OutSystems
OutSystems is a software company providing the Agile Platform, first unified platform to address the full life cycle of delivering and managing web business applications using agile methodologies.
Companies use the Agile Platform to deliver web business applications on-time and on-budget in weeks rather than months or years. In addition to the Agile Platform, the Agile Network provides IT Management complete control and visibility over the application delivery process without compromising the flexibility required to address continuous business change.
By automating Agile methodologies our customers are able to deliver applications that continuously reflect evolving business needs, bridging the gap between IT and business across the entire application life cycle. Since it was first introduced in 2001, the Agile Platform has been used to successfully develop, integrate, deploy and manage agile web business applications in over 4000 IT environments across 138 countries.
Waterfield has been partners with Outsystems since 2006.
OutSystems is a multinational software company created in March 2001. The company closed a €1 million round of seed funding in October 2001 with the Dutch Venture Capitalist firm NesBIC CTe FUND (Fortis Group). In February 2005 OutSystems closed a €2.2 million Series B round of investment led by PME Investimentos and in June 2007 a €2.4 million investment from ES Ventures. Since its creation, OutSystems has been achieving yearly growths of around 100%, consistently expanding its international customer base.
In 2003, OutSystems was identified by Fortune Magazine as one of the 6 most promising startups. Market analysts like Gartner, Butler, Forrester, MWD Advisors and OVUM have identified OutSystems as an innovative software company.
In February 2006, OutSystems was positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the 2006 Integrated Services Environment (ISE) Market Magic Quadrant report. Out of the 18 companies included in the research, OutSystems was one of the only 3 European companies listed.
In March 2007, the company launched an early adopters’ beta program for the OutSystems Agile Platform Express, a free version of the OutSystems Agile Platform. The OutSystems Community that was previously only available to clients and partners, was also opened so that enthusiasts and small ISV’s can better share knowledge about the platform.
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Limitations in traditional waterfall-type software development methodologies have many organizations turning to, or experimenting with, Agile Methodology for application development.
Based on experiences gathered from over 500 Agile projects, OutSystems has developed and refined a repeatable way to enable the efficient and successful delivery of enterprise-scale projects using Agile Methodology. The OutSystems approach to Agile is SCRUM based and is comprised of the following 8 stages:
