Project Handover Assistance Services

Your vendor fails to provide the result on time and within budget? You may want to consider a project transition plan from one vendor to another. S-PRO can help you, ensuring a smooth and timely takeover.

Our team’s significant experience allows them to account for all the details and resume the development process as swiftly as possible.

Our Experience

S-PRO’s team has completed multiple projects in various industries, including fintech, healthcare, energy, retail, and hospitality. We have a lot of experience with project handovers for our clients.

150+projects
completed

27+countries represented
by our clients

25+projects
taken over

Project Takeover Services We Offer

Adaptation of Legacy Systems

We adapt legacy software for work with modern systems.

Infrastructure Preparation

We have experience setting up cloud environments from scratch

DevOps

We design the IT environment, develop scalable cloud infrastructure, and automate the software delivery process using off-the-shelf automation frameworks or custom scripts.

Code Documentation

We write comprehensive code documentation for collaboration on a product.

Code Review

We audit the code to detect and report bugs.

Quality Assurance

We test and debug products to improve project quality.

Project Management

We manage the projects to control the workflow, scope, deadlines, and budget.

Why Should You Switch Vendors?

Check for these red flags in cooperation with your present tech partner. If any of them is spotted, you may need to switch vendors.

No Performance Boost

Usually, as the development team gets the project rolling, the performance steadily improves. The developers apply all sorts of tools and use retrospectives and backlogs. The lack of improvement in your team’s efficiency may signal some problems.

Late Deliveries

The overall efficiency drops if your vendor repeatedly misses deadlines or hesitates to solve problems. If difficulties persist, it may mean that the company lacks strategy skills to maintain the promised product quality. Do not wait until you face the consequences of their failures to consider a project handover.

Internal Problems

The high developer turnover rate negatively influences the team’s performance and key results. Because transferring knowledge from one team member to another requires additional time and effort, the code quality deteriorates. The vendor may fail to win the best talents and mitigate the effects of internal project handover.

Mounting Costs

There is always room for minor development cost changes. However, poor project management leads to repeated underbudgeting. The agreed-upon and final costs of the projects can differ by 10-15%. If more, the cooperation model may be inappropriate. Furthermore, the project’s complexity may be poorly estimated, which is why a development team may struggle with the tasks.

Serious Communication Lags

Numerous factors, including ineffective procedures, can lead to communication problems. As a result, the vendor fails to deliver crucial information in time or through the right channel. If you can’t be on the same page with your vendor, it’s time to initiate the handover of project.

Unclear Perspectives of Long-term Growth

Even if you are largely satisfied with the software development services at present, consider whether your partner can overcome possible future challenges. Reliable vendors are forward-thinking and genuinely enthusiastic about the project. Aside from providing high-quality services, they are constantly seeking opportunities for joint growth. If your vendor is just doing their work well now, the cooperation may be problematic in the future.

No Detailed Documentation

Proper project documentation enormously boosts the team’s performance. If your current vendor fails to display the ongoing status of the project or report on each step taken, consider the handover of project. Later, the problem will turn into a snowball that keeps growing.

Project Handover with S-PRO:

The main phases of the project handover include preparation activities, handover itself, and analysis. All three are integral parts of the process, though the preparation stage may be the most important.

Step first

Business analysis

We review documentation, tasks, and current processes. We also analyze the business idea and possible integrations and choose partners needed for the project. At this stage, we engage a business analyst who studies the project's business aspects.

Step second

Technical analysis

Our engineers conduct code and style guide reviews, analyze the software infrastructure, communicate with the previous team, and identify existing problems with the system. Testers check how stable the platform is and whether it has critical bugs.

Step third

Estimation

At this stage, we define the scope of work that the client wants to complete and estimate the time required for completing this scope.

A staff management platform for Swiss hotel establishments

Job Done automates and optimizes employee scheduling and time tracking. The client was dissatisfied with the performance of the previous development team and wanted us to deliver the product. The goal was to ensure further team scaling.

As a result of the project handover, we have delivered a design prototype that outlines the major features of the website and app. It has prepared the way for further development.

Switzerland

HOSPITALITY

A German project for sustainable online shopping

We took this project over from the underperforming development team. Firstly, we made a project transition plan from one vendor to another. Then we proceeded with code review.

The challenge was to receive the project handover document, as the previous development team had stopped responding. We filled in the gaps, and, in the end, the client received a robust and laconic solution that met all the requirements.

Germany

Retail

The first digital asset bank in the world

А business with Swiss and Singapore heritage empowers its clients to invest in the digital asset economy. We finished the website development for them after a previous team signed a contract but delivered only an InVision prototype.

We had restricted time to save the project and design an appealing solution. However, we took this handover project over successfully and built an engaging website that attracts the attention of new clients.

Switzerland

Fintech

An app to rent and lease digital public transport tickets in Sweden

We took this legacy project over from another vendor and developed a minimalistic but compelling website and app. We had to audit the code, test it, and fix old bugs. Also, we had to cope with insufficient handover project documentation from the previous team.

Nonetheless, we managed to cope with all those challenges. In the end, the client was satisfied as the feedback from the users about the improvements we made was positive.

Sweden

HI-TECH

Place Your Project in Reliable Hands

Our specialists provide a smooth and consistent project transfer with core code audit and knowledge-sharing sessions.

Frequently Asked Questions

QA1

What Is Project Handover?

A handover is a process of transferring project tasks and responsibilities from one partner to another. It may take up to several months for a new team to comprehend all project’s components. The transition time depends on the complexity of the project and the experience of a new team. After that, the project will continue, and the new team will deliver the results.

QA2

When Is It Better to Start a Project Handover?

Start the project handoff as soon as possible to give both teams enough time to communicate effectively and address any project-related uncertainties. While the new team has the chance to learn all the project specifics, the departing team can make sure the project is in capable hands.

QA3

Should the Previous Vendor Provide Detailed Project Documentation?

A detailed project handover document makes the transition of the project from one team to another much easier. Preparing such a document is the responsibility of the previous vendor. But even if they fail to fulfill this obligation, the S-PRO’s team will help you. We have already dealt with project handovers when the documentation was scarce or nonexistent.

QA4

What Is the Best Way to Conduct Project Handover?

The project transition plan from one vendor to another in the final stages is where handover will typically occur. Thus, teams typically prepare for multiple handovers rather than a large one when working on large projects. Consider organizing small handovers at crucial points during the project implementation to keep things under control.

QA5

What Is a Product Roadmap, and How Does It Help to Take Over a Project?

A product roadmap is an important document describing the planned development cycle of the software product. Your new team receives knowledge about the project from it.

For example, what has already been done as part of project development and what remains to be done soon. There are the following typical steps in creating a roadmap for the handover project:

Analyze the overall situation for the product.
Build a project development strategy
Create a project implementation plan
Define project roles and responsibilities
Assess risks
ACreate, approve, and improve the handover roadmap

QA6

What Is a Legacy Project in Software Development?

Legacy projects are outdated software that is difficult to maintain and extend. They may share various shapes and types, but, in general, all legacy projects are large, old, inherited, and poorly documented.

Legacy code is the object of any project handover. Usually, previous vendors are out of communication. Thus, legacy projects may have no project handover document.

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