Business Software Research and Evaluation Services
AppliedThoughts offers support in vendor selection, software prototyping, and elaborating proof of concept.
Research and Evaluation of Business Software
Software modernization, process automation, cloud migration … You already anticipated the need for new technologies in your business, but you have difficulties selecting the right one?
Our technology evaluation services make your vendor selection process more efficient.
Indeed, it is not an easy task to identify advantages and hidden risks associated with new technology, with its application to your business, and with the transition period.
At AppliedThoughts, we made it our task to support you in evaluating new technology and guide you through all stages of business software selection. Our services include IT architecture overview, gathering of functional and non-functional software requirements, vendor evaluation and selection, and price negotiation.
Our Process and Deliverables
In the beginning, we use a wide range of trustworthy information sources, such as software reviews, industry reports, vendor white papers, and customer satisfaction reports to compile a longlist of potential suppliers.
Then, based on the software features list, we draft vendor comparison criteria that are relevant for your business. Afterward, we create a shortlist of candidate vendors. We handle the complete vendor selection process flow, including request for information, request for proposal, and request for quotation.
Software Prototyping
You decided to build your custom software instead of taking an out-of-the-box vendor solution but you want something to see and touch before the major development process?
The main benefit of software prototyping is that it helps to integrate user and stakeholder feedback on the early stages of the development life cycle.
AppliedThoughts offers software prototyping services for every business size, budget, and ambition. We can create a static prototype or create a completely functional one. We can implement a very rough idea in a low-fidelity prototype or a very detailed concept in a high-fidelity prototype.
Our Process and Deliverables
Our services extend to all phases of the prototyping model in software engineering. We collect and review software requirements, design and build the prototype, arrange user evaluation, and refine the prototype till it’s ready for the market.
Optionally, we can draft for you budget suggestions and a roadmap. You decide if you need an allrounder prototyping service or just friendly advice on a difficult part you have less experience with.
Proof of Concept
Creating a prototype still sounds good but you are unsure if you have enough budget and time for it?
Proof of concept (POC) is a good alternative to building a prototype and a great method on its own. It helps to define if you can build the software that you need.
But, most importantly, it helps to verify that the software will sell. POC shows if your software idea is worth the investment. AppliedThoughts provides you with watertight proof of its market feasibility and with a technical framework for the implementation.
Our Process and Deliverables
By elaborating a POC, AppliedThoughts creates a detailed demonstration of the implementation. You will see the real-world scenarios for your software idea that encompass the most important facets of the future project: architecture, data model, visual design, potential use cases, and a rough estimation of the market niche that it can fill.
Together with our customers, our product owners go through the main business objectives of the planned software piece and help you in formulating functional and non-functional requirements. As a result, you will have a final software specification that is ready to be handed over to a developer team.
New Perspective on Your Business
With our 360°-approach, we catch every unique aspect of your business to implement your ideas in the most profitable way. Become the master of your future.