Most businesses only fully understand what they need once people start using the software. Why that happens, and how the way you pay for development makes it easier or harder to handle.
Rosaan Ramasamy · · 5 min read
Live systems we build, improve and look after for businesses that depend on them.
12 articles
Most businesses only fully understand what they need once people start using the software. Why that happens, and how the way you pay for development makes it easier or harder to handle.
Rosaan Ramasamy · · 5 min read
A worksheet for the records, owners, access, errors, reconciliation and real-world tests behind a business system integration.
Rosaan Ramasamy · · 2 min read
A copyable brief that helps a software team understand users, workflows, priorities, constraints, dependencies and how you will accept the work.
Rosaan Ramasamy · · 2 min read
A checklist for deciding whether to repair a system, replace one part or plan a full rebuild, without committing before the evidence is in.
Rosaan Ramasamy · · 2 min read
A practical way to compare buying, configuring and building software against your workflows, integrations, ongoing costs and control needs.
Rosaan Ramasamy · · 2 min read
Our published prices, what each one covers, what sits outside them, and why a larger build gets its final price only after the scope is agreed.
Rosaan Ramasamy · · 4 min read
Before a new team changes anything, find out who controls the system, what access exists, how it is released, and whether it really needs a rebuild.
Rosaan Ramasamy · · 3 min read
Changes are normal. Here is how they are handled on a fixed-scope project, when requirements arrive a piece at a time, and how to spot a scope that is turning into a moving target.
Rosaan Ramasamy · · 3 min read
Hiring extra hands and handing over delivery solve different problems. How to tell which one you have, and how an engagement with Antdragon actually runs.
Rosaan Ramasamy · · 3 min read
What actually decides a start date, why unclear work should not be given a delivery date, and the fastest ways to get moving.
Rosaan Ramasamy · · 3 min read
What to keep in your company’s name, what access a software team needs and why, how third-party systems fit in, and what should happen when an engagement ends.
Rosaan Ramasamy · · 3 min read
Acceptance, the first weeks after release, the difference between a bug, a revision and a new request, and how a live system is looked after.
Rosaan Ramasamy · · 3 min read