Technology and systems integration consulting for a defined problem.
Our technology consulting services give you a consultant for a specific problem: a system that has outgrown its design, software that needs to talk to other software, or a plan that needs a second opinion. We are a technology firm, not a professional engineering firm, and we do not provide licensed engineering services.
What we cover
We work on the software and systems side: how applications are structured, how data moves between them, and how to automate the work around them.
Typical engagements
- Application architecture and system design reviews
- Systems integration between business applications
- Automation of data flows and reporting
- Legacy modernization and migration planning
- Technical due diligence before an investment or purchase
Industries and project types
Our consulting fits organizations with real operational software: professional services, small and mid-sized businesses, public-sector vendors and growing product companies. Representative project types include integrating a CRM with accounting, replacing a fragile spreadsheet system, and planning a move off end-of-life software.
How we engage
- A short call to understand the problem
- A written scope with a fixed price or a rate and ceiling
- Findings and a plan you can act on, with or without us
- Optional delivery by the same consultant
When is a technology consultant the right call?
A consultant fits when you need an answer or a plan more than you need code. Typical moments:
- A system has outgrown its design, and every change is slow or risky.
- Two or more business systems need to share data, and nobody owns the connection.
- You have a vendor proposal or a cost estimate and want a second opinion before signing.
- You are planning a move off end-of-life software and need to know the order of work.
- You are about to invest in, or buy, a company or product and want its software looked at first.
When should you not hire us as consultants?
- You need a licensed professional to certify, stamp or sign off on a design. We are a technology firm and cannot provide that.
- You need a security certification or an attestation from an auditor. We can review a design, but we do not certify anything.
- You already know what to build and only need developers. See software contracting instead.
- You need a large team of consultants working in parallel on a programme. We are a small firm.
- You want a slide deck with no follow-through. Our reviews end in a ranked plan you can act on.
What do you get from a consulting engagement?
- Intake: a short call to define the problem, the people involved and what a good result looks like.
- Review: a read of the architecture, documents and, where you allow it, read-only access to code or configuration, so findings rest on the real system.
- Findings: a written summary of what works, what is risky, and what is unknown, ranked by importance.
- Plan: two or three options with trade-offs, the order of work, and the effort each involves, with no pressure to choose delivery by us.
- Readout: a walkthrough with your team, so questions are answered in the room and not by email.
- Optional delivery: the same consultant can build what the plan recommends.
How do you plan a legacy modernization?
Replacing an old system in one step is the riskiest option, because everything has to work on day one. The safer pattern is to move one piece at a time while the old system keeps running: put an interface in front of it, move one function behind that interface, check it against real data, then move the next. A review tells you which pieces to move first, which can wait, and which are cheaper to retire than to rebuild. Where the destination is new software, custom software development picks up from the plan.
What drives the cost of a consulting engagement?
- The size and age of the systems under review
- How much documentation exists, and how quickly we can get access
- The number of people we need to interview
- The depth required: a review of findings, or a full migration plan with prototypes
- The number of integrations between systems
- How quickly you need the answer
We do not publish prices. A short call defines the question, and you receive a written scope with a fixed price or a clear rate and ceiling before any invoice.
What are the risks, and how do we reduce them?
- Advice given without seeing the real system. We ask for read-only access and look at actual data flows, not only diagrams.
- A recommendation that favors what the consultant sells. Our plans list the alternatives, and are written so you can act on them with or without us.
- Findings that sit on a shelf. Each finding comes with a ranked action and a suggested owner.
- Confidentiality of what we see. We can work under a written NDA, and we ask for the minimum access the review needs.
How do you choose a technology consultant?
- Do they ask about the business problem before naming a technology?
- Is the output a written plan you can use, and not only a presentation?
- Will they say when you do not need them, or when the answer is to buy a product?
- Are the options compared honestly, including the cost of doing nothing?
- Do they separate the review from the delivery, so you can walk away after the review?
- Who exactly does the work, and will that person be at the readout?
Questions buyers ask
Tell us what you are trying to accomplish.
A conversation, then a written scope with a fixed price or a clear rate and ceiling. No discovery invoice before you know what you are buying.