Stringent development standards and guidelines are established to ensure high quality output. Quality assurance procedures are in place to provide quality checkpoints in the various milestones of the development cycles.

All developers participate in the analysis and design of the applications so that the whole team understands the business requirements before starting the design and construction of the system. The developers are paired and jointly responsible for a defined unit of work, the purpose of which is to provide peer review and quality assurance of each other. Code reviews are conducted by the Software Center Managers prior into system testing to ensure code consistency and style. All systems deliverables are professionally written by documentation analysts.

One key approach of the development methodology in the Software Center is the use of "software infrastructure", or "reusable objects" (the same piece of software program which could be used in different applications). An infrastructure team responsible for developing reusable objects is established. The reusable objects can help to speed up the development process significantly if they are deployed under the appropriate 'framework' (which is a set of clearly defined business logic).

Implanted by our founder and Chairman, Ms. Peggy Chan, Excel has a deep-rooted culture of pursuing for excellence, which becomes the cornerstone of our company philosophy. She received the Young Entrepreneur Award in 1990 for her achievements and contribution to the IT industry and business community in Hong Kong.

"We have succeeded through a clear market focus and strong synergies, and are now offering our customers even more products and services to bring them greater benefits and a competitive edge. We are also systematically exploring many fresh opportunities the Internet provides to meet business and community needs," said Peggy.

Excel's senior management has worked together for many years and some as early as 1988. Their combined IT experience and their many successful projects with international banks and financial institutions and multinational corporations in Asia enable them to put the right focus on quality, which is a strong assuring factor to Excel partners and customers.

Our technical staff members are college graduates with an average of 5 years' system development experience. Excel's ongoing training program ensures our staff members are in the forefront of the latest technology and development methodology.

Among Excel's respected banking and finance sector customers are American Express, Bank of East Asia, BNP Paribas, Citicorp/Citibank, Core Pacific Yamaichi, Citic Ka Wah Bank, Credit Suisse First Boston, Dah Sing Bank, Dao Heng Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Heng Sang Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, MEVAS Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, United Bank of Switzerland, and Wing Lung Bank.

Major Hong Kong SAR Government and public sector customers include the Airport Authority, the Hong Kong Housing Society, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Securities and Futures Commission, the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation and the Mass Transit Railway Corporation.

Excel's leadership is also shown by our partnership with such esteemed private sector customers as Marks and Spencer, Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited, Cheung Kong (Holdings) and EDS.