Software Architecture
Software architecture consulting services typically take place in the pre-development stage. They equip businesses with a comprehensive and precise technical roadmap for their upcoming project, significantly influencing other vital areas of subsequent development, like design and technology selection.
About Software Architecture Consulting
Custom software architecture services help make vital decisions that define a project’s success. By engaging experienced software architects, you receive strategic insights and an architecture that aligns with your project’s goals and requirements. This significantly affects the system scalability and performance.
When you build architecture from scratch, you need to make all the crucial decisions before the development phase kicks in. This can happen either before development starts or through evaluating and tweaking the existing architecture during the build process. Early stage adjustments to architectural decisions are smoother and less complex. Changes at a later stage frequently result in higher costs and probable project delays.
Performance optimization is often the responsibility of software architects. Consulting services assist in identifying bottlenecks and designing effective algorithms. This allows you to select the technology stack that best optimizes performance and scalability. These services may also include evaluating the current architecture and identifying areas for improvement.
This service is ideal for those planning to develop a product from scratch, looking to enhance existing solutions, or needing to revamp an architecture that no longer meets your project’s requirements.
Work Process
Software architecture consulting services consist of several stages, each of which involves a certain team of specialists.
1
Requirement analysis
This stage involves gathering and assessing both functional and non-functional requirements, and developing user stories and use cases.
Team:
- Project Manager
- Software Architect
- Business Analyst
2
Assessing current state
If existing, the current architecture is analyzed for effectiveness, with a focus on identifying any bottlenecks.
Team:
- Project Manager
- Software Architect
- Business Analyst
- Tech Lead
- Security Engineer
3
Architecture design
This phase is dedicated to designing the system architecture, including components, interfaces, and data flows. It also involves selecting appropriate tools, frameworks, and technologies, as well as planning the infrastructure and deployment architecture.
Team:
- Project Manager
- Software Architect
- Business Analyst
- DevOps Engineer
4
Creating documentation and giving recommendations
The team prepares a detailed software architecture report, complete with recommendations. This also includes creating visual aids or presentations.
Team:
- Project Manager
- Software Architect
- Business Analyst
- Technical Writer
5
Quality assurance
Testing the architecture of the solution using various methods, including load testing.
Team:
- Project Manager
- QA Engineer
- AQA Engineer
6
Implementation and support
During this final stage, the development team provides architectural guidance and addresses any architectural challenges that arise.
Team:
- Project Manager
- Software Architect
Our Clients
We develop large projects for clients across 27 countries, a significant number of which are featured on the Fortune 500 list.
When Do You Need It?
Software architecture services include creating architecture from scratch, analyzing current architecture, and re-architecting solutions. They help ensure that your architecture aligns with your project’s objectives and improves performance.
Consider when:
New project launch
You want to build a new project from scratch and seek professional advice
Project scaling
You want to improve, redesign, or scale your existing software
Troubleshooting
You’d like to modify your existing architecture as the project has issues
Technology choice
You want to select a suitable tech stack that will work well with your architecture
Future-proof solutions
You need to ensure your project can grow and evolve with no bottlenecks
High-performance system
Your software performance has issues that need to be resolved
Great changes
You plan to make big changes in your project and change your architecture
Security aspect
Your current architecture has potential security issues
Resource optimization
Your current server or cloud expenses are too high
Validation errors
Your front-end doesn’t pass the W3C validation
Google PageSpeed issues
Your current project uses out-of-date technologies that need to be modernized
Our Software Development Standards
In our work, we follow international approaches and standards such as:
Management: | PMP |
Design: | ISO 9241-210 |
Programming: | Coding conventions, MDN Web Docs, Naming convention |
Python: | PEP 8 |
JS/TS: | ECMA, JavaScript Standard Style, Google TypeScript Style Guide, ESLint |
PHP: | PSR |
С#: | ReSharper |
HTML/CSS: | W3C |
Security: | GDPR |
Testing: | ISTQB |
Our Awards
Authoritative Design Award
Behance Interaction Award
Technologies
We specialize in specific technologies, with the technology stack chosen based on the project’s purpose and requirements
Programming languages:
Web / Frameworks:
Databases / Data storage:
DevOps containers:
DevOps automation:
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DevOps monitoring:
Testing:
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Industries
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