Written for the person signing the contract. No growth-hacking, no predictions, and every number has a source or it is not here.
Delivery · 4 min read
Five questions that tell you whether the software you just paid for is an asset or a liability. Run them before the handover call, not after.
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Buying software · 4 min
Nobody can quote your project from a blog post. What we can do is show you exactly what moves the number, so you can estimate the shape before anyone sends you a figure.
Directories · 6 min
Three genuinely different shapes of partner, what each is built for, and the case for buying a platform instead of an agency. We are on this list and we say what we have not done.
Directories · 6 min
A shortlist of Malaysian software firms, what each one publicly says it does, and which situation each is a reasonable fit for. We are on this list, and we say so.
Directories · 6 min
Executive firms, marketplaces, studios and independents are four different purchases, not four vendors. What each is good at, plus one widely listed name that does not sell what the lists say it does.
Directories · 6 min
Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia, organised by what each firm is actually built for. Plus the two questions that decide an offshore engagement before the vendor does.
Comparisons · 4 min
Three ways to get software built, and the situations each one is genuinely better at. Including the situations where the answer is not an agency.
Comparisons · 3 min
Three ways to deal with software that has become hard to change, and how to tell which one your situation actually calls for. Usually it is not the rewrite.
Comparisons · 3 min
Three ways to get senior technical judgement into a company that does not have it. What each one is actually for, and the point at which you should switch.
Delivery · 3 min
Estimate inflation is a symptom, not a negotiation. Four causes, how to tell them apart, and what each one costs to fix.
Connected products · 4 min
The gap between hardware that functions on a bench and a product someone can unbox. What a pilot exposes, and what to build before it does.
Describe it and we will tell you what it would take, including when the answer is that you do not need us.