apHarmony offers development services to any point of the  software development cycle.  Whether starting out in the requirements phase, looking for additional help mid-development, or maintaining and supporting the application, we will be happy to bring our team to your software project.  Please feel free to give us a call at 630-855-7522 for a free evaluation and quote.

Successful completion of a software project requires diligent planning, execution, and support.  Throughout each phase of the software project, it’s necessary to ensure continuity of the business goals and outlook on the milestones and completion.  As the software project can often change with regards to requirements and use case, it’s important to employ agile development techniques to adapt to changes and incorporate them into the system.

The most reliable indicators of successful project completion are either well thought-out design documents, or flexibility in development scope and results.  Comprehensive design documents are developed through a thorough discovery phase, combined with good system architecture and design.  Flexibility in development scope, on the other hand, is provided by the business stakeholders, who are looking for less rigidity in the development and more capability to create new and exciting ideas that will help the organization gain a competitive edge in the market.

The actual software programming is often distributed into larger and smaller components and milestones.  Completion of these components can help gauge the project status, although at times it can be a challenging task if a framework or toolkit is part of the development process.  Frameworks often require more time initially to develop, and reap dividends on the tail-end of the project.  Traditional development methods, on the other hand, generally provide consistent, yet often less efficient, results throughout development.  Either way, compartmentalization of both the toolkits and application components will help provide an accurate estimate or project progress.

For a free evaluation and quote on a project at any point in the software development cycle, please feel free to give us a call at 630-855-7522.