Ravenbrook's Goals

Our goals at Ravenbrook are

1. to increase the value of the software industry to society,
2. to make a living,
3. to do interesting and enjoyable work,
4. to develop and grow as individuals and as a company.

Here are some of the main things we do to achieve these goals.

Increasing the value of the software industry to society

• We attempt to advance the state of the art in software engineering in service of society, and not just in the pursuit of profit.

• We select clients and projects whose goals we believe are valuable to society. We turn away work that we believe to be harmful or regressive.

• We improve the practices of our clients to maximise the value they produce, both for themselves (consistent with their goals), and for society.

• We encourage our clients to consider their value to society in defining their goals, products, policies, requirements, and working practices.

• We ourselves act in an ethical and responsible manner.

• Whenever possible, we share our work. (For example, we publish papers and open projects.)

Making a living

This goal is secondary.

• We negotiate with clients to make a reasonable living out of our work, but not to maximize personal profit.

• We do not seek to maximize monetary value to our shareholders.

Interesting and enjoyable work

• We select clients and projects that are interesting and enjoyable to our consultants.

• We promote an open and supportive environment in which we share interesting and enjoyable work.

Development

• We take on work which stretches and challenges us, but which is founded on our experience.

• We consider the development of the whole person when making decisions.