How to build a new application ?

Before building a new application, let's assume you have a clear vision of what your business wants to achieve and already decided what you want to digitalise first.

Steps

1- Conceptualizing the product

This is an opportunity to organize ideas and clarify your product vision.

Our advice is to examine one process, understand where there is room for improvement, and start your digitalization journey there.

The main questions you should be asking here are:

If you don't know where to start, pinpoint simply the time-consuming manual tasks,

Approaching product development with answers to these questions is very helpful. Even if your initial idea was somewhat vague, now you have more details about your future product and we can move to the next phase.

2- Project development

This stage can be perceived as requirements analysis. Goal is to brainstorm, decide and define togheter on the core functionnalities of the product. When done, such an approach enables focusing on target challenges that should be met and helps to avoid frustration during the development.

The following tasks should have been clarified by the end of this step:

3- Design stage and prototype

This step can also been seen as a discovery phase for both parties that we always recommend to ensure we are fully aligned and if not, to adjust to avoid any later rework.

So now it's time for us to verify the feasibility of the initial vision by building low-fidelity wireframes or mockups or software prototypes and review them with you. This will reduce many web development-related risks, as you get to try out different scenarios and discuss the most optimal one.

Dedicating some time to get this groundwork done will pay off: working with a defined and tested set of requirements will be more productive and effective.

4- Developments

The software development is where we bring ideas to live, piece by piece. During this stage, the project is divided into small chunks, and after each iteration period, a demo is organized to discuss the new development. The goal is to give the possibility to interact directly but also to make the whole development process transparent.

5- Quality Assurance

To make it a good success and ensure a quick adoption rate of your new product, the initial quality level must be high. To reach it, different tests must be performed, checking the functionality, usability, compatibility, and performance of the web application.

6- Release preparation

Naturally, you want to launch your product smoothly and plan for a positive reception from the users. A good communication preparation is key at this stage to attract the user and provide them they first experience and why not include some feedback possibilities to start building the next improvments or new feature they already want to see!

7- Post Launch Support

Support of the software development company does not end after deployment – long-term collaboration envisages maintenance and on-going optimization. New releases and improvements derive from such a type of collaboration.

We hope that this guide helped you to better understand the steps needed to build a web application. Feel free to use our recommendations and don't hesitate if you want to build your digital adventure.