Custom Software
A few projects a year, built properly.
Most of what we do is our own software. Alongside it we take on a small number of custom projects, for businesses that have a specific problem and need something built rather than assembled from parts.
What this is
- Software built around how one business actually operates.
- Work where the hard part is the problem, not the page count.
- Internal tools that a team will use every day for years.
- Integration work between systems that were never meant to meet.
- A first phase small enough to be useful on its own.
What it is not
- Marketing websites.
- Managed hosting.
- General IT or technology consulting.
- Generic workflow automation sold by the hour.
- Staff augmentation.
If that is what you need, we would rather say so than take the work.
How it goes
Four steps, and an early exit if it is not a fit.
- 01
A conversation about the problem
Not a feature list. What is going wrong, who it affects, and what it currently costs to work around.
- 02
An honest answer on fit
Sometimes the answer is a product you can already buy, or a process change. We will say so.
- 03
A scoped first phase
Small enough to be useful on its own and agreed in writing, so you are not committing to a year before you have seen anything.
- 04
Build, review, decide again
You see working software and choose whether to continue. There is no phase that only makes sense if you buy the next one.
Questions
Do you still build websites and do general consulting?
That is no longer what Axivio leads with. We take on selective custom software development, chosen to fit the product work. If you need a marketing website or general IT consulting, we are probably not the right fit.
How does a custom software project start?
With a conversation about the problem, not a feature list. If it is a fit, we scope a first phase small enough to be useful on its own, agree it in writing, and build from there.
Tell us what is going wrong.
If we are not the right people for it, we will tell you that early rather than scoping something we should not build.