CUSTOM SAAS / SOFTWARE BUILT AROUND YOUR BUSINESS
I turn a business process into a focused web application, internal tool or custom SaaS solution. From the first design to a working system, the interface, data, identity and integrations are planned together.
UK-based. Working with UK and US businesses, and internationally.
BUSINESS NEED / ENGINEERING SCOPE
A spreadsheet becomes a critical system. People copy the same data between tools. An off-the-shelf product almost fits, but the work still happens outside it. I map the process with the people using it, identify what your existing platforms can do and scope the software needed to close the remaining gap.
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Define users, tasks, permissions, decisions and success criteria. Plan the user experience, screens, data model and technical architecture, with an implementation specification your team can review before the build.
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Build a focused application around the agreed workflow: a request portal, operations console, dashboard or shared business tool. Scope account boundaries, roles, administration and hosting according to who will use the system.
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Connect the application to your identity provider and existing business systems. Design SSO, access roles, APIs, webhooks and background processing alongside the interface, with clear ownership of the data moving between them.
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Replace a fragile internal app or consolidate a manual process in stages. Plan data migration, acceptance checks, recovery, deployment documentation and ongoing ownership so your team can operate what has been built.
ILLUSTRATIVE PROCESS
An illustrative operations portal replaces a spreadsheet and scattered messages. A colleague submits a request, the right owner approves it, and an integration performs the agreed action. The interface shows progress, exceptions and the history of decisions.
A clear request
An accountable decision
Connected system actions
Visible status and history
DESIGN / BUILD / HANDOVER
Commission a design, a defined implementation or both. We agree the scope and acceptance criteria before delivery.
How design and delivery workEXPERIENCE BEHIND THE WORK
My prior business systems work includes contractor provisioning and controlled email allocation. These show the operational problems behind the approach; each new SaaS or application build is scoped against its own requirements.
From my prior in-house and contract delivery. These figures are not presented as Halation client totals.
See prior business systems workSCOPING THE ENGAGEMENT
I work remotely with teams in the United Kingdom, United States and internationally. We agree time-zone overlap, workshops, access arrangements and change windows before work starts. You work directly with the architect building your system.
Yes. A separate design engagement can cover the process, user experience, architecture, integrations, implementation stages and acceptance criteria. That gives you a concrete plan to review, commission or take to your own engineering team.
If the gap is moving data or acting on a known event, an integration or native workflow may be enough. An application makes sense when people need a shared interface, persistent records, decisions or a workflow that existing platforms cannot support. We establish that during discovery.
Both can be scoped. We define the first useful release, users, data, integrations and operating requirements. For a product serving multiple customer organisations, tenant separation, administration and any billing requirements need explicit design and acceptance criteria before committing to delivery.
CONNECTED SERVICES
CONNECT THE BUSINESS TO THE BUILD
Tell me about your current systems, the outcome you need and the constraints. A short outline is enough to start.
