Services

The Aberdeen Software Factory can provide solutions to improve your business. We offer IT solutions that will work for you. We will listen to your needs and develop suitable solutions to resolve your problems.

We build bespoke solutions with you. Building software is a design process as well as a journey of discovery. Therefore we build the software incrementally so that you can see it unfold and use it in progress to see that it will work as you intend to use it, or whether it needs to be developed along a different line.

We use agile and evolutionary value driven development processes so that we don't loose sight of the business solution you are seeking. We work on two-week cycles tailored to the goals you are seeking to achieve with software we're building together. This allows you to develop your idea of what's best for the application as we proceed. As we discover more about the application and its role in your business we can tailor the application to suit your changing perception of its needs.

We offer these benefits to our clients

Two-week delivery scales so that you can see your application in 'ready to be deployed' state
Flexible work arrangements so that you determine which feature is the most important one to develop at the moment
Fixed budget for time with no hidden surprises
Incremental development means we only develop what you will use
By focusing on what is adding value to your business we can develop your application faster, which means you can use it sooner

We focus on what is needed and what adds value to your business so that we only spend effort on what is needed. Studies continually show that many applications contain large percentage of components that are never used. In some cases only 36% of components are used. We work to ensure that we build only the parts you need. We would rather have you start using your application as soon as possible so that you can start gaining from its deployment as soon possible, and we can all learn from its usage about whether it is working as it should.

Voucher Scheme Possibilities

As we are part of the University of Aberdeen it might also be able to work your project with us into one of the voucher-based funding schemes for short projects. The general restrictions are that:

You're a Scottish SME
Not worked with the university before (or not received funding jointly with Aberdeen before)
The project will enhance the SME product/market/business, so is a new or existing product or service
This project may lead to a larger collaborative project or help you obtain further funding

dePICT - developing the ICT business base (with funds up to £5000)

http://www.rgu.ac.uk/business/partners-for-innovation/depict

Scottish Funding Council (50% match fund-all tech sectors)

http://www.interface-online.org.uk/view_item.aspx?item_id=3410&is_search_result=true

EDTC (feasibility award) 100% up to £5000 (all technology sectors)

http://www.edtc.org.uk/feasibility.html

TTOM (all technology sectors)

http://www.optoelectronics.org.uk/ttom-awards The maximum level of grant will be £5000, paid at a maximum rate of 75%, with the remaining 25% being cash or in-kind contributions from the client company.

RENEWNET (only renewables sector Up to £5000. Company has to ‘join’ first.)

http://www.renewnet.org.uk/index.php?page=2