Most bad custom-software stories start with a contract shape, not a bad programmer. How we work — three ways to scope the work, fixed prices, contingency stated instead of hidden — and why two-week fixed sprints are the shape where the buyer and the builder want the same thing.
Methodologyfixed bid, contingency, two-week sprints, time and materials, pricing custom software, discovery
Four ways to pay for a shop system — rent it, buy it, adopt open source, or build on an open substrate — and the ten-year math behind each. Including the honest reason a from-scratch custom bid loses, told by the people who lost one.
EconomicsSaaS, perpetual license, open source ERP, open substrate, total cost of ownership, ten-year math, lost bid
No shame — it worked for twenty years. But the risks have changed, and there are three realistic ways out. Here's how to pick, including the two that don't involve hiring anyone like us.
MethodologyMicrosoft Access, legacy shop system, stabilize in place, JobBOSS, ProShop, backups, virtualization, rescue