Fixed organizational structures, the use of IEEE standards and the adherence to conventions and guidelines grant an unobstructed course of the project. Our project management is based on agile methods. We strongly pursuit the ITIL idea of software as a service (SaaS).

The table below gives an overview of some tools and methods we use during the development process.

Phase / Task	Tools / Method
Project definition
Specifying the requirement	IEEE standard 830
Project management
Analyzing the requirements	Check list
Evaluation of efforts	Check list
Time management	MS Project
Conception
Diagrams, Class models, database design	Visio / Enterprise Architect
Software design	IEEE standard 1016
Implementation and deployment
Conventions and guidelines	Wiki
Project tracking and reports	Jira
Bug- und change request management	Jira
Source management	SVN
Test
Internal guidelines for GUI applications, web and desktop	IEEE standard 829 Internal templates