Discovery and scope
Users, roles, data model and a first-version scope, written down and agreed.
Applications
Software shaped around how you work.
Somewhere in most businesses there is a spreadsheet everyone is afraid to touch, a process that runs through three inboxes, or a product idea that needs a real first version. We build the application that replaces it.
- Stack
- React, Next.js, Laravel, Node.js, React Native
- From
- $1,499 one-off
- Includes
- Scoping, design, build, deployment
- Aftercare
- 60 to 90 days by package
The problem
Why application projects go wrong
Web applications, customer portals, internal tools, booking and scheduling systems, SaaS products and the iOS and Android apps that connect to them. We scope the first version small enough to ship, then grow it against what real users do.
- The first version is too big
Everything anyone has ever wanted goes into the scope. The project takes a year and launches already out of date.
- Nobody owns the data model
Screens get designed before anyone agrees what a booking, an order or a customer actually is. The rework starts at week six.
- It only works on the developer's laptop
No tests, no deployment pipeline, no staging. Every release is a gamble and every bug is a surprise.
- The mobile app is a separate project
A different team builds the app on a different backend. Two things to maintain and they never quite agree.
Our answer
How we run it
We start with a discovery session that produces three things: a list of the people who will use the product and what each needs to do, a data model everyone agrees on, and a first-version scope that can ship in weeks rather than months.
Design is done for real screens and real states: empty lists, errors, permissions, a phone held in one hand. Build uses mature, well-documented technology (React or Next.js on the front, Laravel or Node.js behind it, React Native for mobile) chosen for the product and the people who will maintain it.
Every project ships with user accounts and roles, a deployment pipeline, automated tests on the parts that matter and monitoring, so releases are routine. After launch, an aftercare period is included and most clients move to a retainer for the roadmap.
What is included
What youget
Interface design
Designed screens for every role and state, as a component system that grows with the product.
Front end and back end
Web app, API, database and integrations built on a documented, maintainable stack.
Accounts and permissions
Login, roles, invitations and audit trails appropriate to the product.
Deployment and tests
Staging and production environments, automated deployment, tests on critical paths.
Mobile apps
iOS and Android apps on the same backend, in the Professional package or scoped separately.
How it runs
Four steps,start to finish
Discover
Workshop with the people who will use it. Users, flows, data, constraints and the smallest useful version.
Design
Clickable prototype of the core flows, tested with a few real users before code.
Build in slices
Working software every one to two weeks, deployed to staging for you to use.
Launch and iterate
Production deployment, monitoring, aftercare, then a roadmap driven by usage.
Web & Mobile Apps packages
From $1,499. Most clients choose Standard.
- Everything in Basic
- Up to 15 screens
- Admin dashboard and reporting
- Third-party API integrations
- Payment or subscription handling
ApplicationA hire platform for construction equipment, with a real catalog, real availability and a booking flow, rather than a brochure with a form attached.
Questions
Asked before most applications projects
Our packages start at $1,499 for a first version with up to five core screens and run to $6,999 for a scaled product with mobile apps. Anything larger is scoped and quoted on the actual work, usually per phase.
A Basic first version is typically three to five weeks. Standard products run six to ten weeks. Larger builds are planned in phases with a working release at the end of each.
Yes. Source code, designs, documentation and hosting accounts are yours once the project is paid for. Repositories and infrastructure are set up in your name.
Yes. We start with a technical review of the code, hosting, security and dependencies, agree what to fix first, and usually move onto a retainer once the essentials are stable.
React Native for most business apps: one codebase, native performance for ordinary screens, same backend as the web app. Fully native when the app depends on hardware or platform features React Native does not cover well.
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