We have over 20 years software development experience focused predominantly in the development of web applications and more
recently mobile applications. With this experience we believe comes a maturity. In the early days new software houses or developers are keen to
flex their muscles and build new components /applications with newly found skills or the latest technology that is flavour of the month.
If the customer has the time, money and the outcome meets their requirements then everyone is happy and on to the next project but we have learned over the years
there are addtional questions you need to ask your team to deliver true value for your customers.
- Do we need to start building from scratch ?
- Are there any open source frameworks / themes / components we can reuse ? Have we used them before ? Is there an active community ?
- Is there a platform that could deliver 90% of the requirements and requires minimum customisation ? What does it cost ? How often is updated ?
- Does the cloud really mean savings ? Are there cheaper hosting solutions available based on the non-functional requirements ?
So whilst we all love to code, we always take timeout to review customer requirements asking ourselves the questions above to make sure we
are travelling in the right direction. It could save our customers money and also deliver a product / service into production in a quicker.
