Complete guide for Professionals for software development
This article is complete guide for professionals and for students to learn industry best practices in single article. We can understand everyone in industry follow different rules and most of the international standard recommend differ salutation those are not adoptable in local industry. For the same purpose team work from home share right information based on local industry practices. So, that everyone can read and learn the whole process that how to start in-house development to target any product / software application. Once you read this article and have any question related to software development don’t hesitate to reach us directly through our contact us form. Our professional team always available to support you, we will share the right information / resources those can help you to develop your product.
Keep in mind software development require experience and knowledge of same industry. If you start development without knowing details related to that particular product, believe me your project never be completed and you will not succeed at any cost. Because when you start coding without relevant information, it would become difficult for you in near future, because day by day your requirements will change and development team never cater that / develop as per your expectation.
Think before start any task / work in life
Its life golden rule never start any task / work without taking time and without proper thinking related to that. For the same purpose it is recommended to spend some time before starting any task / work so that you can succeed. Whenever you have plan to develop software application don’t miss this step, think before starting so that you can design a useful and beneficial application for your company / organization. For the same purpose it is recommended to collect maximum information from market / industry and then take decision based on information so that you can succeed in life.
Collect maximum information from field / market related to software product / application
Information is key for success so never forget to collect right information from industry and from market related to that product on that you are working. Keep in mind in this modern era whatever we think something related to that already developed and somehow deployed. When you have this much great resources and all these resources are accessible without paying to anyone, why not to spend some time with these tools so that you can understand all about that particular software application. Might be you get points those are very helpful for you in future while working on that particular application.
Most of the application / software not completed / fail just because of lack of information – because when we start application at that time everything were different. Industry requirements, resources package and multiple other factors. But now all these things are costly and market / industry requirements entirely change. So, why not to collect right information from market and forecast everything at that time when you start project.
Discuss related to same application and speak less
There are millions of people lives on this world and thousands of individuals and organization working in same industry. So, whenever you have plan to start any software project don’t forget to discuss related to that so that you can understand that how to start project and how to complete within short time and within budget. Because without having all these details we can’t complete any project on time and within budget.
For the same purpose you may connect with professionals those are working in industry – keep in mind speak less and listen more. It will help you to get much more information related to that particular project without wasting time. Because everyone has different experience, might be you reached to people those failed in that particular filed but it will help you to change direction and to find out the ways where you can work better.
Develop document before starting development
Without documentation software development and completion of software application is impossible. Most of the organizations start in-house development without proper documentation of application. After long time they realize it is mandatory to document requirements at first but at that time already organizations spend lot of money and efforts. So, why not to understand all these things at the start and the value of documentation. Keep in mind without having proper documentation of software applications, it’s not possible for anyone to complete project. When we start development without any documentation and without thought process, developers code application and present it to team / end users. End users suggest multiple changes because they think these changes are not major but database design and application architecture not support to these changes. It means same repeat again and again between development and end user teams. Most of the times we observe that end users are not ready to adopt application – because they know they are the market expert and they can find out fault in application at any stage. It possible to complete application when management is on board and they are familiar with tools and technology and process of software development.
Review complete requirements and analyze before taking any step
Don’t forget to collect information from end users and engage them as much possible so that they own that particular application. Document each and everything and share these requirement with end users, mention key points clearly so that everyone can understand that how much time, resources and cost required to complete this project. When we document each and everything that means end users can’t change their requirements at any stage – that’s reality that software applications demand time and changes with passage of time. But without documentation it’s not possible for anyone to complete application / develop and software application.
- Figure out mandatory and important points
- Define stages of software application
- Develop technical document
- Enlist requirements
- Development platform
- Documentation
- Technical documentation
- Support documentation
- User manuals
- Future development
- Enhancement
- Any other
- Development team
- Database team
- Quality Assurance team
- Project Managers
- End Users
- Finalize requirements
- Close further collection of requirements
- Design complete team for proper working
- Create Mind maps and processes
- Design database (take maximum time and efforts)
- Search out application theme
- User friendly
- Light theme
- Speedy application
- Easy to find resources in local market
- Easy to customize
- Choose development team
- Hire development team leader
- Choose technical resources
- Start development
- Schedule meetings as per requirement
- Technical team meetings
- Technical team meetings with project manager
- Project manager meetings with higher management
- Senior management meetings with technical team
- Complete Basic testing in lab
- Roll-Out required application
- Proper testing of application
- Go live / production
Every application has some key points, those are mandatory to get benefited from that particular application. If you want to complete project on time and within budget, you should extract / point out key points those are mandatory to complete application.
If you want to complete your software project within time limit don’t forget to define stages of application so that you can track and take right decisions on time. Most of the organizations once plan for software development might be it’s years long time and after that long time they review things. At that time they surprised with multiple issues and things those required their attention. So, why not to spare time and arrange monthly or weekly meetings on the same topic.
Technical documentation of software / application limit all users and control changes in software application. As all of us know application development is not a difficult process but change management is very critical and repeated changes in functionalities limit us to complete any type of software application within time and budget. Most of the organization face the same issue just because of verbal communication and verbal requirements. Because no one agreed on it whenever they require any new functionality on later stages.
First thing do first to get benefited from anything in life – if you are working on software project don’t forget to collect requirements and enlist each and everything. Get sign-off from each and every user those are working on the same or provide requirements. Because once you get sign-off they will limit every new user on requirements those are already shared and signed by them. If you didn’t design / enlist requirements it’s not possible for anyone to conclude requirements on later stages. So, early decisions will help you to complete application on time and within budget.
There are thousands of development platforms, tools and technologies available in this world – so whenever you have plan to start development of software project. Don’t ignore selection of platform, because sometimes we didn’t get resources form local market whenever needed to improve / enhance functionalities on later stages. There are thousands of organization currently facing the same issue because they are unable to find right resources.
Documentation is key component for the success of any software application / project. If really you want to complete your project on time and within budget don’t forget to document each and everything related to requirements and all other communications. Most of the time we ignore this point and face multiple issues on later stages, when project reached to closure.
Selection of development team is most important factor for the development software project. Don’t ignore this point because without having the right resources for right position it’s not possible to complete any project in real life, same like other projects it’s not possible to complete development of software project without hiring right resources on right place.
Keep in mind software development team and databases teams are entirely separate so try to hire separate resources who has experience in same field. When you hire professional database team they will design better database at the start and it will be useful for your organization for long time.
Quality of any software matters a lot whenever we discuss about any corporate level application – if you want to get improved version of application don’t forget to add QA resources. Because they will test application and report bugs on time without sharing application with end users. Because once application released each and every resources discuss about that and everyone share bugs multiple times. So, fix all issues before go live / production it’s mandatory for the success of any software application.
Project manager is the resource who decide either your software project will become successful or not. So, don’t select any resource who really don’t have prior experience in same field. Most of the organizations hire resources those are not technical and expert in their field, at the end they face multiple issues and software project never completed in their supervision.
Most of the time we ignore lab testing / product testing process at development stages. When we publish / roll-out application basic found because development team really don’t care about such basic things. So, team lead / managers should take care of these things, and perform complete lab testing while develop application. Keep in mind without proper testing its not possible for anyone to present useful application without lab testing.
Once you thoroughly check application on lab deploy application on UAT server so that you can share it for user acceptance testing. We believe already you have documentation and ready to finalize this application for production.
We can understand without proper testing it’s not possible for anyone to go live any application or deploy for production. So, it is recommended to deploy application on test environment so that everyone can check / test and share bug / issue if anyone found. Once everyone perform testing it would be great for you to finalize application.
Once end users perform testing it take sign-off from everyone and prepare complete plan for go live. Once you get sign-off from everyone you should document each and every step which one required to roll-out application for production.
Most of the organizations not follow mentioned above steps and after year’s long time they realize without proper documentation and without taking right steps. It’s not possible for anyone to complete application / software, for the same purpose it is recommended to every organization / individual to follow each and every step.
