Discovery and a written specification
How the work happens now, and what the system must do, agreed in writing before it is priced.
PLATE P.02 — OPERATIONS PLATFORM
Custom web application development in Adelaide
A custom web application is software your business runs in the browser, written specifically for how you work — job tracking, client portals, quoting, rostering, internal tools. Ozwebnet designs and builds them from scratch in Adelaide, South Australia, for businesses across Australia. You receive the source code with the IP assigned to you, under one fixed quote staged against milestones.
GENERAL NOTES
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What is a custom web application?
Software your staff and customers use in a browser, written for the shape of your process rather than configured from a generic product. It is not a website with a login bolted on and not a subscription you rent; it is a system that exists only because your process does. It runs the way your business runs, and you own the code.
SECTION A–A
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Who should build a custom web application instead of buying software?
- BUILT FOR
- Operations that have outgrown spreadsheets; businesses running five logins for one job; work that moves only because someone re-keys it.
- REPLACES
- Spreadsheet sprawl, manual handoffs, off-the-shelf tools bent out of shape.
- NOT FOR
- A problem an existing product already solves well — we will name it.
SCHEDULE OF WORKS
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What is included in a custom web application build?
Data model and database
Jobs, customers, staff, quotes, invoices — the things your business runs on, defined once and stored properly.
Accounts, roles and permissions
Who can see and do what, from the office to the field to the customer portal.
The workflows: jobs, approvals, quotes, rosters
Each step built the way your process actually runs, not the way a generic product assumes it does.
Reporting screens
The figures your decisions need, drawn from the system's own records rather than a separate spreadsheet.
Connections to the systems you already run
Accounting, payments, stock or CRM, so data entered once moves where it is needed.
Handover of the source code with the IP assigned to you
The system is yours: the code, the rights, and a working build at every milestone along the way.
TYPICAL SCOPE FOR THIS KIND OF SYSTEM — YOUR EXACT SCOPE IS FIXED IN WRITING AT THE SPECIFICATION STAGE.
STAGES
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How is a custom web application built and priced?
One fixed quote, set in writing at the specification stage (02 Blueprint) and staged against the five milestones below. Each milestone ends with a working system; stop at any milestone and keep what has been built.
SEE THE FIVE STAGES ANIMATED →- 01 SURVEY
Discovery
We learn how the work happens now — the jobs, the handoffs, the spreadsheets.
- 02 BLUEPRINT
Specification
The data model, the roles and every workflow are specified in writing; the fixed quote is set here.
- 03 FORGE
Build
Built workflow by workflow; each milestone ends with a working system your staff can try.
- 04 TEMPER
Testing
Checked against real jobs, and tested before launch.
- 05 DEPLOY
Launch
The system goes live, and you receive the source code with the IP assigned to you.
DETAIL 1 — THE REPLACEMENT LEDGER
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What a custom web application replaces
Most businesses that need one are already running the system — across five tools, held together by people. The build collects those into one place, so a job flows to the roster and on to the invoice without anyone re-keying it.
- TODAY
- A spreadsheet, an inbox, a whiteboard, a second spreadsheet and an accounting login — each holding part of the truth.
- AFTER
- One system: job → roster → invoice. One record of each thing, one place to look.
REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION
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Questions before you brief us
RFI-01How much does a custom web application cost?
One fixed quote, set in writing before the build and staged against milestones. No hourly meter.
RFI-02Do we own the code?
Yes — source code delivered, IP assigned to you.
RFI-03How long does it take?
It depends on scope. The fixed quote comes with a milestone schedule and its timeline, so you know how long each stage runs before you commit.
RFI-04We are not in Adelaide — can you still build it?
Yes. Adelaide first, Australia-wide, remote-capable.
RFI-05What if we stop partway?
Stop at any milestone and keep a working system.
ISSUE
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Start a brief for a web application.
One email is the whole front door. Tell us what you run or sell, what breaks today, and when you need it working. By appointment only.