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Our mission is to

cultivate(software)


because


Our mission is to

cultivate(software)

because

Building SOFTware is HARD!

But why is that?

Because software is, in its nature, fundamentally different from things that we can build, like, let’s say, a house.

Once we build a house, changing it becomes extremely difficult, if not impossible. We better get the requirements right before we start.

Software is more like a living thing. The requirements will change constantly – and the development approach needs to acknowledge that.

That’s why we like to compare software to plants.

Instead of trying to BUILD it, we GROW it.

Over the last 20+ years, we’ve been developing software for companies across many industries – from small startups to large Fortune 100 enterprises.

Our code and know-how powers software products at companies like:


IBM – the company that helped put the first people onto the moon and built the first personal computer
ImmoScout24 – Germany's largest online-marketing platform for real estates
American Airlines – The world’s largest airline
Allstate – North-America's largest insurance provider
BP – one of the world's seven oil and gas "supermajors" headquartered in London
Deutsche Post DHL – the world's largest courier company, offering paperless & mobile office solutions
1&1 – one of Germany's leading Internet Service Provider, offering services world-wide
.planetly – an online service to analyze, reduce and offset carbon emissions
remind.me – an online service to compare and switch utility providers
Marley Spoon – a meal delivery service specializing in fresh and healthy ingredients
Vectronic Aerospace – Leader in satellite-based wildlife monitoring
The Financial Times – a leading UK-based international daily financial newspaper
th data – provider of custom and SaaS-based production planning solutions
traffics – a leading provider of travel booking systems driving
GetYourGuide – an online travel agency for tour guides and excursions
Solactive – very fast growing provider of tailor-made financial indices
FitterYOU – an innovative fitness app where every training video is personalized
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin – an internationally renowned research institute

Here are a few things that our clients appreciate about working with us:

  • the best possible solution for their end-users
  • significant risk reduction of their project being a failure
  • features on a weekly basis without losing momentum

What distinguishes us from other software developers is the development practices we choose:

Early & Continuous Feedback

Delivering software in weekly increments allows our clients to take it to the end-users, collect feedback, and react to changing requirements before it’s too late.

Value Priotization & Emergent Design

Focussing on the most complex aspects and critical features first ensures our clients have something useful – even if time or budget runs low towards the end of the project.

Test Automation & Continuous Delivery

Automating repetitive tasks like testing and deployment keeps the costs low so that our clients can avoid paying more and more while getting less and less as the complexity of the software grows.

Continuous Refactoring & Test-first Programming

Cleaning up the code and keeping it maintainable long-term is built right into our development process and is not an afterthought. That avoids having to rewrite the software after a couple of years.

Sounds interesting?

We’ve been sharing these skills with our clients and trained over 500 software engineers in delivering better software faster. We bridge the talent gap and help our clients to:

  • Skill-up individuals or whole teams – while working on their product
  • Staff-up with excellent Software Engineers we create from scratch

If you are unhappy with your staff’s Software Delivery Performance, we’d love to discuss how we can help.

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