive options, certifying the idea that outsourcing is among the best ways of increasing business effectiveness by maximizing the profits while keeping expenses low.

Why CDCard-Design.com At the moment our main task is searching for new regular business partners and customers. To our opinion, building regular partnership would reduce project development cost and improve project management quality, as we would not spend our resources on seeking new orders. Probably CDCard-Design.com seems to be a rather small company as compared with other firms involved in outsourcing business. On the one side we successfully fulfill all current orders, on the other side further company development is related with serious changes of our  in-company business procedures and this task takes time and resources. In order to get needed time and resources we stick to a policy aiming at long-time cooperation with our customers.   CDCard-Design.com  Approach to Outsourcing   1.The first contact is the critical point, as a good start of a business relation it’s essential for the entire partnership. We believe that the personal impression is decisive, so we encourage our customers to pay a short visit to CDCard-Design.com headquarters and discuss project and contract details personally. However, as this depends entirely on customer’s wish, it can be done via communication channels as well if direct contact is impossible for some reason. The most important thing about the first contact is clearly defining the responsibilities for each part. We believe this kind of approach helps us keeping things simple, which is best for everyone.   2.The first contact is usually followed by a pilot project: this is a small, non-critical task meant for testing the experience level of our programmers. Nevertheless, the pilot project should be omplex enough to give the customer a clear idea of the performance level of our programmers.   3.Before getting on to the development stage, some procedures need to be discussed: the first thing is establishing dedicated communication channels (phone, fax, email, chat or others) in order to keep the customer informed daily. After receiving the project specifications, the time schedule must be approved by both parts, and a dedicated project manager will be assigned to be permanently in contact with the customer. The project manager will be in charge of the project (web site) during the development stage until final delivery, he will clear up the problems (if any) and he will make sure that the project ( web site ) will meet the deadline successfully.   4.The development stage: This is the point where real work begins: the project manager handles the coordination between the programming teams, sends daily reports, clears the problems and makes sure that everything is going on just smoothly, according to plan.   5.Testing & bug fixing: This is the phase where the project is prepared for the final release: our programmers are testing it to make sure it complies with all quality standards and it is fully functional. Part of the beta testing phase is the integration with various platforms or existing applications (if necessary). The overriding goal is to eliminate all possible problems, so we can guarantee that the final version is 100% bugfree and fully functional.   6.The final delivery: Here’s the point where the final version of the product (web site ) is delivered to the client, with all source codes documented in English. The project ( web site )  is considered done only after the customer approves the product quality.