From whiteboard sketch to running software.

IT project consulting and leadership

IT projects can spin out of control fast — planned milestones slip, quality is unsatisfying and the software matches neither stakeholder expectations nor the wishes and needs of the target audience.

It doesn't have to be that way — we support you and your team in an advisory role or end-to-end with full service and broad expertise. Often a good project starts before the first line of code — with digital strategy work.

With over 15 years across multiple roles in the software industry, we bring the knowhow, network and experience so your IT project doesn't become a letdown but ships as a successful digital tool — strengthening your competitiveness and delivering real value to your target audience(s).

Do you have questions? Want to talk through trouble in a current project, or are you right at the start of a new IT project?

→ We offer you a free initial consultation for your IT project. Mobile app, website, progressive web app, webshop or e-book project — we're ready for the next challenge.

IT sourcing: the right teams for your software projects

With over 15 years of experience and more than 100 successfully delivered projects, together with our partners — Apps with love (Bern, Basel) and Basecom (DE) — we have a strong network of highly qualified UX and UI designers, developers and software testers across a wide range of technologies.

Whether off-the-shelf software integration, custom software or mobile apps — we put together the optimal team precisely matched to your needs. We organise, onboard and manage specialists from Switzerland, nearshore or a combination of both — flexibly as a managed or unmanaged outsourcing service. How a tech team sourced this way can carry a whole platform is shown in the Sharyoo MVP case.

What AHEAD OF TIME offers:

• Access to a large network of IT experts across diverse technologies
• Custom teams, exactly matched to your individual project requirements
• Flexibility between Swiss, nearshore or hybrid setups
• Relief through professional team organisation, onboarding and management
• Higher efficiency and cost savings through optimised resource usage
• Scalable setups that adapt to your project needs
• Expertise from over 15 years of software and IT project delivery

User requirements engineering: user-centred requirements in focus

User requirements engineering is the foundation of successful digital applications. It makes sure user needs are at the centre from day one — captured, analysed and documented methodically. The result: clear acceptance criteria and a reliable basis for technology decisions.

Through user research (interviews, observation, workshops) we capture concrete usage contexts, tasks and expectations. From that we derive robust requirements that secure technical implementation, usability, accessibility and user experience.

Benefits of solid requirements management:

• Transparency — expectations and goals precisely defined
• Efficiency — misunderstandings and unnecessary loops avoided
• Quality — applications track real needs
• Cost control — expensive change requests reduced

AHEAD OF TIME helps with this foundation as advisors, as coach or end-to-end. Depending on the size and complexity of the solution: one or several workshops, with detailed work in between.

User and innovation research with Milena Rutz

Together with Milena Rutz (partner and expert in user and innovation research) we develop digital solutions that address real needs. With proven methods — interviews, observation, usability testing, co-creation workshops — we analyse usage contexts, expectations and motivations of the target audiences.

A central element: early testing with clickable prototypes. Validate usability hypotheses early, gain valuable insights, avoid costly misdevelopment — before actual programming begins. What a prototyping setup with modern tools looks like in practice is shown in our no-code AI setup.

The iRAIV model (Integrate, Research, Analyze, Ideate, Validate) developed by Milena and her team structures research activities into clearly defined phases — from kick-off to functional validation.

Your benefit:

• Recognise relevant user needs and usage situations
• Test and refine innovations early
• Target improvements to usability and user experience
• Save time and cost through early optimisation
• Make decisions on a solid basis

Concept & UX design: user-centred digital solutions

A strong concept is the foundation for any successful digital application. We analyse the target audience, define clear requirements and develop a strategy that connects user needs and business goals.

UX and UI design with eye for detail

Our user-centred UX design ensures intuitive operation, appealing layout and seamless functionality. On top of that we deliver detailed UI design (screen design), respect accessibility and create a touch and feel that integrates seamlessly into our clients' CICD and branding.

• User-centricity — solutions that match your target audience's needs
• Clear concept — structured planning for targeted outcomes
• Intuitive operation — user-friendly and easy-to-grasp designs
• Attractive look and feel — modern layout aligned with your branding
• Accessibility — accessible designs that reach all users
• Efficiency boost — improved user experience for higher success rates
• Flexibility — adaptable solutions that fit your project perfectly

Mobile app development

Build user-friendly mobile apps that improve customer engagement and interaction. With over 12 years of experience at the renowned mobile app agency Apps with love (partner of AHEAD OF TIME) we bring deep knowhow in mobile app development and go-to-market.

We've guided numerous projects from first idea to successful market launch and regularly share our knowledge at universities of applied sciences. This comprehensive expertise is now also available to you at AHEAD OF TIME — for the development of custom mobile apps that turn your vision into digital success. Whether a native app is the right path at all is best clarified upfront with a look at the app-type decision.

Advantages and added value:

• Comprehensive expertise
• Custom solutions
• Holistic approach — concept to operation
• Hands-on knowhow
• Innovative technologies
• Success-oriented go-to-market

→ Free initial consultation for your planned mobile app project.

Web app & PWA: future-proof digital solutions

Progressive web apps (PWAs) and web apps combine the best of modern websites and native apps — powerful, user-friendly and platform-independent. Together with selected partners, AHEAD OF TIME provides full service for concept, design and development of web apps and PWAs that are fast, reliable and platform-independent — ideal for mobile and desktop.

With our experience we build applications that are flexibly adaptable and optimised for your users' needs — cost-efficient and future-proof at the same time.

E-commerce & online shop development: solutions for your success

With AHEAD OF TIME and partners like Basecom and Apps with love you benefit from comprehensive expertise. Whether Shopware, Shopify, Magento or custom builds — we ship your online shop vision precisely. A real platform engagement in exactly this field is the art24 e-commerce case.

Full service for your online shop: from working out your requirements through branding and design to technical implementation and system integration — all from one team. On- and off-page SEO as well as ongoing operation with SLA are part of the offering.

• Custom solutions — off-the-shelf or tailor-made systems
• Holistic support — from planning to operation
• Flexibility — Shopware, Shopify, Magento or custom
• Efficient integration — CRM, payment, ERP and further systems
• Optimised reach — on- and off-page SEO
• Reliable support — ongoing operation with SLA

With AHEAD OF TIME and partners like Basecom and Apps with love you benefit from comprehensive e-book expertise. From concept through design and technical implementation to go-to-market strategy — all from one team.

• Custom solutions — off-the-shelf or tailor-made systems
• Holistic support — concept, design, production, go-to-market
• Efficient integration into your existing digital channels
• Reliable support for sustainable success

Ideal for SMEs, NGOs or experts who want to turn knowledge into monetisable digital products.