When developing custom applications, there are many factors that must be considered. We will take you through an easy to follow, step-by-step process that will cover all the needs and requirements of your application. However, there are several things you can do as a business owner/manager to make this process as quick and painless as possible:
- Review the business process for this application. Is there anything you would like to change or improve?
- Think about how this application will interface with other applications, within and outside your company. Are there ways that these interfaces could be optimized? What could be done from an application perspective? Sometimes it may be as simple as changing a business process.
- Know what your application needs to do. This may seem obvious, but have you discussed it with your staff, the users of this application? You will be often surprised at how much feedback and variety of requests you will get!
- Prioritize the requests. Ultimately the development cycle will be restricted by your budget. Put your "must-have" requirements at the the top.