drjinc.co.jp

What It Is

DRJ (株式会社ディーアールジェー) is an Osaka-based software development and offshore development management provider with an office in Vietnam. Its core service, DRiVE, is designed to address risks in overseas software development around quality, delivery schedules, communication, and cultural differences. It combines the company’s in-house ICT tool GPmS02, the management service PRIME, and the human-resources service Kizukai.

Core Capabilities

GPmS02 is the most developer-tool-oriented part of the offering, designed to make overseas development sites “visible.” The source material states that it supports progress management, Q&A, bug management, release management, and translation. A PMO dashboard can be used to view quality and delivery metrics, trends, and member productivity; output alert lists by milestone; and strengthen repository integration. Past project examples cover Java, PHP, VB, .NET, VC++, C/C++, and JavaScript, as well as environments such as Web, C/S, Linux, Windows, and Solaris.

Services and Pricing

PRIME turns GPmS02 data into project management actions: Japan-side PRIMER staff check progress and quality and prepare weekly reports, on-site coordinators handle local communication, and internal PMO meetings perform secondary analysis. On the contract side, customers sign a domestic outsourcing contract with DRJ and settle in Japanese yen, with DRJ bearing the exchange-rate risk. No standard pricing is published. GPmS02 can be borrowed and configured free of charge as part of PRIME, while post-project data retention is marked as a paid service.

Pros and Cons

The main advantage is that tools, processes, and human support are bundled together, making it especially suitable for Japanese companies that lack offshore development experience but want to use development resources in Vietnam. The FAQ also explains contracts, documentation, translation, defect liability, security, and maintenance in considerable detail. The downside is limited product transparency around GPmS02: it does not clarify whether the tool can be purchased independently, whether it is closed-source or open-source, whether self-hosting is supported, and there is no API/SDK information, concrete integration list, trial entry point, or price list.

Best Fit and Access from China

It is better suited to business systems, public-sector systems, migration, and testing projects of 10 person-months or more that require offshore development risk control, rather than development teams looking for a general-purpose project management SaaS. The source material does not make it possible to judge access from China, and the only confirmed payment method is settlement in Japanese yen. For use by teams in China, Jira, Redmine, GitLab, Backlog, or local offshore development management services could be evaluated as alternatives.