SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT STEPS
PLANNING
Timeline: Around 2 weeks – 3 months to:
- Document important business processes and show how they are covered by existing software.
- Get to know your business needs and concerns.
- Prepare high-level functional requirements and technical software specifications.
- Evaluate the potential risks of software introductions, including their impact on business processes.
Business case composition
Architecture, UX and UI design
Timeline: Anywhere from 2 weeks up to 3 months
- Define app architecture, techs, data flow and integration points.
- Conduct UX research, design wireframes, prototypes, and interface mockups.
Note: Reusing parts of existing enterprise systems can save you money and make it more reliable than developing new modules. Therefore, we recommend that you consider reengineering and migration activities when considering reusing legacy software components.
MVP launch (upon request)
It takes approximately 1 month to deliver the first version working of enterprise software.
Development and Testing
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Agile delivery of software parts in 2 weeks. Automated CI/CD pipelines ensure that minor releases are always safe.
- Analysis of emerging needs and release planning.
- Approval of the release scope.
- Reviewing and delivering mockups.
- Develop and test the software component, and then migrate the software to the production and staging environment.
- Get feedback from project sponsors and users about the results of the release.
- Examining the results and appraising the scope of the next release.
Note: We can deliver small, well-defined projects in a linear fashion with only one major release.
Deployment (and 3-month maintenance)
- (Upon your approval) Switching to the Kanban methodology within our PMs for support activities with advance notice.
- Workshops to prepare for user acceptance testing (UAT).
- We will guide you through UAT.
- We will guide you through the post-go live process.
- Organizing UAT.
- Establishing software monitoring processes.
- Defining new roles and responsibilities for application support in your and our teams.
Note: To avoid production interruptions, trial implementation is highly recommended. It is intended for a very limited number of users. If there are any problems, technical support is required. The trial stages typically take between 1 and 3 months.
Project handover / continuous support (on demand)
- Conducting project evaluation.
- Knowledge transfer to your internal IT team/other vendors
- Capturing and consolidating project lessons learned. Providing the final report and asking you to confirm the project’s closure.
PLANNING
Timeline: From 3 weeks to:
- Analyze competitors (competitors’ product features, pricing, monetization models, customer feedback analysis, customer acquisition strategy analysis, product efficiency, and drawbacks).
- Identify and describe the obstacles that might prevent you from entering a particular market or industry sector (including regulatory barriers), and decide how you will address them.
It can take from 2 weeks to:
- Make a list of all app integrations and features.
- Prepare the project roadmap, including significant milestones.
- Define the customer acquisition/conversion/retention strategy.
- Define the monetization model.
Business case composition
Architecture, UX and UI design
Timeline: Anywhere from 2 to 3 months to:
- Define app architecture, techs, data flow and integration points.
- Conduct UX research, design wireframes, prototypes, and interface mockups.
Note: We recommend investing in a distinctive, sophisticated UI design if you have a compelling product advantage. Otherwise, You can use more specific themes and instead focus on the software functionality.
MVP launch (upon request)
It takes approximately 1 month to deliver the first version working of enterprise software.
Development and Testing
-
Agile delivery of software parts in 2 weeks. Automated CI/CD pipelines ensure that minor releases are always safe.
- Analysis of emerging needs and release planning.
- Approval of the release scope.
- Reviewing and delivering mockups.
- Develop and test the software component, and then migrate the software to the production and staging environment.
- Get feedback from project sponsors and users about the results of the release.
- Examining the results and appraising the scope of the next release.
Note: We can deliver small, well-defined projects in a linear fashion with only one major release.