Introduction

Most companies do not lose a good vendor because of budget. They lost them because the RFP wasn’t clear enough to take seriously.

Writing a request for proposal for software development sounds straightforward. You list what you need, set a deadline, and wait for a proposal to come in. But if you have done this before, you know it rarely works that way.

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Why Every Live App Needs a Maintenance Plan

Launching your app is only the beginning. From the moment your app goes live, the environment it operates in starts to change, and without a solid mobile app maintenance plan, those changes will eventually break your product.

Here is what happens to unmaintained apps over time:

Apple and Google release major OS up...

Introduction

A founder once came to us three weeks before his planned launch date. His previous agency had told him “eight weeks, maybe ten.” He was at week fourteen, the app wasn’t testable yet, and his investor demo was in twenty-one days.

The problem was not the developers. The problem was that no one had given him an honest, phase-by-phase picture of what bu...

Introduction

You hire a web development company. The kickoff call went well. Everyone seemed aligned. Timelines were agreed. The project began.

Then, three weeks in, you are chasing developers for updates. Nobody has a clear answer on where things stand. The deadline slips quietly, then loudly. And when you finally get a response, it comes from a different person each ...

Introduction

A WooCommerce store owner came to us last year with a simple ask: “We need a rebuild. How much?” They had already gotten two quotes, one for $8,000 and the other for $22,000, and had no idea why the gap was so wide. After a 30-minute scoping call, the reason was clear: neither vendor had asked about their 9,000 SKUs, their ERP integration, or their custom B2B pri...