Why Use MindCrafted?

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Simply stated, you should use MindCrafted Systems because we develops systems systematically. We constantly evaluate and refine our development process in order to create best practices that help us continually deliver a better quality product, both quicker and at a lower cost.

We Keep Our Eye On The Bottom Line

At MindCrafted Systems, we believe the only bottom line that matters in custom software development is our client's bottom line.

While we possess extensive technical skills, we view ourselves primarily as business people who use technology as a tool to improve client's business processes. We fully appreciate that our systems need to help client's do their jobs better, cheaper and faster.

We Employ A User-Centered Approach

MindCrafted Systems approaches every project using its own development methodology based upon years of selecting the best of many different approaches to software development. Those who will ultimately use the system are at the center of all our projects.

We emphasize strong communication between us, our clients and those who will actually use the system to conduct business. This communication takes many forms, including the clear and explicit documentation of users' requirements as well as all the data and functionality required to support those requirements.

We Implement Our Own Repeatable Best Practices

Just like the art of medicine, software development takes practice. Over the years, we at MindCrafted Systems have observed and refined various best practices that we adhere to when creating custom software. We use this methodology day in and day out, continually refining it to reflect new technologies and improvements in our own software development practice. Click here to view a sample page from our best practices document.

Our best practices have evolved to additionally include much code generation. This provides clients with code that looks essentially the same throughout an entire system, from system to system. This reduces long-term maintenance costs since so much of the internal structure of an application is essentially identical, allowing trained staff to move from system to system without going through a long learning curve.

We Aim To Make You Self-Sufficient

Our goal is not just to create a top-notch system for your organization, but to show your people how to use and extend the system on their own. While we are happy to do this work for you, many clients prefer to incorporate systems we develop into their own Information Systems departments and we do whatever it takes to make that happen, from training to documentation.

We Have A Long List Of Satisfied Customers

Studies have shown that no factor influences the success of a software development project more than the capability of the people involved. MindCrafted Systems is a lean organization staffed with highly experienced individuals who have been with our organization for many years. The quality of our staff is evident in the fact that most of our projects are repeat business.

This repeat business comes from our uncommon attention to the design of our user interfaces. Heavy client involvement in our development process results in screens and reports that are easy to learn and to operate. We design systems our clients like to use and they show their appreciation with repeat business.

Organized
	Business-Minded
We at MindCrafted Systems primarily help clients improve their businesses using technology as a tool and not as a destination.
At MindCrafted Systems we take software development very seriously by continually improving our already repeatable and reliable software development process.
Communication
It is essential to manage expectations in any project. At MindCrafted Systems we take every step to keep all project participants on the same page while working to manage competing interests. We aim to be clear and concise and underlying all that we do, we believe honesty and hard work are the only reliable shortcuts to success.
In It For The Long Haul
Yes, we really want the project you are considering us for. But, what we want even more is your next project