Bespoke software development can, initially, look expensive and an of-the-shelf package can, by comparison, seem an excellent and cost effective alternative - but all too often the relatively cheap initial cost of a package solution is offset by the total cost of ownership of a system that is never quite what you need.  Bespoke software development can also seem very risky, but we have the skills to bring proven software engineering techniques and disciplines to the task.  Working with the latest tools and utilising the rapidly emerging de facto modelling standard, the Unified Modeling Language (UML), we can build detailed process models of your organisation.  From this vital starting point we go on to use the full power of the UML to design and verify your system before a line of code needs to be written. 

We construct full user-centric models for the specific areas of your organisation that require a tailored solution, and use these to work with your business experts to ensure all required functionality is incorporated into the delivered system.  With these techniques and the information we acquire through their use, we can be sure that we are providing you with software tailored to your exact requirements; software that works with you, not against you.  You gain the confidence early in the development cycle that the solution will be a good fit within the larger context of your organisation's business processes - not just for the task in hand.

We then build the solution in layers (or tiers) with good separation between the user interface, the central business processing software and the database management system where your system's data will ultimately reside.  This ensures that changes you require in any of these areas as you test out the emerging solution can be incorporated at the minimum cost and disruption to the integrity of the overall system.  New technologies that emerge over the lifetime of the system can also be incorporated into the solution with the minimum of cost by taking this approach.

We go on to combine all of the above with our experience of modern software development methodologies, state-of-the-art tools and long standing tradition of delivering high quality tailored solutions on time and to budget, to ensure that the delivered system is what you need, when you need it.

Some of the many benefits you will gain from this are...

Key Benefits for you

	You know exactly what you are going to pay, for a system that is exactly what you need - no more and no less
	You know that the system delivered will be a good fit for your business processes overall, as well as the tasks it is targeting
	Interaction with the system is tailored to the way you work - increasing staff productivity and maximising the return on your initial investment
	Staff never waste time learning system features you do not need
	Software typically requires less hardware resources reducing indirect costs, prolonging hardware lifetimes and increasing your return on assets

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