Improve what you have
- When
- One person or team needs a better form, view, template or configuration.
- Result
- Keep the existing tool and remove the immediate friction.
Business software, properly handled
Replace one fragile process with a system your team can rely on.
We map how the work happens, improve existing tools where possible and build only when that is the sensible answer.
See the difference a small system can make.
This working quotation example shows the principle: collect information once, keep the status visible and leave the consequential decision with a person. It is a demonstration, not a claimed client result.
Prepared quotation
DraftWorkshop shelving
- Site visit
- £180
- Materials and finish
- £2,100
- Build and installation
- £1,200
- Total
- £3,480
Next decisionWaiting for owner approval
Approve quote- Choices collected once
- Price checked by a person
- Customer sees a clear status
The answer is not always a new app.
We choose the lightest dependable intervention. The review makes that choice explicit before a larger build is proposed.
Automate a known hand-off
- When
- A clear trigger should move information or prepare an action between existing systems.
- Result
- Connect the repeatable step and keep exceptions visible.
Build shared software
- When
- Several people need the same records, roles, status, history or customer-facing workspace.
- Result
- Design a bounded system around the work that genuinely needs to be shared.
Outside the first scopeUsually not a fit: speculative consumer apps, marketplaces without a tested operating model, or regulated, safety-critical and money-custody systems.
Begin with a useful piece of work—not an open-ended build.
The paid review produces material you can use, including when the recommendation is not to hire Mavie for a build.
Mavie App Map
Workflow & software review
We examine one process with the people, tools, information and failure points that make it real.
- Current process and failure-point map
- Users, access, data and integration dependencies
- Improve, buy, automate, build or stop comparison
- Proposed screen or workflow direction
- Indicative total budget, timing and fixed next-step proposal
Already have code or an AI-built prototype? The same first review becomes a Rescue Review.
- Price
- £950
- Timing
- Usually one working week once access and context are ready
- You leave with
- A process map, options comparison and costed next step
If custom software is the right answer.
The review gives later work an order. You do not choose these stages now, and no stage begins without its scope and price agreed in writing.
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Working prototype
One important workflow, realistic test data and a private preview people can use.
- Price
- Fixed quote from the review
- Timing
- Usually one to two weeks
- Outcome
- A private workflow people can test
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Production build
The approved workflow becomes a secure, tested and ownable application.
- Price
- Total budget and stages agreed before build
- Timing
- Staged around approved milestones
- Outcome
- A documented application and handover
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Ongoing care
Monitoring, recovery, updates and a named support route after launch.
- Price
- Written monthly scope before launch
- Timing
- Monthly, without unnecessary lock-in
- Outcome
- Monitoring, recovery and support
Mavie remains responsible for the recommendation.
The first review can recommend improving or buying existing software, a small automation, a custom build—or stopping. No build begins without a written scope, price for the agreed stage, recurring service costs and approval boundary.
Before you commission business software.
What exactly do I receive for £950?
A map of the current process and its failure points, the relevant users, data and dependencies, a comparison of realistic options, a proposed workflow or screen direction, and an indicative total budget with a fixed proposal for the agreed next step.
How do you decide between automation and custom software?
Automation connects a known trigger and action between tools you already use. Custom software is justified when several people need a shared record, roles, status, history or customer workspace that existing tools cannot provide cleanly.
What does the later work cost?
The review establishes an indicative total budget and a fixed price for the agreed next stage. No build starts until the stage, price, third-party costs, ownership and circumstances that could change the price are written down.
Can you rescue software started with AI or another developer?
Yes. The first step becomes a Rescue Review covering the code, deployment, data, access and the safest route forward. It may recommend retaining only part of what already exists.
Who owns the code, accounts and data?
The proposal states the exact terms. The normal direction is customer-owned accounts, exportable code and data, and no unnecessary dependence on Mavie.
What kinds of project do you not take on?
We are not the right first partner for regulated, safety-critical or money-custody systems. We also avoid speculative consumer apps and marketplaces until the underlying service and operating model have been tested.
Which process needs a proper decision?
Describe who does the work now, what gets copied, chased or lost, and what a dependable result would change.
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