Latitude 10 North gives you production capabilities that scale to your need at tremendous cost savings.
Problem SolvedWe are interactive experts, groomed within the largest North American interactive agencies. We have on-site American supervision so your margins won’t be wiped out by poor management and failed communication. We execute swiftly, cost less and deliver cutting-edge code under a robust quality assurance program.
If you have experienced offshore or outsource failures, we share your pain. We’ve been there. And, we’ve solved the problem.
Managing millions of dollars of interactive work in North America exposed us to every model of outsourcing. We’ve seen the consistent problems and failures. The quality of work is inconsistent, your profits are shrinking, and it seems all your valuable time is spent holding someone’s hand.
So, we set out to do it right. Proper communication vehicles, standardized tool-sets, modern coding practices and dedicated quality assurance personnel make us different. Our on site management sets us apart.
We know that communication failures cause margins to shrink and production time to vanish.
So, our project management staff is fluent in English and seasoned at interactive agencies serving high-profile brands where failure is not tolerated. We will get your work done right the first time.
Our location is a key part of our success. If you have lived through the fire drill of a critical bug popping up while your developer was asleep then you understand why it’s important to have your team within a couple hours of your own time zone.
We are dedicated to improving. We evaluate ourselves after every engagement and ask you to participate. We promise you a scalable, cost effective development solution that you can trust.
Latitude 10 North is headquartered in San Jose, Costa Rica. Our style is to be active, fueled and always-on. We understand that rapid turnarounds, shrinking margins and high-stakes expectations are the day-to-day realities of our clients. So when we start a project, we hit it hard. Our value is in ROI, timeline and tactics.
Globalization has eliminated borders and let's face it programming is no longer a dark art. We are interactive experts and our cost of living is significantly less than our North American counterparts. You get first-rate results at rates that are often more than 50% less. We speak fluent English and our management style is singularly American. We have evolved a suite of tools and procedures that allows us to rapidly scale the number of developers on a project.
We are a smart, "roll up our sleeves" type of partner that understands reality. We are not a worshipper of process. Change orders don’t fly just because you ask for a font size to be changed.
We hire and develop smart, driven people who are passionate about their craft and your work. We train them in the intangible things that produce the best results: teamwork, defining goals, knowledge-sharing and effective processes.
Most of our clients use us as a silent production facility to bring life to their ideas. Some engage us as a tactical partner to figure out the best way to achieve a specific goal. A lot use us for spot-platooning when their own production capacity is tapped out. But, for all our clients we are a reliable production partner.
We know how to build around a sound infrastructure. With LAMP, .NET and FLEX® programmers we are able to dive into almost any project immediately. Flash and video producers work shoulder to shoulder with programmers, allowing us to deliver simple to complex Flash sites or applications in reduced time frames.
The nature of our work requires that we have designers on staff to rapidly bridge the gap between concepts and technical production. While we won’t transform your brand, we can iterate your user experience and offer specific improvements.
We deliver and support our own projects and those developed by other firms. We have a Rapid Response program designed to give you help the moment you need it.
One more thing: We can be the change agent that breaks resistance inside your own company.
Whether it is a short- or long-term engagement, the first step is always listening. The second is understanding. We ask questions. Then we work with you to develop a clear path to realistic goals. We can work alone or alongside your own team. We are a partner with small egos.
We select the right mix of technical, Flash and creative talent to get your project done right the first time. Our entire production process is modeled on what we learned at large North American agencies, except we omitted the bloat. We have the ability to respond, to scale and to adapt to whatever you need at that moment.
We know how to communicate efficiently and effectively to keep things simple. Our collaborative process is aimed at giving you greater flexibility and reactivity than your existing resources. We have dedicated US phone numbers and work within two hours of your own time zone. We speak your language. And we’re never asleep when you call.
Wikis, email and IM are natural communication channels for us. We will develop a communication plan around your availability, preferences and project needs. You will have extranet access to a constantly refreshed view of your deliverables.
We can accomplish in hours what would take days or weeks working with India. (There, we said it. On-site American management makes the difference.)
Our approach is distinctly North American. We are highly skilled professionals with a deep understanding of western cultures, languages and ways of doing business. We apply our development and delivery model to every project in order to maximize economies of scale, productivity and cost-efficiencies. Our employees are trained in consistent procedures, tools, best practices, and communication vehicles to ensure consistency and success.
We use an Agile- and Scrum-based iterative development model to achieve faster time to market, and increased productivity. Nearly all of our projects operate in sprints of one- to two-week iterations so you can begin seeing your deliverables right away.
You have the opportunity to make changes based on informed decisions. Move forward with validated ideas and drop failures quickly.
Wikis are common to all of our projects. They provide a simple to use and valuable knowledge portal for all parties. Continuous quality assurance checks are fundamental to our development and delivery model, because our goal is to deliver a flawless product. We maintain a ratio of one full-time QA person to every five developers. We test and retest.