Software Development Services
Our Passion is to Deliver Software that Helps You Succeed
Combining over 30 years of experience in IT and a great drive for innovation, ScienceSoft designs and builds software to rely on: secure, high-performing, scalable, and user-friendly.
Software development services help plan, design, develop, integrate, test, manage and evolve software solutions. Quality-centered and adherent to mature software development practices, ScienceSoft provides application development services to startups, software companies, and enterprises across 30+ industries. We are ready to offer end-to-end development that covers everything from business analysis to software delivery and support, help modernize your legacy software, or augment your team with our IT experts at any stage of SDLC.
Why Choose ScienceSoft for Your Software Development Project
Our partnerships and awards
Decades-long experience
- 34 years in software engineering and IT consulting.
- Over 3,600 successful projects in our portfolio.
- Hands-on experience in 30+ industries, including healthcare, BFSI, manufacturing, retail, logistics, oil & gas, and telecoms.
- Well-established Agile and DevOps cultures.
A team of true professionals
- A full-scale PMO able to carry out even the most complex projects.
- 500+ developers, 50% of whom are seniors or leads with 9–20 years of experience.
- In-house regulatory consultants to ensure software compliance with HIPAA, PCI DSS/SSF, GDPR, and other field- and region-specific regulations.
- Certified IT experts with Microsoft, AWS, Google, Oracle, ServiceNow, Salesforce, and other platform competencies.
- From North America to Europe and the Middle East – our talents are located worldwide.
Guaranteed service quality
- Quality-first approach based on a mature ISO 9001-certified quality management system.
- ISO 27001-certified security management that relies on comprehensive policies and processes, advanced security technology, and skilled professionals.
- A leading outsourcing provider featured on the Global Outsourcing 100 list by IAOP.
We are trusted by global market leaders
Different Collaboration Scenarios for Your Software Development
We create software with long-term business value – tailored uniquely to your business processes and adjustable to future needs.
We create scalable and resilient SaaS, mobile and desktop software products with great UX and drive fast-paced product development – MVP launch in 1–4 months and consequent releases every 2–4 weeks.
We assemble self-managed development teams to take care of your current and future software needs. Your software development plans are not stuck with the lack of internal expertise and resources.
We ensure smooth functioning and relevancy of your software via continuous performance monitoring, proactive optimization and fast issue resolution, delivery of new features and integrations.
We offer from 0.5 FTE to 150+ FTE resources for an entire software development life cycle: developers and architects well-versed in back-end, front-end, and mobile development, testing engineers, development team leads, DevOps engineers, data architects, and other roles.
We assemble high-performing and collaborative dedicated teams of pre-vetted IT talents from our permanent pool. With a tailored team focused solely on your project, you can efficiently address any skill gaps and speed up your development initiative.
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60+ Software Types in Our Portfolio
Along with the deep knowledge of software architecting and coding principles, we have accumulated vast domain experience and understanding of the context that our software operates in.
By business function
By industry specifics
By technology
Software to Support Industry-Specific Processes
We keep an eye on needs, challenges and trends of 30+ industries with our core experience localized in the following areas.
Software for Advanced Business Tasks
We work with all the mainstream technologies to expand the scope of functions the software can perform.
Big data
Scalable software that aggregates and processes huge volumes of data with high velocity.
Artificial intelligence
Software capable of drawing insights and triggering actions based on historical and real-time data processing.
Data science
Software that can find sophisticated patterns in data and continuously learn to deliver more accurate results.
Internet of Things
Software that allows for fast processing and mining of data captured by physical objects.
Computer vision
Software to recognize patterns and classify objects in digital images and videos.
Augmented reality
Software capable of laying virtual objects over real surroundings.
Virtual reality
Software that creates fictional environment with 3D objects and realistic acoustics.
Blockchain
Software with decentralized and highly secure data storage enabling direct peer-to-peer transactions.
What Helps Us Run Software Development Projects Smoothly
We adhere to coding standards and employ all-round software testing to maintain a quality management system at the level required by ISO 9001.
We carefully analyze customer requirements to define the expected deliverables and accurately scope the project.
We factor in software complexity, tech stack sophistication, team’s expertise, and risks to introduce precise and objective estimates of the project’s duration and cost.
Mature risk management practices
We openly discuss potential risks and quickly tweak the development process to minimize schedule variations and waste.
Transparent service delivery
We set a tailored KPI system to objectively evaluate cooperation efficiency and regularly report on the project progress.
We thoroughly document the development process and software and consistently share the all the necessary documents with your stakeholders.
We vary the frequency, means, level of detail, and format of communication depending on your stakeholders' preferences.
Check Out Our Software Development Steps
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Planning
It takes from 2 weeks to:
- Document key business processes and how they’re covered with existing software.
- Elicit business needs and concerns.
- Evaluate risks of new software introduction, e.g., impact on business processes, and plan risk mitigation measures.
- Draw up high-level functional and technical software requirements.
- Prepare the list of software features and integrations.
- Draw up a project roadmap and major milestones.
For commercial software products, it additionally takes from 3 weeks to:
- Conduct competition analysis (competitors’ product features, pricing & monetization models, customer feedback analysis, customer acquisition strategy analysis, product efficiencies and drawbacks).
- Analyze the needs and wants of the target audience and create a product concept.
- Define product differentiation and formulate a unique selling proposition for a product to stand out from the competition.
- Describe obstacles that can hinder entering a given market or industry sectors (including regulatory barriers) and decide how to address them.
2
Business case composition
It takes from 1 week to conduct cost-benefit analysis, estimate NVP, ROI.
3
Architecture, UX and UI design
It takes from 2 weeks to 3 months to:
- Define app architecture, techs, data flow and integration points.
Note: If possible, ScienceSoft will re-use parts of your existing enterprise systems rather than develop new software modules, for lower cost and higher reliability of your software.
- Conduct UX research, outline personas and key user scenarios, prepare user journey maps.
- Create wireframes and clickable prototypes.
- Conduct visual identity analysis, prepare design concept, create a branded UI kit with ready-to-use components (icons, buttons, colors, fonts, etc.), animations, specifications and assets for developers.
Note: We recommend investing in the unique, sophisticated UI design only if the design is a competitive product advantage. Otherwise, we use simple themes and focus on software functionality.
4
MVP launch (upon request)
The delivery of the first working version of enterprise software takes from 1 month. The first working version of software product can be delivered in ~ 2 months.
5
Development and testing
- Agile delivery of new software parts in 2-week releases. Continuous safe minor releases via automated CI/CD pipelines.
- Analysis of emerging needs and the release planning.
- Approving the release scope.
- Delivering and reviewing mockups.
- Developing and testing the approved software part, migrating the developed software part to the staging and production environment.
- Getting feedback from a project sponsor and users on the results of the release.
- Reviewing the results of the completed release and approving the scope of the next release.
Note: Small, well-defined projects can be delivered in a linear mode with one major release.
6
Deployment (and 3-month maintenance)
- Conducting user acceptance testing (UAT).
- Establishing software monitoring processes.
- Defining new roles and responsibilities for application support in your and our teams.
Note: ScienceSoft recommends trial implementation for a limited number of users to minimize possible downtimes in production. Trial stages usually take up to 1-3 months.
7
Project handover / continuous support (on demand)
- Conducting project evaluation.
- Performing knowledge transfer to your in-house IT team/other vendors.
- Providing the final report and requesting your confirmation for the project closure.
Reliable Techs & Tools We Are Proficient In
Choosing an Optimal Pace for Your Project
Scrum development
Software development is done in Sprints, 2–3-week iterations with identified granular goals and backlogs. We ensure process transparency via sprint planning meetings, daily stand-ups, sprint review (and demo), retrospective, backlog refinement (grooming).
Kanban development
The work is done in very short Sprints, often daily. Meetings are held daily or once in 2 days to follow the progress and prioritize next steps. We use the Kanban Board for a clear representation of all project activities, responsible persons, and progress.
Waterfall development
Each next chunk of work is done when the previous one is finished and approved by the stakeholders. The approach demands due diligence at the investigation and planning stage to have all requirements and risks covered.
For many projects it makes sense to use a combination of approaches or switch from one to another depending on the project stage. In our practice, the most common scenarios are ‘Waterfall -> Scrum’, ‘Scrum -> Kanban -> Scrum’. Since switching to a new methodology entails new tools and new processes, a pre-switch intro meeting or mini-training should be conducted by the vendor to keep project running effectively from day one.
Costs of Software Development Services at ScienceSoft
Major cost factors:
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From ScienceSoft’s experience, the cost of software development services may range from $30K–$150K+ (building a mobile app of average complexity) to $800K–$4M (creating a large-scale system powered with big data and AI). >> see our sample ballpark estimates
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