Software Development Services

Software development services are aimed at designing, engineering, supporting, and evolving various software types. Serving mid & large enterprises and software product companies since 1989, ScienceSoft develops quality software for retail, banking, manufacturing, healthcare, and other industries.

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Custom software development

We plan tailored software solutions for you to achieve operational excellence and deliver them fast and error-free.

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Software product development

We help startups and ISVs envision selling SaaS, mobile and desktop products, launch MVP in 1-4 months and consistently grow it to a full-blown product with major releases every 2-4 weeks.

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Development team augmentation

We can offer from 0.5 FTE to 150+ FTE resources to fill in specific skill gaps (developers and architects well-versed in back-end (Java, .NET, Python, Go, PHP, Node.js, etc.), front-end, and mobile (native iOS, Android; Xamarin, Cordova, React Native) development) or provide a self-managed team for your project or its part.

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Maintenance and support of existing software

We provide 24/7 support for your employees and customers, continuous software performance monitoring, proactive optimization and fast issue resolution, safely add new features and integrations, and more.

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Software development outsourcing stats

> 50% of Fortune 500 companies outsource software development.

Software We Develop

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Web applications

Mobile apps

Cloud applications

SaaS products

Desktop applications

Libraries

Why ScienceSoft?

Key company numbers

32 years

in IT

> 700

IT professionals on board

7-20 years

of average experience of our PMs, BAs, solution architects, developers, data analysts, and other IT professionals

> 3,000

success stories

> 30

industries covered

Our software development highlights

End-to-end software development – we envision, plan, design, develop, integrate, deploy, and support software solutions.
In-house project management office (PMO) – our PMs are experienced in large complex projects with distributed teams and multiple vendors involved.
Services built around strict agreed KPIs – business outcomes, quality of delivered software, code quality, development process efficiency, project time and costs (actual costs vs budget, budget to completion vs budget remaining, etc.), team’s productivity, and customer/user satisfaction.

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Quality delivery at speed – an MVP/first working software version is ready in 1-2 months, major releases are every 2 weeks, daily minor releases.
ISO 9001 certified quality management.
Guaranteed security of the customers’ data we access proved by the ISO 27001 certificate.
Compliance with HIPAA, GAMP, PCI DSS, and other regulations.

Partnerships and recognitions

Among our clients

Our clients say

ScienceSoft proved to be a professional service provider from the outset. We appreciate their proactive approach and ability to suggest improvements to a prospective solution on both architectural and business levels. We know we can always rely on ScienceSoft’s various competencies when our clients require quality software which would facilitate their business success.

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Mikhail Anfimau

Senior Solution Architect, Leo Burnett

With ScienceSoft, we've been able to reduce our development costs and decrease the timeline on new features and updates. ScienceSoft's attention to detail in how everything is documented and communicated is by far the best of any agency that I've worked with. The communication and agreement process when starting a new project has been by far the easiest to handle and most professional I've seen.

Bob Penland

CTO, TruMethods

Over the past 10 years we've worked on about ten mobile app development projects with ScienceSoft. It was our first encounter with an outsourcing company. The relationship turned out to be very good, so we saw no need to look for other suppliers.

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John Andersson

Founder & CEO, Peek-A-Boo

Software Development Steps: From Plan to Value

For enterprises

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Planning

It takes around 2 weeks – 3 months to:

Document key business processes and how they’re covered with existing software.
Elicit business needs and concerns.
Draw up high-level functional and technical software requirements.
Evaluate risks of new software introduction, e.g., impact on business processes.

Business case composition

It takes from 1 week to conduct cost-benefit analysis, estimate NVP, ROI.

Architecture, UX and UI design

It takes from 2 weeks to 3 months to:

Define app architecture, techs, data flow and integration points.
Conduct UX research, design wireframes, prototypes, and interface mockups.

Note: It can be more cost-effective and reliable to re-use parts of your existing enterprise systems than develop new software modules and enable their communication with other systems. When you decide to re-use legacy software parts, we suggest considering reengineering, migration and modernization activities.

MVP launch (upon request)

The delivery of the first working version of enterprise software takes from 1 month.

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.

Deployment (and 3-month maintenance)

(if agreed with you) Switching to the Kanban methodology for support activities with advance notice.
Conducting workshops prior to user acceptance testing (UAT):
- Walking you through the process of UAT.
- Walking you through the post-go-live process.
Organizing UAT.
Establishing software monitoring processes.
Defining new roles and responsibilities for application support in your and our teams.

Note: Trial implementation is recommended for applications to minimize possible downtimes in production. It is done for a limited number of users and requires comprehensive technical support in case any problems are encountered. Trial stages usually take up to 1-3 months.

Project handover / continuous support (on demand)

Conducting project evaluation.
Performing knowledge transfer to your in-house IT team/other vendors.
Capturing, consolidating and analyzing project lessons learned, providing the final report and requesting your confirmation for the project closure.

For software product companies and startups

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Planning

It takes from 3 weeks to:

Conduct competitor analysis (competitors’ product features, pricing & monetization models, customer feedback analysis, customer acquisition strategy analysis, product efficiencies and drawbacks).
Describe obstacles that can hinder entering a given market or industry sectors (including regulatory barriers) and decide how to address them.

It takes from 2 weeks to:

Prepare the list of app features and integrations.
Prepare the project roadmap with major milestones.
Define the customer acquisition/conversion/retention strategy.
Define the monetization model.

Business case composition

It takes from 1 week to conduct cost-benefit analysis, estimate NVP, ROI.

Architecture, UX and UI design

It takes from 2 weeks to 3 months to:

Define application architecture, techs, data flow and integration points.
Conduct UX research, design wireframes, prototypes, and interface mockups.

Note: We recommend investing in the unique, sophisticated UI design only if the design is a competitive product advantage. Otherwise, use simple themes and focus on software functionality.

MVP launch (upon request)

The first working version of software product can be delivered in ~ 2 months.

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 release.

Software Development Methodologies We Employ

Popular choice

Agile: the iterative approach with an emphasis on collaboration and continuous improvement. Software is developed in small portions and new features are delivered on a regular basis.

Scrum

Details

Software development is done in Sprints, 2-3-week iterations with identified granular goals and backlogs. The following practices are common: sprint planning meeting, daily stand-ups, sprint review (and demo), retrospective, backlog refinement (grooming).

Best for: any product development project with a need to test the idea, midsize projects in custom software development where software requirements cannot be accurately defined, incremental development of large complex software (which is easy to divide into small functional parts) to start getting value fast.

Kanban

Details

The work is done in very short Sprints, often daily. Daily (or once in 2 days) meetings are held to discuss progress and priorities. The team uses the Kanban Board that provides a clear representation of all project activities, responsible persons, and progress.

Best for: software support and evolution projects.

Specific cases

Linear: the sequential approach in which the next chunk of work is done when the previous one is finished and approved by the stakeholders.

Waterfall

Details

Best for: small and midsize projects with clearly defined and unchanging requirements, projects requiring formal approvals (governmental projects and projects for big corporations), projects with strict compliance requirements.

More details about pros and cons of each software development model are here.

Note: 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.

We Eagerly Put in Use IT Innovations

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Big Data

Artificial Intelligence

Data Science

Internet of Things

Computer Vision

Augmented Reality

Virtual Reality

Blockchain

Software Types We Develop

Below you can find the most popular categories and types of software we deliver. Click the links to explore the dedicated pages.

Enterprise resource and process management

ERP, SCM (Supply Chain Management), PLM, PIM
Finance, accounting, budgeting, invoicing and billing
Document management, contract management, record management
Sales and marketing
Procurement, vendor portals, inventory management and optimization
HR and talent management, workforce scheduling, employee performance
Business intelligence

Digital channels to customers

Industrial solutions

Smart factory
MES
Maintenance
Equipment monitoring, OEE
Quality management
Field service
Industrial analytics

Connected and smart solutions

Remote monitoring
Smart, connected products
Smart factory
Connected cars, fleet management
Smart transportation
Smart home

Image analysis
AVI, Defect recognition
AR/VR
Forecasting, predictions
Optimization
NLP
Chatbots

Knowledge and productivity

eLearning
Knowledge management
Personal productivity
Digital workplace
Employee monitoring

Emergency and security

Industry-specific software

We Have a Track of Successful Projects in Various Industries

ScienceSoft delivers software for enterprises, software product companies and startups in 30 different industries with an eye on specific business needs and applicable industry trends. Click the icons to see our projects in the particular industry you’re interested in.

Manufacturing

Healthcare

Retail

Banking and Financial Services

Telecoms

Oil and Gas

Entertainment

Logistics and Transportation

How We Ensure Quality

Quality controls:

at each stage of the development starting as early as functional requirement definition and architecture design. Quality management system certified by ISO 9001.

Code quality:

Code rules and guidelines

Style guide for the used programming language.
Commenting complex code parts.
Breaking up code into small logical units.

Documenting what code (as a whole) does and what its dependencies are in a final README doc.
Using version control.
Using source code management (SCM) systems.

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Code review practices

Ad hoc review.
Peer review.
Walkthrough.
Inspection.

Code quality metrics

Maintainability index (MI).
Cyclomatic Complexity (CC).
Depth of Inheritance.
Class Coupling.

All types of testing:

functional, integration, performance, usability, security; in-house center of excellence for software testing services.

Note: For large and long-running projects, we recommend to automate (API and UI) functional (API and UI) and performance testing to have large coverage at optimal cost.

Customer information security:

ensured by ISO 27001 certification.

Why Customers Choose ScienceSoft?

Taking overall responsibility

Taking overall responsibility for the ‘how-to’ project part

Together, we define the goal you want to achieve:
- Business goals (cost reduction, revenue increase, process time reduction, etc.).
- Development process improvement (faster, higher-quality software delivery, more frequent releases, etc).
We plan and organize the project to achieve your goals and continuously compare the project plan and process against emerging needs.

Budget limits

Taking your budget limits seriously

Helping you accurately estimate resources.
Responsible usage of resources: using resources with lower rates for simple routine tasks, replacing resources with low performance.
Choosing programming languages and frameworks, architecture patterns, APIs, etc. based on a careful preliminary analysis of options. The development speed may differ 2 – 20 times.
Using cloud services (messaging services, analytics and AI services, image processing services, etc.) by well-established cloud providers, e.g., Azure and AWS.
Continuous feature prioritization.

Deadlines

Taking the deadlines seriously

Managing delivery time according to the set goals.
Promptly communicating delay risks.

Reports

Transparent service supported by regular reports

Monitoring and interpreting project progress.

Achievement of set team and project KPIs.
Use of resources (actual versus planned).
Current budget status in case of the T&M pricing model (actual versus planned, the actual costs incurred plus revised estimates).
Actual or potential problems.
Revised risk management strategy, acceptability of the risks.

Retrospections

Regular retrospections

Regular project roadmap revision (stated business needs vs current business needs; feasibility of requirements; value we bring vs the highest possible value).

Continious improvement

Cultivating continuous improvement

Proactivity in terms of adding new features, improvements, and possible competitive advantages.
Anticipating and openly communicating potential stumbling blocks.

Communication

Tailored communication with each stakeholder

Analyzing information needs of each stakeholder.
Discussing how best to communicate information (communication means, level of detail, frequency of updates, timing, etc.) to each stakeholder.
Regularly exchanging relevant project status information.
Presenting/discussing next actions.

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Pricing Options for Our Services

Fixed price

Best for: Feasibility study, PoC, small software development projects with clear and stable requirements.

You pay the price established by a contract.

Time & Material, Time & Material with a cap

Best for: advisory activities (business analysis, architecture design, project planning, etc.), agile software development and implementation, evolution of existing software (introducing substantial changes or adding new functionality).

You receive the end-of-the-month invoice based on the hours or efforts reported per month (under the stated upper limit in case of T&M with a cap).

Per-ticket pricing

Best for: L1, L2 application support.

At the start of cooperation, we define the ticket cost, and you get charged based on the volume of incidents we resolve monthly.

Fixed monthly fee

Best for: L3 application support (in-code defect fixes, functional changes).

At the start of cooperation, we define the hourly rate for app support activities. After the service is delivered, you pay for a bunch of hours during which we’ve been providing application support.

Selected Projects

Get Your Software Built and/or Supported by Experts

We are ready to:

Plan your new software that will bring you tangible business outcomes and have the optimal TCO.
Deliver your new software with reduced cycle time and high quality.
Support your existing software to keep it highly available, reliable, and relevant to the current and arising business needs.

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