Application development

Project management is the tenaxious, compassionate, smart, control that ensures applications developments are successful.  Our project manager requires both technical awareness as well as strng ‘people skills’ combined with management skills to hold all stakeholders on course.

Project management is the tenaxious, compassionate, smart, control that ensures applications developments are successful.  Our project manager requires both technical awareness as well as strong ‘people skills’ combined with management skills to hold all stakeholders on course.

The start of any development is knowing the intended outcome.  Requirements definition is a professional skill defining the features that must, should, could, and won’t be included.

Analysis is the detailed review of the requirements, possible solution designs & options, costing of the work, and benefit evaluation.  A detailed plan is begun to be defined, team members and skills identified.  Such work may confirm the likely benefits are still attainable or might indicate that some changes are required.

Design begins to form the tangible components, specifications, methods, and means of achieving the requirements.  It can be both a theoretical as well as physical modelling, and prototyping exercise.

Building begins, possibly with a prototype, based on the chosen design and the requirements in mind.  Not just the software but any hardware, network, training, testing, change management starts to become tangible.

The application is tested to ensure it meets the requirements.  Defects in build are recorded and reviewed for rectification whether they are functional, performance, or cosmetic.  Re-development may be required.

The people operating the application and driving the business processesneed the skills and practise to become proficient in the application.  The training might be performed by ourselves to each ‘user’ or we might train a ‘key user’ who then trains other ‘users’.

The final stage of all the hard work is to make it happen!  The changes required for the new application are made in the business – hardware, software, network, media, materials, communications, etc etc.  The sequence, priority, and status of all these tasks is carefully scheduled and managed.

Following implementation, the reality of the design, development, and training are reviewed.  Real-life usage can be confirmed, or modifications or new ideas might be identified as new requirements.

With any step forward in business, there follows another.  Application development is the same, people, processes, and technology can all be improved.  One idea can sporn three.  Without being complacent, we continually seek to improve business processes & systems for further business benefit.  A regular monthly review with our clients keeps us close to what they are doing in their business, and allow us to proactively identify further benefits and projects

What applications are possible?  Literally the answer is ‘anything’.  Information technology is powerful.  Take a look at some of these examples.