The more specialised the business processes, the more complex the requirements for the supporting software product. And the more complex the requirements, the less effective off-the-shelf solutions are. After all, the software should adapt to your processes, not the software processes.
Custom software is designed specifically for your business processes, employees or end customers to ensure a perfect fit.
Your current solution is no longer able to evolve in the way you want, or is simply out of date. However, your processes and procedures are so specialised or interconnected with other systems that a one-size-fits-all solution is out of the question.
As a unique selling point (USP), bespoke software has the potential to become a key corporate asset. It can give you a competitive edge and, in the best cases, make you an innovative leader within your industry.
Custom software can be at the heart of entirely new businesses. Digital transformation, in particular, offers huge opportunities and enables almost any company to add digital services and products to its portfolio.
When you develop your custom software product with us, you have full ownership and use of the product. This means there are no licence fees, no fixed release and update cycles, and no unpredictable end-of-life for your solution.
Individual software development is always an investment. In order to protect this investment, it is our aim to develop software products that can be flexibly adapted and extended over the long term. Because sustainability is not a matter of course even in software development. In the following video, CTO Sebastian Betzin explains how we develop sustainable software and what that means exactly:
We specialize in highly complex business software — and not just in terms of coding. Our UX team also primarily focuses on complex enterprise solutions. Enterprise UX uses customer UX insights and methods, but addresses the business usability of a software solution in a more targeted manner.
The focus is on user research. Through interviews and on-site visits, our UX designers learn to understand users, their work environment and their processes and can thus design perfectly coordinated interaction concepts. Concepts that are continuously tested and validated in the form of designed interfaces using usability tests.
Individual software development is extremely dynamic. In order to be able to react efficiently and effectively to new requirements, we work exclusively with agile methods such as Scrum or kanban. That means we develop your product in iterative sprints and involve your employees in the project team so that we can take on all perspectives.
We are convinced that all necessary requirements can only be defined and converted into code in such agile and interdisciplinary project teams.
Mechanical and plant engineering is subject to an extremely high degree of specialisation. At the same time, the industry is caught between long product life cycles and high technical dynamics. Customised software is often the only alternative between machine generations in parallel operation and special requirements.
We support you in the following disciplines, among others:
More than almost any other sector, the construction industry has to deal with complex calculation models, countless country-specific regulations and enormous safety standards. The use of new technologies, such as centrally managed cloud applications, smart building platforms or virtual design, can offer amazing added value.
We support you in the following disciplines, among others:
Standard software is software solutions that cover the requirements and needs of a wide range of people.
This isn't necessarily a bad thing, because depending on the application, off-the-shelf solutions may be the more economically viable alternative. However, a) the level of specialisation and customisation needs to be considered, b) the long-term licence cost model needs to be taken into account and c) the competitive environment needs to be monitored. The more deeply a software solution is embedded in a company's own business processes, or the more it supports competitive advantages, the less standard solutions are recommended.
A detailed comparison can be found here: Individual software vs. standard software
It is a common misconception that custom software is more expensive than standard software. Of course, there is some truth to this - after all, custom software has to be developed, whereas standard software is usually ready to use.
However, the calculation must also take into account the length of time the solution is in use and the number of users. The longer standard solutions are in use and the more users use them, the higher the licence costs. At some point, these costs will exceed the initial development costs of the individual software - the total cost of the standard product will therefore be higher.
As custom software is always "unique", we cannot give a general answer to this question. Depending on your requirements and purpose, the cost can vary enormously.
Our Project Scoping offering can help you with cost estimation and planning. Consisting of one or more compact workshops, scoping helps you define your solution by identifying key requirements and primary target audiences. The result is an initial product vision and a rough dimensioning of your overall project with a view to the next phases.
More than 25 years of experience in custom software development has shown us that working to predefined specifications is much more inefficient than an agile approach. In addition, many requirements can only be defined and specialised during development.
However, the initial discovery phase is where we do the first and most important conceptual work in terms of UX design, backlog creation and system architecture. This work can of course be shortened and enriched the better prepared you and your team are. It is important to have a common understanding and a clear vision of the solution that all team members can get behind.
As these are individual requirements, we cannot give a general answer to this question. Our project scoping offer can help you with time estimation and project planning. Scoping consists of one or more compact workshops and helps you to size your project. The result is a schedule with key milestones and a customised project controlling concept.
High quality source code is known as clean code. Quality features include syntactic readability, semantic traceability, high test coverage, reusability and evolvability. The aim is to write source code in such a way that the software product can be flexibly adapted and developed over the long term. As a result, further development costs can be minimised and end-of-life counteracted.
Clean Code Development is a standard-setting value system for our software developers. Through values and virtues, it conveys a working philosophy that is perfectly suited to modern software development. Through principles and practices, the system also provides practical recommendations and tools to help optimise individual software development and make it more sustainable.
Yes and no Initially, more effort needs to be put into the source code to ensure sustainable clean code. An investment that pays off, especially for complex software products and a longer product life.
