Custom Software Development
Build and evolve business applications around the way your team works. This service covers software engineering, APIs and application modernisation; AI can be included where useful, but it is not a requirement.
Service scope
Use this service for business applications, internal tools and APIs that need to fit your way of working. We can start a new application or improve an existing one, with clear requirements and a practical release plan.
Design web applications, portals and internal systems around the tasks people need to complete. Define roles, record ownership, validation and the screens needed to manage the work.
Agree a useful first release and test the user journeys with the people who will operate the application.
Build interfaces that other systems can depend on, with documented contracts, authentication and error responses. Map data between the applications in scope and validate it at the boundary.
Include integration tests, versioning decisions and deployment instructions so the interface can be maintained.
Review source code, dependencies and business rules to decide what to retain, improve or replace. Break the work into stages that fit the application’s operating constraints.
Use regression checks, data reconciliation where needed and an agreed recovery plan for migration or release.
Illustrative project examples. The work included is agreed for your project.
Replace spreadsheet and email handoffs with a web application for entering, reviewing and tracking work. Define access roles and connect the agreed existing records.
Improve one part of an existing application, replace an unsupported dependency or introduce an API. Release in agreed stages and check that existing business behaviour still works.
What you receive
The written proposal defines the deliverables and acceptance checks for your engagement. A typical implementation includes the following.
Agreed features, user journeys, interfaces and acceptance criteria, plus a migration sequence for existing systems where required.
The application features or APIs in scope, with source code, configuration and dependency documentation as agreed in the proposal.
Functional and integration checks, relevant regression tests and a release plan with recovery steps.
Deployment and operating instructions, an application walkthrough and agreed ownership of hosting, maintenance and future changes.
Bring the business requirements and, for an existing application, details of source access, dependencies and hosting. Implementation, hosting, licences and ongoing maintenance are quoted against the agreed scope.
Yes. We review its code, dependencies, operating constraints and business rules before recommending a change plan.
Cloud infrastructure, networking and deployment can be scoped as supporting work for the application. We define hosting and operating responsibilities before release.
No. We use conventional software where that is the appropriate solution. AI features need a specific purpose and their own acceptance checks.
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Read how we work and about the team. Cloud architecture is a supporting delivery capability.
Tell us about the work, the people involved and the outcome you need. We will agree an appropriate next step.
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