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Custom Software Consulting
Sometimes what is on the software market just does not cut it for your business needs and going the route of developing a custom software solution is your best option. While every business is familiar with using software in some form or another, most businesses do not have the experience in building software. As a result, this can be a very daunting process for most businesses. Our goal is to act as your trusted advisor and help you navigate the world of software development. From scoping out your software requirements to helping you find a developer to build the solution to help you manage the project to completion.
Scoping
The majority of custom software development projects go wrong right at the beginning. This is largely due to not investing enough time to provide a detailed scope of work for the developer to build the solution from.
Some of the ways we help with this are:
- Learning your business needs, analyzing workflows and considering your business goals
- Producing detailed design specification documents that developers will use to build the solution.
- Evaluating current ongoing development projects to make recommendations on how to make it across the finish line.
Resource Evaluation
Should you hire your own internal developer? Outsource overseas? Or partner with a local software development company? Navigating the software development landscape can be frightening, so let us guide you.
Some of the ways we help with this are:
- Evaluating custom software developers and/or companies.
- Helping to negotiate terms of engagement.
- Providing recommendations on who to work with.
- Providing best practices to minimize risk to your project.
Project Management
Once you have everything in place, you will need to work alongside your developer to ensure the project goes as planned. When you are running a business, this is not always possible.
Some of the ways we help with this are:
- Be your trusted advisor throughout the process
- Act as your primary contact with the developer
- Coordinate your internal resources to perform the required tasks to prevent delays in the project.
- Conduct progress meetings to keep everyone up to date on current statuses, potential risks, and eventual delays.