2021 - Flexible Preside development
The traditional life-cycle for the development of anything, whether it’s software or house building, has always been about discovering what someone needs. You validate those decisions and then create something that satisfies that need.
The trouble is no matter how good you are at this, as you progress through the process, there will always be changes to those original assumptions. The most successful projects are those that allow flex.
At Pixl8 we always try to be as flexible as possible and understand that delivering against a scope is just the starting point for success. As we continue the direction of projects being built from the solid foundations of our products, we are making sure that our products are flexible enough to meet your business needs. This means more than just adding extra options - which could lead to confusion. A different approach is needed.
In Preside version 10.13 we made some subtle improvements to the form builder, so not only can you collect information on anything, but you can now create rules from the data. Last year we developed our own workflow engine, which allows us to relatively easily build custom solutions which have configurability from the outset.
Our new abstracts and grants modules will be the first to combine all of this. Built as products, they’ll be rock solid and constantly improved, however from the outset they will be adaptable, allowing you to collect the information you need and change the review and approval workflow to suit your business needs.
While projects will always have their own shopping list of requirements the way we are developing our product features means that flexibility is built in from the beginning.
Now, I see there’s one donut left - think I can just about flex to that.