Guide
H×R×S
Automating business processes: what first? A practical guide
Process automation in the mid-market rarely fails on technology — it fails on sequencing. A prioritization framework from practice: frequency × rule-density × pain.
Custom software
When custom software pays off, how we close system gaps and run projects from kickoff to release.
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Guide
8k–80k
What does custom software cost? Honest numbers from the workshop
Custom software costs between €8,000 and well over €80,000 — depending on shoe size. What patch, module and platform cost, what really drives the price, and when building isn't worth it.
Long-form
Make/Buy
Make or buy: purchase standard software or build custom?
Buy standard software or build custom? The question is usually framed wrong. A decision framework with four questions — and the third way the textbook leaves out.
Workshop
Excel→App
From Excel chaos to your own software: 7 signs your company has outgrown it
Replace Excel? Not too early — and not too late. Seven signs that the spreadsheet has become a system that's been costing the company money for a while.
