Palantir (Pty) Ltd

Palantir has a great deal of experience in software projects; it's been our core business since 2001. We have worked with a wide range of clients, mainly in the financial sector, and a very wide range of projects.

Our pragmatic approach to projects has ensured repeated success; we don't get washed away by the latest fads, but take on board the good and discard the hype. We don't see ourselves as tied to any particular project methodology, but focus on what is best for the customer at hand. Our methodology core principles could be summarised as:
- Focus on critical functionality first
- Constant feedback and interaction to ensure alignment with requirements
- Testing as an integrated part of the project, starting as early as possible
- Skilled and motivated staff who are given great latitude in delivering
- Highly ethical approach; do what's right at all times
- Automate repetitive processes
- Provide high value
- Phased approaches to ensure real world usage quickly, and avoid never ending projects

Palantir are always interested in helping South African companies produce quality software products. We have a strong focus on incubation of new software, providing advice, mentoring, contacts and sometimes resources.

Palantir have a great deal of experience in a wide range of successful projects, and we're willing to share our insights and experience with your teams. We can assist in identifying bottlenecks and duplications in your processes, and make them more pragmatic and responsive to change.

Palantir can also assist in automating your software processes, speeding deployments, testing and delivery.

For your staff we can assist in difficult debugging or development scenarios, as well as providing more general advice and mentoring.

Palantir Software Development projects are run focused on actual customer needs, and an appreciation of the changin nature of business. Our development cycle is designed to deliver the most important functionality first; making it available for testing for the longest. This also gets the system into the hands of business quickly, so that changes that are needed can be picked up early in the development cycle.
 
Palantir uses world class automation and testing techniques to maximise development staff productivity, and to ensure that changes don't break existing code. Clients also gain access to the Palantir Core Libraries which provide numerous features that make their software more reliable, easier to maintain and enhance, and easier to support.

Billing is by project difficulty and scope, based on delivered and accepted milestones, not on headcount and duration.