At A & A Consulting, we believe that despite the plethora of technologies and techniques available today, software development remains a highly skilled process demanding a high level of technical competence. As well as technical proficiency, the ability to communicate with users, customers and other developers in their language is just as critical to the successful delivery of a solution. Our primary goal is to deliver real business value to our clients by using the latest technologies within the context of an agile and lightweight development approach. What we are: What we are not: Skilled and experienced IT practitioners who are able to provide genuine value to companies through the targeted application of technology. A large consultancy looking to gain a foot in the door in order to place fresh faced newcomers into paying projects at high mark-ups to cover excessive overheads. What we do: What we do not do: Adapt our approach to suit your needs. View your business problems just in terms of products and services that can be sold to you. Identify the key areas where technology can help your business. Shoe-horn available technologies into every element of your business. Provide a small number of people with a wide skill base. Provide a large number of people with a narrow skill base. Work flexibly to suit your needs and budget. Burn all your IT budget on consultancy services. Transfer knowledge to your people as part of the day job. Use your company as a free training site for our people. Keep IT in the real world. Think IT is the real world. Write documents to support our real work. Turn the creation of documents into endless hours of unnecessary work. Measure success in terms of deliverables. Measure success in terms of hours booked.