Vissim

The idea

• Modernize existing software
  VISSIM already had an operational radar-based tracking system, but it was built using older technologies, and this created obstacles in developing essential new functions
• Track personnel
  One of the important functions to be developed was tracking not just vessels, but also personnel boarding and unboarding, their schedules, and compliance
• Predict and prevent vessel collisions
  The new system should be able not just to track a vessel, but to predict it’s path to make sure vessels pass each other with safe distance

Vissim’s challenges

• Lack of competence
  Existing developers did not have competence in target technologies required to rebuild the system
• Hard to hire locally
  Local professionals were in deficit and average time required to hire a team was more than 6 months
• Slow time-to-market
  All of the above resulted in extended period of time required to build the end product and bring it to market

Services provided

• IT Consulting
  Vissim’s management system was prepared by Vector Software experts to move from in-house development team to distributed software development and delivery
• Distributed Development Team
  Vector Software has selected and hired highly-skilled professional software developers for all required technologies and formed a development team in Lviv, Ukraine
• Functional Design
  The solution is designed for big data analytics and is able to analyse traffic situations in real time, with cross-system and cross-discipline collaboration where data easily can be shared with other systems onshore, offshore, or onboard vessels
• System Development
  Vector Software has provided 100% project ownership allowing Vissim to set high-level business goals and delivering market-ready software achieving these goals
• Customisation and Post-Production Support
  Vissim works with lots of clients in different countries, and Vector updates the application constantly, customising it for each client’s needs

The result

The system has a personal workstation for each operator and a common 24 display walI to show and track each vessel in the monitored area