Chemistry analyzer PC software

All the way through implementation EXECOM team continuously cooperated with the client. The developers were present at client’s site for every version delivery and testing, to make sure the requirements and acceptance criteria were met.

The scope of the project was to develop PC software from scratch for client’s new analyzer to be used in the refinery and petrochemical markets. The greatest challenge of the project was change management, because development of both analyzer and software were carried out together. Hardware components of the analyzer indicated software requirements and implementation.

Project details
  • Project: Analyzer Control & Management System
  • Industry: Software / Elemental analysis
  • Business area: Refinery and petrochemical markets, environmental
  • Year/Duration: 2007 / 2 years
  • Resources: Team of four programmers and Project Manager
Technology
  • Visual Studio 2005 C# .NET 2.0
  • MS SQL 2005 Express
  • Microsoft Team Foundation Server for source control and issue tracking
  • Automated testing

A world leading company in serving customers within pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions and government agencies, as well as environmental and industrial process control settings.

With over a decade of experience in development of software for clinical analyzers, EXECOM was a natural choice for project realization. In order to fulfill complex requirements and quality standards (such as FDA’s 21 CFR part 11) the development team was engaged in a series of knowledge transfers with client’s engineers. After a year of intensive development and testing, EXECOM delivered a reliable solution.

The system enables control of several analyzer-control boards which interface via Ethernet TCP/IP connection, proprietary protocol. It continuously monitors and controls analyzer variables in real time and stores value history. The algorithms for measurement and instrument maintenance are implemented via built-in scripting engine, which offers vast flexibility for product engineers and service persons. For end users, software generates result presentations, statistics, and reports and provides various management options: user levels, privileges, roles. Regarding security, EXECOM development team has implemented safety and security mechanisms and enabled safety in case of power failure.

All the way through implementation EXECOM team continuously cooperated with the client. The developers were present at client’s site for every version delivery and testing, to make sure the requirements and acceptance criteria were met.

Working closely together on complex development of all segments of the analyzer, the two companies have gained many benefits:
  • Significant experience and knowledge in the business area
  • Successful knowledge transfer
  • Cooperation between highly skilled and trained pool of employees
  • Reliable solution for end users
  • Large scale development through iterative approach