What We Offer
Structured Content & Engineering
Capabilities
What We Do
Analysis & Strategy
Discovery, content audits, architecture assessments, and AI readiness planning before anyone builds or migrates anything.
View detailsTechnical Publications & Content Engineering
Technical publication services for aerospace, defense, and aviation: authoring, legacy conversion, and publishing in S1000D, MIL-STD, DITA, and ATA specs.
View detailsEnterprise & Regulatory Publishing
Structured authoring, effective-dated delivery, and single-source publishing for rules bodies, standards organizations, regulators, and policy publishers.
View detailsTraining
Hands-on courses in S1000D, MIL-STD-3001, MIL-STD-40051, and DITA that build real internal capability.
View detailsFull-Stack Software Development
Integrated digital platforms: system integrations, CMS, web and mobile applications, parts catalogs, and portals.
View detailsApplied AI
AI that answers from your approved content, not around it. We assess readiness, ground retrieval in structured sources, and automate where it actually pays. No platform pitch.
View detailsOngoing Support & Operations
Maintenance, security monitoring, publishing pipeline support, and a defined escalation path after delivery.
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Why Shakewell
Software and the People Behind It
One team, from conversion to delivery
The people who convert and author your content also run the portal it lands on. When something breaks between the two, there is one accountable team, not a software vendor and an implementation partner pointing at each other.
We teach, so you don't depend on us
Engagements can include training and coaching in the standard itself, on your own content. The measure of success is a team that runs its program without us, not a support contract it cannot leave.
Neutral about your authoring platform
We work across the authoring platforms programs already own, including those of the vendors we partner with. Platform selection is part of our strategy work, and we recommend what fits your program, including tools we do not sell.
Plain about what things do
Our product pages say what the portal does not do as plainly as what it does, and our standards references and free tools are open for anyone to check. We would rather you trust the detail than the adjectives.
Approach
How We Work
We map the system, design where structure creates the most leverage, then build working systems and transfer ownership to your team. That includes hands-on training in the standards your program runs on.
Understand the System
We map your current workflows, constraints, and goals. The bottleneck is rarely where you think it is. We find where structure creates the most leverage.
Design the Architecture
We design systems where AI handles volume and humans handle judgment: the right model for each task, the right human in the loop for each decision.
Build and Transfer
We build working systems, not slide decks. Then we transfer ownership to your team with documentation, training, and architectures they can extend.
Get In Touch
Let's Talk
Tell us what you're working with, and we'll give you a clear-eyed assessment of where you stand and what the path forward looks like.