0 Comments November 24, 2020 Part 5: Longterm Partnership In this last part we will weigh in on the least tangible, but the most important aspect of custom software development. It is a long-term relationship built on trust and how important is the long-term vision to meet all the goals and expectation and avoid disappointment between you the client and your software development partner. Maintenance and scalability Scaling your software development team is a sign that your company is moving ahead; things work well, and you want to increase functionalities or add a new area to your spectrum. It is hoped that recruiting more employees will lead to more task coverage. Scaling software teams frequently fail, and for different reasons, from communication difficulties to attempts to creative routine processes. But we've been warned of this, so let's illustrate the key problems of maintaining the scalability of the software development team and describe potential solutions. Distributed Team Challenge: You probably can imagine what stuff would get out of reach if you have entire dispersed teams off-site, especially if the project has a minimum remote staff. Solution: Consider your contact networks and build a plan that will include both your remote team and your employees, like keeping alerts for issues if your employees are in a different time zone. Manage Project Challenge: Project management often becomes a challenge with the amount of snowballing activities. Larger projects involving specialized teams or complicated activities that must be broken into smaller parts are divided between individuals. These call for some planned concepts and procedures in project management. Solution: Don't make the team's technology-oriented, but instead concentrate on a particular product or functionality or platform paradigm, such as mobile device, backend, etc. In this way, you ensure the specialization of your team that will enhance your team in terms of speed and growth Road Map Challenge: Organizations want to see the direction a team is headed, what targets you want to achieve, what your timeline is, and how much you will be able to invest in order to design the software infrastructure. Solution: Build a five-year roadmap to cover your plans, priorities, and milestones so that your team can respond instantly to changes. Different strokes - custom software is not for everyone As its name suggests, custom software refers to certain kinds of smartphone and web apps designed to help a company accomplish particular objectives. You can't order, download, and deploy these to your company easily. Following are the reasons why custom software may not be the one for you: High Initial Investment: While personalized solutions produce greater returns over time, the initial investments necessary to revitalize them can be very extensive. Custom software is often designed for a small number of users to accomplish a particular goal in contrast to off-shelf solutions in which costs are usually split among multiple users and ongoing subscription payments. The costs can also vary according to project size and technical sophistication. Develop from Scratch Since tailored solutions are built from scratch, depending on scale, nature, and complexity, they can take several tough days or months to create. If you have to launch a solution the next day, it is neither feasible nor necessary to go personalized. Keeping the above reasons in mind, it is best to go for off-the-shelf software 0 Replies to "Hiring Software Developers PART 4: Longterm Partnership" Got something to say? We would love to hear your comments! Your email address will not be published. Post Your Comment