1. Start with the firm’s bottleneck, not a feature list
Custom software is most useful when the problem can be described in operational terms: a staff member re-enters information, a status request interrupts the team, a referral record lives in a spreadsheet, or an intake step depends on someone remembering to act. Bosseo’s published product information describes client portals, intake tools, internal dashboards, referral trackers, document intake flows, calculators and integrations between existing systems as possible build categories. The relevant question for an Olympia Heights firm is not whether custom software sounds modern. It is whether one clearly defined process creates enough friction to justify a purpose-built tool.
Recommended approach
Bring one sentence beginning with “someone at the firm has to do this manually.” Review who performs the task, when it stalls, what information is duplicated, and what a successful handoff would look like. Keep the first scope narrow enough that the firm can agree on acceptance criteria.
