Fall back in love with your mobile or web app

Have you invested in developing software that is struggling to keep up with demand or isn’t delivering on its promise?

Rocketmakers can help you improve your existing bespoke software solution.

Here are some common problems faced by our clients. If any of these resonate with you, we can help.

Problems of scale

- Slow or inconsistent system response times or low throughput

- More frequent errors and/or poor error handling

- Cloud or 3rd party SaaS costs start to soar

- Your developer becomes less certain of themselves

- Data loss or increased cyber-attacks

- Client requirements are becoming more complex to deliver over time

- You wish you had done things differently

Getting the software architecture right is fundamental to the success of any digital product. It’s a distinct discipline from development, requiring a strategic mindset and deep understanding of scalability, security, and future-proofing. Too often, architecture is an afterthought, but without a solid architectural foundation, even the most elegant code can become fragile and difficult to maintain.

Problems with your existing development partner

- Projects are taking too long to deliver or arrive late

- Budgets are running away from you

- Communication is poor, updates are infrequent or unreliable

- There is no clarity of the end point

- The software is not performing well

- The developer says no more often than yes

- The requirements have been misunderstood

From day one with us you'll have a dedicated project manager, weekly project reporting and regular check-in meetings with your team. We have a philosophy of not selling you what you don’t need. We focus on solving the biggest problems first, whether that’s unlocking revenue, reducing risk or costs. Sometimes that’s identifying the level of risk through research and sometimes it’s through improved design or engineering.

If your software isn't versatile enough

- Competitors are adding features and you can’t keep up

- Your business has needed to pivot and your software no longer quite fits the bill

- Your developer is insisting on re-writing large parts of the system in order to add new features

These are often signs of poor software architecture. Our approach to design-led software development will set it up for success. Our experienced software architects ensure that the right level of investment is put into your platform. Whether it’s a simple front-end prototype or a secure, scalable, banking grade application, we have the right tier of architecture, infrastructure and engineering standards ready to go to ensure flexibility where you need it in future.

If you have design or tech debt

What does this mean? Tech or design debt occurs when you make decisions that cut corners or introduce problems or constraints that end up hurting you later. You sometimes have to ‘repay the debt’ before you can make progress.

It is inevitable that businesses will change previous decisions. While it is impossible to plan for every eventuality, certain methods of architecting systems lay foundations for flexibility. At Rocketmakers we develop using the highest possible coding standards, so our code is easily maintainable by the next developer, whether it is us or not.

A good design process is critical to minimising future pain. Understanding the needs of the market, the way customers will interact with software and how they picture achieving their goal when using it are vitally important to meeting expectations with the right product. Our designers have expertise from dozens of successful applications in many industries. We try to lead everything we do with good design.

We choose the architecture for a system based upon factors such as the stage of the business, its level of risk or certainty and the importance of the data being processed. Sometimes introducing technical debt is the right thing to do. Nonetheless, we always do this in collaboration with our clients so that everyone has their eyes open.