New IT Methods Make Bespoke Systems More Viable

2007-03-08 10:33:40

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Bespoke software solutions may seem less popular these days in comparison to packaged solutions. This may have been due to highly publicized rates of failure in some bespoke software development projects funded on a large scale by government agencies.

The reason for these failures may not have been the design of the bespoke systems themselves; there may have been other factors. Many projects actually fail because the end users do not use the applications correctly. Nevertheless, the adverse publicity may have led you to ask yourself whether bespoke systems can still be viable options.

Bespoke systems still have particular uses. After all, packaged or off-the-shelf software solutions can never answer for all the functionalities that your organization may want. A bespoke software solution offers the potential for a 100 percent fit to your needs; however, that perfect fit may be difficult to achieve if your business is too dynamic and your needs change too fast. Nevertheless, rapid advances in IT, including fourth generation languages and relational databases, enable your software developers to deliver bespoke systems faster.

Bespoke systems become the application of choice when you have requirements so unusual that an off-the-shelf package cannot be adapted for use. Some bespoke development companies develop prewritten database modules, based on generic needs in an industry. When you order a bespoke software solution, they will pick the applicable module and expand it to produce the appropriate system for you.

This is not the same as packaged solutions because the modules represent only elements of the database requirements of organizations belonging to certain industries or sector groups. These modules are not complete by themselves but will be necessary components of future bespoke systems. This can result in a faster delivery (and lesser costs) of the bespoke development you want while addressing your need for a better organizational fit.


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