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Professional Software Engineering Consultants ... since 1992.

We are professional software-engineering consultants, in the literal sense of the term.  
  • We can help you design your project for success, and,
  •  We can help you turn a dying project around, and,
  • We can help you to evaluate your present strategies and position, in light of the rapidly evolving world of technical alternatives ...
  • ... without trying to sell you voodoo, silver bullets, snake oil, or excuses.


Face it:  the software development industry might like to argue that it "must" play by different rules, but it has a 70+% failure rate which has been documented  by every new edition of the Standish Group's Chaos Report for more than a decade.  Obviously, its self-serving self-image and "methodologies" don't work.

One author whose work we recently encountered points out in his Kindle-book that Software is a mechanism.  An immensely complicated, self-directing machine.  It's true.  And so, by applying solid engineering practices adapted from licensed trades, we've found repeatable success in software:
  • Rigorous design and specification, before (and, in a completely different way, during) development of the project.
  • Test-driven practices, applied early and constantly, to build "near zero-defect" confidence into the deliverable from the beginning.
  • Pragmatic, disciplined, project- and workflow-management practices which firmly direct the undertaking from start to finish.


Our strategy works.  We help you and your team to deliver high-quality software, meaningful schedules and estimates, and a long-lasting return on your investment ... starting exactly where you are at right now, but changing your team's perspectives forever.

Contact Us today to learn more.
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