We start with your business

...and that’s where our focus always remains. Our team contains experts with decades of development experience in specialized technologies, but our company is about getting better results for your business. Technical choices are always guided by that goal.

Roadmap to success

What are your needs?

We’ll consult with you about your business needs and goals, seeking to understand your challenges and the opportunities inherent in solving them.

Match with best practice solutions

Selecting from extant options and our deep development expertise, we’ll ideate potential solutions and evaluate them with you in light of step 1.

Select and calibrate your solution

Based on your feedback and ongoing consultation with you, we’ll select the optimum model and tailor it to fit your business needs and goals.

Build and launch

We’ll create your solution while continuing to work with you to ensure it’s a perfect fit, then assist you with the launch and implementation and provide documentation and ongoing support.

Continuous delivery model

Business needs

Consult with you to understand your needs, challenges and goals.

Software requirements

Match these with functionality required of your software solution.

Software design

Ideate and create design for your solution, establish parameters, begin work on UI/UX.

Coding

Experienced engineers build your software using the latest coding languages and libraries.

Testing

QA and testing establishes functionality, identifies issues and flags bugs.

Deployment or…

If your solution is ready, we move to launch, helping you with implementation and integrations.

...return to requirements

If a new iteration is called for, we return to requirements, with new, deeper understanding.

Support

Post-launch, we’re still there to help with extensive documentation and ongoing support for operation and upgrades.

Flexible, iterative development

Lightpoint bases its approach to software development on Agile methodology, allowing for faster development cycles that are more responsive to client needs. We use these methodologies extensively:

Agile

Teams develop in short iterations or sprints, followed by new rounds of testing and client feedback. You’re always involved and your satisfaction is the priority.

Scrum

A twist on Agile, Scrum methodology lets us give our most talented engineers and designers free reign while maintaining close team collaboration and continuous consulting with you.

Lean

We use Lean principles to scale up Agile for larger, more complex projects without losing its adaptability. It lets us continuously improve the solution we’re developing as we build it.

Agile

Teams develop in short iterations or sprints, followed by new rounds of testing and client feedback. You’re always involved and your satisfaction is the priority.

Scrum

A twist on Agile, Scrum methodology lets us give our most talented engineers and designers free reign while maintaining close team collaboration and continuous consulting with you.

Lean

We use Lean principles to scale up Agile for larger, more complex projects without losing its adaptability. It lets us continuously improve the solution we’re developing as we build it.

Lightpoint technical expertise

Our team contains experts in the full range of disciplines required to design, create and implement high-performing software for business, including:

Angular

React

.Net

Microsoft Azure

Python

Golang

Google Cloud

JavaScript

Knockout

Node.js

Selenium IDE

Jenkins

testNG

Engagement models

Different projects require different engagement models — structured ways of working together.

Project-based

Project

Short-term endeavors

Scope

Clear, fixed scope; detailed release roadmap

Budget

Determined in advance

Pros

Little scope for error as your project is clearly defined in advance
Never exceeds budget
You don’t need to supervise

Cons

Inflexible — features cannot be added
Complex setup before project begins

Time & materials

Project

High-level, strategic

Scope

Loosely-defined, may change

Budget

Pay only for time and materials used; flexible

Pros

Dynamic, flexible
You retain control
Granular monitoring
Permits development, research and iteration
Spend matches project efforts

Cons

Additional features can exceed budget
Your involvement is required throughout
Resources must be carefully allocated

Team-based

Project

In-house project, you need skilled staff

Scope

Determined in-house; we supply roles

Budget

Pay for team members, retain budget control

Pros

Access to pool of skilled resources
You control resources, deadlines, methods

Cons

Requires process planning from you, down to team member level
You’re managing two teams

Our work

We’re proud of our work. You’re welcome to view our entire portfolio, but here are some highlights:

Bank transfers, cash payments, and cross-border transactions

Converting readers to subscribers with metered paywalling

Driving predictable revenue, from acquisition to retention

Automating record-keeping in medical research

Bank transfers, cash payments, and cross-border transactions

Converting readers to subscribers with metered paywalling

Driving predictable revenue, from acquisition to retention

Automating record-keeping in medical research

See our portfolio

The Lightpoint difference

Focused on the business goal, mindful of the end-user, Lightpoint is a different development agency.

Beyond the technical

We don't just build great tools. We build business processes. Our team builds innovative technical solutions, but the focus is on joining the dots between your business goals and your tech.