How
We Work
Typical Prominent
staffing engagements
Once you engage Prominent for a staffing need, a process is kicked off at Prominent. We are going to spare you some of the details, but at a high level, it looks like this:
Gather job requirements
Location, duration, must have skills, nice to have skills, desired pay rate, and any additional details.
Source candidates
Search for potential candidates in internal database, professional network, through referrals and job posts.
Culture screening
Ensure candidates have values which align with the client needs and requirements.
Technical screening
Verify that candidate’s technical skills and experience fit what client desires.
Prepare candidates
Help candidate clean up resume and understand necessary information about the client.
Present candidates
Send a complete breakdown of the best candidate options to client.
Interviews
Conduct thorough interviews according to the client’s interview process.
Job offer & start
Execute a job offer to the candidate and ensure a smooth job start.
Our core values
We believe the following are markers of our success:
Prominent believes in empowering our employees and our customers. We hold strongly to our values, which have helped us build a long track record of satisfied clients and a happy team.
Enjoy Work
We are passionate about what we create and have fun doing it.
Speak Truth
The truth must be spoken - even when it is uncomfortable.
Prioritize Relationships
We place a high importance on building relationships - within our team and with our clients.
Imagination Into Reality
You dream it, we will build it.
Steward As
Our Own
Each project is handled as if it belongs to us.
Typical Prominent
solution engagements
Engaging in a software solution can feel daunting. There are so many questions to be answered. How much is it going to cost? When can you have it by? How much will it cost to maintain? How are you going to get all your questions answered?
Our mission is to empower confidence in our clients. We have created a process to do just that by answering all those questions and guiding the client along in a process which helps them make great decisions. Here is what a typical solutions process looks like:
Vision and strategy
Meeting with the Prominent business development team to figure out of Prominent is a good fit. Begin to understand expectations on requirements, budget, timelines, etc.
Discovery call
An initial call with the technical team to further understand if Prominent is the right vendor for this task.
Solutions roadmap (SRM)
Complete an assessment of customer needs, offering clarity around client’s values, needs, priorities, options, timelines, immediate costs, and ongoing costs.
Full lifecycle software development (FLSD)
Comprehensive custom project buildout to get client exactly what they are looking for.
Go-live support services
Short period of extra maintenance, support, and enhancements, immediately following launch of new system.
Maintenance, support, and enhancements (MSE)
Ongoing work to keep the system working well and relevant to the changes of the client’s business.
Prominent's
secret sauce
We often refer to our proprietary processes as Prominent’s “secret sauce”. Here are a few of the things that make the Prominent experience special:
Our team
A service company is only as good as the people who work there. Our team is top notch and what they do and, just as importantly, they are easy to like.
Solutions roadmaps
This is one of the most valuable investments an organization can make when they need to make decisions on an IT solution.
Lightweight estimation
Waterfall requires large up-front investments in the hope of arriving at a solution that is valuable and predictable. Agile says that software development is valuable but cannot be predictable. Prominent’s proprietary process has a lightweight estimation process, enabling us to make IT solutions that are both valuable and predictable, without a gigantic business analysis phase up front. This empowers confident decision making in our clients.
Fixed price contracts
Many solutions companies are not confident enough in their ability to deliver on time and on budget to do fixed price contracts. We have the team, the processes, and the tools to confidently deliver high-ROI systems on time and under budget.
SDLC
Prominent’s SDLC (with Scrum at its core) is constantly being tweaked and honed to ensure reliable delivery for our clients.
Proprietary Tools
Prominent has invested heavily into building our own custom tools which support and enhance our custom process as well as empowering high-quality solution implementation efficiency.
Retainer-based MSE
Our retainer-based Maintenance, Support, and Enhancements service allows customers to have their systems supported, monitored, patched, and enhanced on a predictable budget, with a stable team, insulated from price increases, and eligible for discounts. Our MSE service takes the headache out of keeping your system functional and fresh.