Components of Successful Project Delivery and How to Control It

Our clients often ask us about the workflow: What is the frequency of meetings? How does the company transmit the work results? How can I (client) control the performance of tasks? And more. We believe that it's of great importance for you to discover all the details regarding cooperation as early as possible.

This is the reason we write this article. Read up to learn how the full cycle of development looks like and how you can control each development stage as a customer.

By the way, if you don't have much time for reading the full article you may watch a short video on this topic.

Let's start with the very beginning of interaction between the company and the client and consider every project delivery stage.

At this stage, our account manager defines your project's concept as well as features and goals of the ready-made product. To do that, we determine the following points:

• The platform for which the application will be developed.
• The scope of functionality.
• Potential third-party services that might be used in the project.
• Design requirements.
• Special customer requirements.

Having learned as many details as possible, the account manager generates a rough estimate which is an approximate number of hours the development team will spend on implementing your project. We indicate the minimum and maximum time the implementation of each feature will take.

Put simply, we estimate how much time and money it will take to develop your app or website and send those estimates to you. After this, it's for you to decide whether to continue cooperation with our company or not. This stage is free of charge.

In case you decided to continue working with us, the next stage is just around the corner.

It's also called Sprint Zero. This stage includes the preparation of specifications and wireframes. They are needed to create a detailed estimate of your project as well as plan everything out before proceeding with the development.

Meetings are vital at this stage. The more frequently they are held, the better. We ask our clients to count for 2-3 meetings a week.

So, let's each part of the planning stage in more details.

If you took the decision to continue working with us after the planning stage, we sign a contract and get to work. The contract spells out all details regarding the interaction between the customer and supplier, terms of work, the stage the order can be considered as fulfilled, cases in which a termination of the contract can take place, etc.

Also, this stage is needed to choose a pricing model and sign an NDA agreement if necessary. In other words, this is the last phase before the project development.

Once all the documentation is approved and the contract is signed, we start working on the project. At this stage, our Project Manager defines the most suitable software development methodology and forms a project team.

Scrum is often the most suitable option. It breaks the development process into stages that are also called sprints. Each sprint typically lasts two weeks during which a certain part of the functionality is implemented and tested.

There are several cycles at this stage:

After the development is completed, we release your ready-made website and submit the application to the relevant app store. In case your product isn't for public use, we upload it's source code to your repository or send it to you in the archive form.

Before the release, the final product goes through the load and regression testing so we could ensure it's readiness for submission. Test accounts are changed for production ones and all the materials required for app store publication are prepared (screenshots, description) and agreed with you.

The app submission to Google Play takes up to 48 hours, while Apple's App store will review the request in 3-5 days.

The work on a project is complete when all the contractual provisions are fulfilled. This means that all the works detailed in the specifications are completed and approved.

However, you can prolong the contract with our company if after application development service you need post-release ones as well as if you want to improve something or add new functionality. We'd love to help you make your product even better.

If you have some questions regarding cooperation with us or just want to discuss your project details, please contact our managers. They'll answer all your questions and estimate your project for free!

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