Custom Desktop Software

  Our Custom Software Development Services are focused on ensuring that we only build custom software when it is warranted. Generally the only time that you should be contemplating the creation of custom software is if it is designed to improve and automate processes and/or services that directly contribute to the value you provide as a business and your competitors have a hard time replicating.

  Many times you can improve processes and gain efficiencies with "Off the Shelf" software and this approach should be strongly considered when the areas of the business in question do not provide a differentiating value. A possible drawback or price you may pay for this approach is you will need to adapt to the software rather than have the software adapt to you. If you have invested a large amount of resources in training and/or supporting infrastructure for current processes then you may need to consider custom software or at a minimum you can mitigate the changes required by using software that allows for "configuration" or "customization".

  When developing custom software we use an agile software build process. This process is designed to provide value by creating workable software as fast as possible. We accomplish this by determining needs, prioritizing them, and building the simplest designs to meet the highest priority needs, while keeping an eye to how it will fit in with existing architecture and the long term strategy. This methodology ensures that everyone is communicating about the same needs and helps stimulate ideas and refinement of needs that are hard to anticipate or develop without actually touching or working with the software. This method also helps ensure that your resources are being used in an efficient and conscientious manner to aid in providing value and refining the understanding of what your needs truly are and how they may best be met.