I'd take a middle approach. Is their an open source solution to your needs? Do you really just need 3 or 4 people ( pay them top of the market, find senior lev

I'd take a middle approach. Is their an open source solution to your needs? Do you really just need 3 or 4 people ( pay them top of the market, find senior level folks) to slightly tweak it ? Otherwise you might be looking at a very complicated and expensive development process just to get to V1. Software development for any thing complex takes a lot of time. >On the other hand, while our current solution seems like a straightforward CRUD app, I fear the devil is in the details. Will we get stuck at 80% completion? We do a lot of data exchange via EDIFACT, for instance, with various government institutions all over Europe. This feels like a quagmire in which development can quickly stall. Do you NEED an app. A simple internal website will be infinitely easier to build and maintain. This is worth hiring a consultant to just talk about what options are available. Preferably someone you know personally, a lot of contractors will try to take you for a ride. Do you have any programmers on staff right now ? You need someone on your side with a technical background. Do you understand taking this in house will probably cost and take more time than you expect ?