FAQ

We always conduct an initial call to ensure that we’re a good fit. Things we look for: a responsible budget, a clear vision and direction, and commitment to the project.

Yes. We will do a legacy system study, and once the study is done, we will work out if we can take over your existing custom software.

Yes, we can do a baseline study of the system for you and breakdown what could be their possible software structures and the technologies used.

To offer the best affordable and reasonable pricing, Edlution shall own the code and design that Edlution produces during the project, and Edlution will grant you an non-exclusive, and non-transferrable license to utilize the Project’s Software produced for your internal or businesses purposes only. If you will like to have full ownership, different arrangements can be made, but it will impact quoted fees.

Yes, we can do a baseline study of the system for you and breakdown what could be their possible software structures and the technologies used.
Alternatively, you can try to write a how much does it cost to maintain an app.

To offer the best affordable and reasonable pricing, Edlution shall own the code and design that Edlution produces during the project, and Edlution will grant you an non-exclusive, and non-transferrable license to utilize the Project’s Software produced for your internal or businesses purposes only. If you will like to have full ownership, different arrangements can be made, but it will impact quoted fees.

Yes, we are always evaluating new projects.
The pre-project consulting process typically takes 1 to 2 meetings for a high level assessment and quotation.
Upon approval of project costs, we will begin our Technical Consultation phase, which typically takes 3 to 6 weeks. This phase may be longer if your project is more complex.
Development is the longest phase, which usually takes at least 3 to 4 months or longer depending on your requirements.
The last phase would be to carry out the User Acceptance Test, before we deploy the software to Live.

Examples of typical projects for us are:

✓ From ‘Idea’ to ‘Version 1’: 3 to 6 months
✓ Technical Consultation: 3 to 6 weeks
✓ After Technical Consultation to ‘Version 1’: 3 to 4 months
✓ ‘Version 1’ to “next” Versions: 1 to 3 months
✓ Proof of Concept or Prototyping: 2 to 3 months
✓ Technical Partner:  Retainer fee paid per month. We can switch to this model of engagement for longer projects. This will help cut down on the time taken to go through the usual quote and approval process for every change required.

Edlution’s Clients are diverse, but we’re generally the best fit for projects that needs to be customized closely to our client’s business processes. This means that you can have a close control of how the software works and ensure it fits your unique needs, without any unnecessary workarounds that may be required from non-customized systems. Our projects run from a few months to a year or more with budget of S$10k to over S$100k.

We can’t answer this question responsibly until we understand your idea, business, market, users etc.

While it’s really hard to know the specific time the software project will take, we can usually set a responsible project timeline before you ever hire us.

It’s also important to keep in mind that most projects get broken up into multiple phases. During the first phase of the development, our goal is always to focus on the highest value features and architect something that sets up for future phases.

We expect clients to be actively involved in their projects. You are the one bringing the expertise about your business and market to the table. Without your domain knowledge, we will have no idea if we’re building the right thing. Your involvement may include weekly calls or meetings, and availability via phone during normal business hours.

Yes. This kind of flexibility is important and could determine the success of a project, but changes after kick-off might affect budget and/or schedule.

Edlution get incredible leverage from open source tools, libraries, frameworks and indeed entire projects or our own proprietary libraries. We never reinvent the wheel when there is a tool that is suitable for solving a problem. For example, if you require a payment gateway we would not propose building your own, but rather integrate an established platform like PayPal to your system.
We always program from scratch the parts that make your project custom and valuable.