Software Design & Prototyping

Software Design & Prototyping

With today’s awesome agility and rapid evolutions of business models, it comes as no surprise that custom software solutions are a necessary evil, when “Out of the box” solutions simply cannot keep up or adapt to the numerous iterations and variations of traditional business practices.  It may surprise you to learn that the most costly part of software is the design stage…not the actual coding and implementation of the solution.  Most software companies focus on user objectives… but not user preferences, meaning… the end product may do what it has to do…yet be horrible for the user to interface with. 

Our firm has nearly 20 years of experience gathering end-user requirements…anticipating best-practice input screens and error-trapping…all while thinking like the end-user, who will ultimately be using the product… not the programmer who wrote it.  Whether you just need basic data flow chart design or a couple of screens designed or mocked up, let us help you prototype how the end product will both look and work for you.  An investment in this crucial phase of your software project will spare you numerous re-writes… or worst of all, a failed product, where users will be reluctant to use it at all for its primary purpose in helping your business.  Our collaborative approach will involve key personnel at just the right level, for an affordable price to ensure a successful end outcome.   We provide written/illustrative documentation on data tables/relationship design, screenshots, as well as files with completely usable sample prototypes of VBA/SQL coding.  Whether you wish to build your product on the MS Access platform…or take our ingenuity to SQL Server, Oracle or other…you and your developer of choice will have the roadmap and all of the tools necessary to build the product to look, work and feel just like the prototype that met your approval.