Silverlion has experience in the following areas: Education is good, but there is no substitute for experience. The one constant to business is change. Software requirements can change frequently, even during a single phase of the development! It is not unusual for the business requirements to be redefined or completely changed as a project unfolds. With good design and analysis, the impact (and cost) can be kept to a minimum. Without it, sections of code will need to be re-written and re-tested, greatly impacting in cost overages.