From an initial product idea to business software that supports everyday work.
Discuss your challengeYour business process requires rules, roles or workflows that your current software does not adequately support. Examples include a customer portal, an operational application or a product idea whose core feature needs testing first.
An overview of users, key actions and a defined first version. I identify what existing software can solve, what needs custom development and how you will assess delivery.
FIND YOUR STARTING POINT
Start with custom software when you are still choosing between an existing product and your own development. A web application gives users browser access; SaaS addresses a repeatable product with separate customer environments. An MVP limits the first version to a core function and learning objective. These forms can be combined. If the application needs to exchange data, include the API integration in its scope.
Software that supports your business process from the first input to the final report.
Explore this serviceMake business processes accessible through a web application designed for your users.
Explore this serviceTurn your SaaS idea into a product that can serve multiple customers.
Explore this serviceTest your product idea with a first version that addresses the most important assumption.
Explore this serviceBusiness software brings internal information, roles and activities together. Workflow software focuses on tasks, statuses and approvals. A customer portal gives customers access to their own enquiries and information; a dashboard helps colleagues move from an overview to the relevant details. If the process is unclear, start by defining business processes. Scattered sources may first require data integration.
Bring internal operations together in software built for your business.
Explore this serviceGive customers their own space for information, requests and progress.
Explore this serviceA dashboard that shows the right information at the right time.
Explore this serviceMake tasks, responsibilities and approvals visible in one workflow.
Explore this serviceModernisation starts with the existing code, data and dependencies. Establish what can stay, what needs changing or replacing and how everyday work continues during the transition. A software audit can investigate specific risks and limitations. An API integration can connect existing and new components; a complete rebuild is not the automatic starting point.
Explore these selected explanations alongside the service guides. Each video links back to its source article, transcript and relevant project tools.
1:56An illustrative workflow compares configuration, integration and custom development. Identify the constraint that needs your own software and plan its maintenance.
Source articleCustom software development for your business
2:00An illustrative quotation tool shows how an MVP examines one assumption. Separate a working product, independent task completion and evidence of willingness to pay.
Source articleMVP development: test your product’s key assumption
1:51An illustrative worklist shows how a dashboard leads back to source records. Check definitions, filters, freshness and the difference between zero and missing data.
Source articleDashboard development with verifiable figuresDescribe the main user journey and business rules, including what falls outside the first version.
Make behaviour visible in small steps and ask involved users to assess whether it works for them.
Check roles, exceptions and recovery; document how the software will be operated and handed over.
For Eleads, Ricardo connected intake, qualification, routing, subscriptions and financial processing in a Laravel/Vue platform. The case describes how business rules become part of software used in daily operations.
Project experience of Ricardo van der Spoel through Van der Spoel Development.
Choose one task from the services above. Describe the current process, the available information and the person who can approve the result. Then compare the requirements and acceptance checks on the relevant service page. The original documentation below helps you investigate the technical choices.
Create your project briefSecurity practices when developing and changing software.
Authorization for human task actions and roles.
Criteria for accessible task lists and interaction.
Design choices for isolating SaaS customer resources.
