Custom software development company in Prince Edward Island

Start with the process you need to support. Existing products fit standard work such as accounting, payroll and email. Custom software is worth considering when your process sets you apart or separate tools leave gaps for staff to fill. A low-code platform suits a simpler workflow and a small team, though complex rules, per-user licences and moving data out later can limit its flexibility.

A hybrid is another option. You keep a product such as your accounting system and build the missing workflow around it, connecting the two through their APIs. For hosting, managed cloud services reduce server upkeep. A private server or a specific cloud region gives you another route when your IT policies or data-location rules require it.

We help you choose by looking at the gaps in your current tools and the work that makes your process distinctive. If an existing product fits your needs better, we’ll tell you. That gives you a clearer basis for deciding what deserves custom work.

If your software calculates sales tax, we set up the checkout or invoice rules to use the applicable GST or HST rate for the place of supply, including where goods are delivered. For software handling personal information in commercial activity, we also set up controls around the information collected, used and disclosed, so those choices are reflected in the workflow.

Bring the people and information that reveal how the work happens.

• A list of users and what each person must see, do or be kept from seeing.
• Problems ranked by hours lost, errors, late jobs or missed revenue.
• Admin access, or an admin contact, for the tools that need connecting.
• A decision maker and a staff member who will test and give feedback.
• The current steps, documents and approvals, including where work waits.
• A view of which existing system should hold the master copy of each connected field.

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  Scoping everything at once

  Start with the biggest bottleneck and use that version to shape what follows.

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  Importing messy data unchanged

  Clean and check it before the import, so old errors do not travel into the new system.

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  Leaving permissions until late

  Define roles while screens are designed to avoid rework and inappropriate access.

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  Leaving the project without an internal owner

  Name someone who can answer questions, organise testing and help colleagues adopt the system.