Custom software

Custom software (also known as bespoke software or tailor-made software) is software that is specially developed for some specific organization or other user.

Software can be developed for a variety of purposes, the three most common being to meet specific needs of a specific client/business (the case with custom software), to meet a perceived need of some set of potential users (the case with commercial and open source software), or for personal use (e.g. a scientist may write software to automate a mundane task).

As such, it can be contrasted with the use of software packages developed for the mass market, such as commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software, or existing free software.

COTS purchases are alternatives to custom software or one-off developments – government-funded developments or otherwise.

* Bespoke

Custom software (also known as bespoke software or tailor-made software) is software that is specially developed for some specific organization or other user.

As such, it can be contrasted with the use of software packages developed for the mass market, such as commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software, or existing free software.

As such, it can be contrasted with the use of software packages developed for the mass market, such as commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software, or existing free software.

In particular, the first phase in the software development process may involve many departments, including marketing, engineering, research and development and general management.

In particular, the first phase in the software development process may involve many departments, including marketing, engineering, research and development and general management.

In particular, the first phase in the software development process may involve many departments, including marketing, engineering, research and development and general management.

In particular, the first phase in the software development process may involve many departments, including marketing, engineering, research and development and general management.

In particular, the first phase in the software development process may involve many departments, including marketing, engineering, research and development and general management.

Large companies commonly develop custom software for critical functions, including content management, inventory management, customer management, human resource management, or otherwise to fill the gaps present in existing software packages.

Large companies commonly develop custom software for critical functions, including content management, inventory management, customer management, human resource management, or otherwise to fill the gaps present in existing software packages.

Large companies commonly develop custom software for critical functions, including content management, inventory management, customer management, human resource management, or otherwise to fill the gaps present in existing software packages.

Large companies commonly develop custom software for critical functions, including content management, inventory management, customer management, human resource management, or otherwise to fill the gaps present in existing software packages.

In many cases, such software is legacy software, developed before COTS or free software packages offering the required functionality with an acceptable level of quality or functionality became available or widely-known.

For example, the BBC spent a great deal of money on a project to develop its own custom digital media production and management software, but the project experienced troubles, and after many years of development, was cancelled.

For example, the BBC spent a great deal of money on a project to develop its own custom digital media production and management software, but the project experienced troubles, and after many years of development, was cancelled.

Cost is also not the only consideration in the decision to develop custom software, as the requirements for a custom software project often includes the purchaser owning the source code, to secure the possibility of future improvement or modifications to the installed system to handle changing requirements.

However, modern COTS often has application programming interfaces (APIs) for extensibility - or occasionally, as in the case of Salesforce.com, a domain-specific language (DSL) - meaning that COTS packages can sometimes accommodate quite a wide variety of customisations without the need to access source code of the core COTS system.

However, modern COTS often has application programming interfaces (APIs) for extensibility - or occasionally, as in the case of Salesforce.com, a domain-specific language (DSL) - meaning that COTS packages can sometimes accommodate quite a wide variety of customisations without the need to access source code of the core COTS system.

However, modern COTS often has application programming interfaces (APIs) for extensibility - or occasionally, as in the case of Salesforce.com, a domain-specific language (DSL) - meaning that COTS packages can sometimes accommodate quite a wide variety of customisations without the need to access source code of the core COTS system.

Custom software developers use various platforms, like FileMaker Pro, to design and develop custom software for the construction industry and for other industries.

Hospitals can keep electronic health records and retrieve them any time.