Web and Mobile Development Services

Software development is the process of building tailor-made software from the ground up. The primary benefit of this type of software is that it’s designed to specifically match your business. Contrary to off-the-shelf software – which is available to any company for purchase – custom software is developed to address the particular needs of your organization. 

When investing in customer software, you don’t risk getting a solution that doesn’t reflect your processes or includes many features that you don’t actually need. Indeed, you get a high-quality solution that matches your processes perfectly, supports your employees in their daily tasks, and delights your customers.

Software can play a critical part in business development, especially today when so many manual and repetitive tasks can be automated. In fact, making a case for automation is easier than ever. By building custom software, you can integrate all the major aspects of your business processes into one solution. It can serve as a single source of truth or an integral part of your business operations.

As a result, custom software helps your employees to become more productive or solve the most pressing problems of your customers. With our help, you will build custom software that offers an excellent return for investment – saving time, reducing risk, and building a solid foundation for your business.

Building custom software is definitely less expensive in the long run if you compare it with maintaining a license for out-of-the-box solutions (that might not even match your processes and have to be configured!).

Software development that addresses the unique needs of your business is a key asset today. Several factors influence the cost of building tailored software for your business:

• the number and complexity of features,
• the kind of technologies used to deliver your application,
• its performance and scalability,
• the timeframe and budget in which you want to build your solution.

Our teams usually follow the Scrum framework and use the Agile methodology of software development. However, we can always adjust our process to the unique needs of our clients -especially if we collaborate with internal teams. Here’s a short overview of the key steps of our process to help you understand how we approach building software.

Gathering requirements

Once you reach out to us and tell us more about your idea, we usually get back to you with some initial feedback about your app and answers to your questions if you asked any. If you already have a specification for your project, we will ask you to share it with us.

But this is only the beginning. Our next step is arranging a face-to-face meeting to discuss your project further. This is the best way to brainstorm a new app idea and understand each other’s expectations early on. We can arrange a meeting on any videoconferencing tool you use if an in-person meeting isn’t possible.

Expert consultation and workshop

To gain a better understanding of what you’re trying to achieve, we will arrange a meeting with our expert, who will ask you some critical questions during the meeting. Note that you will be talking to someone with a lot of technical know-how and experience in building software solutions. That’s why they will be able to answer more technical questions than a typical business consultant.

If you have any wireframes, product specifications, UX/UI designs, or any other materials, we will ask you to share them before the meeting.

Project estimation

The next step is about providing a thorough estimate of the cost and time required to bring your idea to life. We can do that once we have all the key information about the project. Our estimate lists every feature separately together with the approximate number of hours it will take us to create it. We then multiply the number of work hours required to get the final result by our hourly rates.

We usually prepare more than one version of the estimate. If you get any extra versions, they will be showing your project with extra features that we thought you might want to include in your application. The estimation is free of charge.

UX design

If you agree to work with us, we will begin by creating wireframes for your solution and prepare its UX design. Thanks to these wireframes, we can identify and fix any product concept issues before starting the development. During this process, we will work closely with you – and once you accept the final wireframes, move onto the next step, which is UI design.

UI design

Once we understand the flow of your application, it’s time to reflect it in the user interface design. We will ask our skilled designers to get down to work. They will take into account suggestions from UX designers, your project requirements, and their experience with similar projects. Once you approve the general style, our designers will build a template for your app’s initial screens.

Development

This is where our software developers come in and start writing code. We usually split projects into phases that last around two weeks. After each iteration, we present our work to you during a demo session so that you can click through it and give us your feedback. If your expectations are met, we will send you an invoice and continue our work with the next to enter iteration.

We will share up-to-date code with you at all times, including both unit and integration testing. We will also deliver business and technical reports to keep you up-to-date about both sides of your project. If you have any questions or would like to add any more changes, we can implement them before sending you the final bill.

• Focus on specialization – Hire a software development team that specializes in your target technologies. For example, if you’re looking to build a solution based on blockchain, it’s best to team up with a company that specializes in blockchain development. If you decide to work with a large company that lists blockchain is one of its many specializations, you risk that your project doesn’t receive enough attention or benefit from top talent.
• Learn more about the provider – Ask for references from both past and current clients. Check the reviews published on sites like Clutch or the manifest. This will help you understand how the collaboration went and whether they were successful.
• Verify industry experience – Next, check whether the company has ever delivered a similar type of application or worked with a company that is that operates in the same industry. This type of domain knowledge and know-how will come in handy when building your solution. The case study section of the website should give you an indication of that.
• Pick the right geographical location – If you’re planning to outsource software development, it’s best to choose a company experienced in working with businesses from your geographical area. This is especially important if you’re looking for an offshoring service with the software development team located far away and in different time zone. Make sure that the company has tools and processes in place to deal with the time zone difference and location.