Paramita Software

What we do

We build and maintain the software a business actually runs on day to day, not side projects around the edges of it.

• New systems, built for how a business actually works rather than a generic template.
• Replacing software that has aged past the point of being safe to keep changing.
• Working alongside systems already in place, rather than forcing a rebuild that isn’t needed yet.

How we work

We’re a small team, which means we work close to the people who actually use what we build, not at a distance from them.

Software gets delivered as working modules that can be tested and used as they’re finished, rather than as one large launch at the end. Every change is checked against real data before anyone signs off on it, and the people doing the day-to-day work are part of that testing, not just the people who commissioned it.

Current focus: iStoko

Most of our attention right now is on iStoko, a stock and purchase-order system we’re building for a multi-store South African retailer.

The retailer’s old system had run the business for years and had reached the point where changing it safely was no longer realistic. Rather than replace it in one large project, we’re building iStoko one working module at a time, alongside the system it’s replacing, so the business never stops running while the new one takes shape.

We’re writing about the work as we go. The blog has the longer story.