How to handle rising costs during software development
However, every company wants to minimize their project costs and be able to develop a viable product with a respectable set of features. A better way to introduce profitability is to opt for custom software development services. In other words, you need to hire individual/third party resources for your project or even, in some cases, completely outsource your project to a third party company.
Use of agile software methodology
Often categorized as a modern concept for software development, Agile is much more than that; especially if you are looking for a fast turnaround time for feature development. Agile enables faster development of a feature set through sprints and milestones. Practiced through a product owner, who discovers the features in the product scope; Agile allows you to define the critical path of features, their order, and how features should be developed in the project lifecycle.
The project team is a primary stakeholder in defining the time required to develop a feature. Time is a variable that determines sprint speed. After a few sprints, the product portfolio is continually readied with more visibility and discipline by taking on more features for development. The momentum continues, the team building gets stronger with each resource knowing their set of tasks.
Agile, in essence, is a core principle that, when practiced in its true spirit, enables a more focused discipline that includes a significant decrease in software development costs. Its main advantage is working with a handful of resources, who are zoned to accomplish their tasks, working as a tight-knit whole with cross-communication and cross-collaboration being key factors.
By hiring a custom software development company for your project, you can transfer all project development risk to a third party who takes on the project with ultimate responsibility for delivering the solution on time and on budget. As a result, you have your hands free to take on other dimensions of product management, such as marketing strategy and selling the product to customers. Today, it’s all about having ways to diversify and establish your presence in the market. By outsourcing your project, you give yourself the advantage of focusing on other aspects of product management to ensure your product is well received in the marketplace.
Minimum Viable Product
Sometimes custom software development companies go overboard and want to accommodate their customers’ every whim. However, it is important to know the difference between must-haves and wish-lists. Not all requirements will give your product an advantage over the competition. It is better to leave some features and focus on developing a minimum set of features that are workable, tested, and give users a seamless experience.
Use of open source software
The best part about specialized software development solutions is that someone has tried anything under the sun; unless your idea is as unique as the unique word itself. However, some of your software is already similar to some remote open source software that is available for you to reuse in your code. Yes you’re welcome!
So basically what this means is that you can add a component of code into your project that is already available as a plugin that is a tried and tested component that hopes to give you a certain functionality with no additional resources and no time required on your part. However, you need brains to integrate that component with your code and also test whether the component works with your product or not.
With the right developer who has the intelligence to tackle open source software and wisely incorporate it into existing code, your project gets the right boost to get a proper working component.
DevOPs are lifesavers
DevOP when part of your project team can be one of the main stakeholders with advice on infrastructure, performance and efficiency aspects of the product. They are also the main people who advise on the implementation of the product on the machine and how the project is transferred to the operations team in the best possible way. While DevOPs seem like an overhead, their inclusion on the project team helps you avoid hidden costs that can affect timely and successful project delivery.