How and Why One Software Company is Thriving during COVID-19

Remaining flexible in times of long-term uncertainty

Full Stack, which launched six years ago in August of 2014 and the first Xamarin Premier Partner in Africa, has several key clients in the mobile, financial services and retail space. They outperformed in Q1 for 2020. Despite the global setbacks many companies are facing in an unprecedented 2020, Full Stack is on track to do even better and surpass their Q2 for this Financial Year. How have they done this?

Businesses are operating on shorter time frames with tighter budgets and less long-term certainty. Previous multi-year strategic projects are going into quarterly go/no-go review cycles. Full Stack has amended their contracting model and scheduling to allow for this flexibility with clients, so they can plan long term and talk about projects of strategic importance while being able to pivot spend quickly and without penalty.

Fostering and building new ways to collaborate with and align with organisations such as ASISA

The Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (ASISA) represents most of the country's asset managers, collective investment scheme management companies, linked investment service providers, multi-managers and life insurance companies. ASISA's members are considered the custodian of the bulk of the nation's savings and investments and are among the country's most significant contributors to the national GDP. ASISA is recognised as a substantial and relevant partner around Government's negotiation table where they proactively engage on policy, regulatory reform and other issues of national priority such as economic transformation and inclusion.

Full Stack commenced in early January redeveloping and combining the four websites of ASISA and its "Foster the Future" Initiatives into a single accessible brochure website. It would have been no easy feat to start with but combined with the challenges brought on by the COVID pandemic, and it could have spelt disaster for a less resilient software company. While many businesses are struggling to cope under changing circumstances, this new consolidated web platform was completed within timelines and uninterrupted by the pandemic.