Yesterday I payed a visit to the KNVB headquarters in Zeist where Dexels introduced its iPhone application. After feverishly working for 4 months, we were able to deliver a piece of software both our own organization and our client, the KNVB, can be proud of.

In two separate sessions the couple of dozen or so officials who are the end users of the application were gracefully introduced to the application's merits and functionality whereafter they could try it on their own. Dozens of brand new shining iPhones were handed out and everyone was engrossed in the process of sifting through something which would become an integral part of their everyday li fe.

Lees meer: iPhone introduction to KNVB end users

I am proud to announce that after a mere 5 days of intense work, I can present the new website of Dexels. Preceded by all the work we put into our business flyers, it was necessary to create a more attractive, intuitive and altogether friendly place to vent our thoughts and display our skills. Emphasis should be on understandability by using lots of graphics and simple language (regarded you speak Dutch that is; if you don't, don't worry, I'll be happy to translate anything for you).

We are especially proud of the static sections that talk about our organization, methodologies and tools. And apart from these, we have taken a step forward in reaching out to our customers by also including a more dynamic News section. Here some of the key figures of our team will blog about IT development (and related processes), put interesting downloadable content such as articles, and collect excellent resources to gain further insight into our main field of expertise.

I hope you will enjoy our site, meanwhile follow us on Twitter for more status updates, or post your comments below.

This is an excellent graphic that we use to display some of the phases and roles we employ in an IT development project. It can serve as a ball-park figure to estimate the people you need and the amount of resources you'll need (the percentages). It can help in planning because important things like project management overhead, project closure and preparation for maintenance will not be forgotten. Of course it also displays a very important aspect of Dexels development process: two iterative (agile) loops in both the design and development phases. Download the PDF version for printing.

This graphic has Dutch captions; if you are interested in seeing an English version, feel free to contact me.