“How much will it cost to build my app?” This is the question we’re asked by every new customer. The answer is it’s completely variable and depends on many factors, some of which we are going to explore in this article. If you are thinking of asking this question at an early meeting with...
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When we talk about the app design phase of a software development project, we tend to think it’s about colours, graphics and fancy animations but that’s a common misconception. In reality, the design phase is a broad term that covers several different stages of the app development process, as we discuss below. Discovery workshop...
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A major feature of agile development is the user story. As the name suggests, agile is characterised by speed and flexibility; user stories help by speeding up design and making sure everyone involved agrees on what the end result should be. However, if you are new to agile development, or are hiring an agile...
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Minimum Viable Product (MVP for short) is a term you will hear thrown around a lot if you are looking into building a software product. It is an Agile principle, which allows companies building a new product to focus on what is necessary to deliver working software. What is a Minimum Viable Product? The...
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In November 2018, Chris Owen-Smith (our MD) was invited to join a discussion panel at the IT Lab ITSB event at the Thought Leadership Centre at the McLaren Technology Centre. Watch Chris take part in this fascinating discussion about how legacy applications hold companies back and what you can do about this thorny problem....
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It doesn’t matter if you are a UX designer yourself or are hiring someone else to do it for you, whether you are designing an app from scratch or updating something that already exists, you will always come up against the same problem; people hate change. So how do you make sure that you...
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So, what’s this Scrum that everyone is talking about? Although it’s sometimes mistaken for one, Scrum isn’t an acronym. So, what is it then? Scrum is a widely used framework for managing work. It is a collection of values, team roles, and rituals, used in combination to create working products iteratively. This is achieved...
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When you are ready to engage a software company, you’ll need to agree a commercial arrangement with them. I’m going to explain why we think working on a time and material basis with your software development partner is a good idea. We have worked with many businesses that started off believing that fixed price...
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If your business doesn’t have an internal software development function, working with a third party software development company is a key part of delivering successful products to your customers. To maintain client satisfaction, given the extremely high expectations set by software we interact with throughout our lives, companies across all sectors and industries are...
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Communicating your vision and ideas for an app to a designer or development partner can be hard task, and failure to get your message across can result in disappointment with the final result. It doesn’t matter if you need a mobile app, desktop app, web application or other software, you need to formalise your...
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