Different methodologies for different solutions.

Waterfall project methodology is a model in which every stage of a product’s life cycle takes place in sequence. The progress flows steadily downwards through these phases like a waterfall.

Agile software development methodology is the model that proposes a sequential, linear and iterative approach.

Lean Software Development (LSD) is an agile framework based on optimizing development time and resources, eliminating waste, and ultimately delivering only what the product needs. The Lean approach is also often referred to as the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) strategy, in which a team releases a bare-minimum version of its product to the market, learns from users what they like, don’t like and want to be added, and then iterates based on this feedback.

Strengths:

• Streamlined approach allows more functionality to be delivered in less time
• Eliminates unnecessary activity, and as a result can reduce costs
• Empowers the development team to make decisions, which can also boost morale

Weaknesses:

• Heavily depends on the team involved
• Depends on strong documentation

An important aspect of deciding how to structure your technology needs comes from assessing your near-term goals and long-term goals. 

Considerations:

• What do you need the software to accomplish?
• How will the software benefit your business operations?
• Is the software consumer facing, internal facing, or both?
• What’s your timeline? (when does software need to go-live, how long will it last, etc)
• Do you have internal software teams who will eventually manage the software?
• How familiar is your company with managing software?

Ask us!

We will tell you how to best assess your needs…even if that means you hire someone else.

Getting started is easy.

First contact:
When contacting us simply let us know your industry, company/organization name, contact info, and the desired service you’re interested in. As well as, if you need software built new or enhance existing applications?

Estimating:
When estimating these are a few bits of information to provide:

1. Timeline
2. Your Key Stakeholders (for approvals)
3. Desired OKRs (Objectives & Key Results)
4. Budget (Annual, Quarterly, or Project)

Onboarding:
When starting, we will setup a file share folder and request:

1. Your brand guidelines
2. Approved assets (logos, fonts, images, graphics, videos, etc)
3. System access/requirements  (CMS, cloud computing provider, database preferences, hosting services provider, API specs, programming language, etc.)
4. Approval process
5. Meeting cadence
6. Timeline
7. …and, other critical information.

Sprints:
Agile software development uses sprints to coordinate and deploy. In this process, we collaborate on selecting a list of priorities and implement software releases based on team structure, client needs, budget, dates, and user feedback.

This allows you to decide how fast you want to build based on your organization’s considerations.