Bespoke software development will allow your business to be much more profitable and be highly efficient by providing you with a solution that was designed exactly for you. In software one size doesn’t fit all. So, off the shelf software isn’t always perfect as each and every business operates differently.
Software development is an investment and like every investment it must replete with a solid ROI. This article aims at being an introductory source of information to the first time software investor by providing you the necessary steps involved in professional and successful software development.
Planning your project for success
As a consumer and investor you need to answer the following questions:
What are your goals? Be exact and specific to allow development companies to clearly see what you need to achieve. This helps them provide you with the best possible information, advice and services.
Who are your target populations? Is this application going to be used by old or young people...? Is it an application that is being made for a different country and requires being multilingual.
Who are your partners? Does the program need to provide facilities to better communicate with others?
What is your budget? How much you can spend will make a big difference in the tools and solutions that software development companies can provide to you.
How will you measure success?
Without any type of project alignment your application will fail as there will be no objectives or anything to track and measure your investments success.
Locating a bespoke software development company
The big three popular search engines like Yahoo!, Bing or Google allow searching very specifically using a key phrase and will return and direct you to the websites of software development companies around the world. This will allow you to review what exactly they do along with
qualifications and past experience.
Don’t rush in and contact with the first company you speak with
Request a quote from as many development companies that provide services relating to your project as you can. If one quote is a lot higher or lower than other quotes ask questions as to why. Summarise all questions, answers and quotes as this will put you in a position to make a good decision.
Decision time – Review and pick the best offer
You know exactly the program you need and you have quotes and information regarding the discussions with each software development company that you contacted. Sit down and thoroughly review this information. As a buyer you now have everything that you need to make a good buying decision.
Keep on top of time scale
The development company will outline a time segmented plan usually in monthly steps. Use this guide and keep on top of it. If the development companies is falling behind find out why and keep the pressure on them. Failing to do so could result in a very late program being delivered and costing you a fair bit more than first expected.
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If you have an application that fits into any of the categories above then you need to talk to a Microsoft .net at http://www.irw.co.uk/software-development-services.aspx Depending on the size of your project and budget you may be best to deal with Microsoft
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