Custom software
When your process is genuinely different, generic software makes you adapt to it, and the gap ends up in Excel, email threads and people's heads. Strukata builds bespoke software for that work: focused business applications that carry your process properly, connect to the systems you already run, and are documented well enough for any developer to maintain.
Discuss your processOff-the-shelf software is built for the average organisation. Usually that is a strength: it is proven, supported and quick to adopt. It becomes a problem when the part of your work that sets you apart does not fit the standard model. The workaround is almost always the same: a spreadsheet next to the system, a shared mailbox for the exceptions, and one colleague who knows how it all fits together.
Bespoke software replaces those workarounds with one system of record that follows your process instead of bending it. It does not have to be large. Often the right answer is a focused tool or web application that does one job well and exchanges data with the systems around it.
Custom software is not always the answer, and if a standard package or a simpler procedure does the job, we will tell you. It is worth considering when you recognise several of these signs:
Every engagement follows the same five phases. First we map how the work flows today, together with the people who do it, and record volumes, durations and error rates as a baseline. Then we diagnose where time and accuracy are lost, and decide honestly whether building is the right option at all.
If it is, we design the smallest application that solves the whole problem, with the process redesign alongside the technical design. We build in short cycles, putting working software in front of your team early so that adjustments stay cheap. Integration with your existing systems, automated tests, security review and documentation are part of every cycle, not a phase at the end.
Finally we train your users and administrators, measure the result against the baseline, and either hand over cleanly or stay involved for ongoing improvement. The choice is yours.
A working, tested application in production, not a prototype. Typical examples are a planning or scheduling tool that replaces a wall of spreadsheets, a customer or supplier portal connected to your back office, or an integration layer between systems that don't talk to each other.
When the process that matters most to you does not fit the standard model, and adapting to the package would cost more than it saves. If a standard tool covers your needs with sensible configuration, that is usually the cheaper and safer route, and we will say so. Often the best result is a combination: standard software for the generic parts and a focused custom application for the part that is genuinely yours.
It depends on the scope: the number of users and roles, the systems it needs to connect to, the complexity of the rules and the state of your data today. We don't quote before we understand the process. After the first phases you receive a concrete design and plan with costs, trade-offs and risks made explicit, so you can decide on real numbers.
That depends on the same factors as the cost. Because we deliver in short cycles, your team works with a first working version early instead of waiting for one big launch. The plan from the design phase sets out what is delivered when.
After full payment you receive a licence to use the delivered software for your own business purposes. If you need ownership of the work itself, a transfer can be agreed in writing. Either way the code is documented and tested, so another developer can continue with it and you are not locked into us.
We train users and administrators, document the application and measure the result against the baseline. After that you choose: a clean handover to your own team or another party, or a light ongoing rhythm in which we maintain and improve the software with you.
Yes. Integration is part of the work, not an afterthought, and a custom application usually needs to exchange data with systems such as an ERP, CRM, accounting package or planning tool. In the first phases we check which connections are possible and how reliable they are, so that is clear before we build.
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Tell us where your team relies on workarounds, and we will tell you honestly whether custom software is the right answer.
Discuss your process