CIOReview Team | Tuesday, 21 August 2018, 05:46 IST
The average day begins with checking up a mailbox or reading the hottest news on the cell phone. Thus having a web presence or even an “app presence” is a must for every business.
Everyone is becoming more dependent on mobile devices, enterprises, as well as small businesses, have to develop mobile apps quickly to stay in tune with the ever-changing modern world.
But the challenge is to find a trustworthy web or mobile app developer or company. In this guide, we’re going to show you the best ways to find a great mobile app development company.
Step #1 Decide on the app purposes
To start with, you should define the purpose of your app. For the success of the app, you have to answer the following questions:
Having answered the questions, it’s time to go on and move to the next step. Do primary market research to get a picture of what kinds of new products and services may bring a profit.
And if such a service or product exists on the market, research will show if your new app meets customers’ expectations and needs. Do a feasibility analysis, ask your friends, family or colleagues to gather feedback.
Try to develop something truly unique. People don’t spend lots of time to find an app. Usually, they don’t go further than the 2nd page in App Store or Google Play. Create something one-of-a-kind and it will be a success.
The same happened, to Nimses. Though there are lots of social nets, Nimses is standing apart. The app idea is the every lived minute of a unique human should be paid. You get nims for each lived minute. A nim is a new cryptocurrency.
In the near future, you can spend nims on Nimses Goods and Nimses Music. And hold a second, one nim equal to $0,001. Every ten minutes, you get $0,10 and per day - $1,44 for nothing.
Step #2 Hire app developers
One of the most important steps is to choose the right app developer. While outsourcing a company or a developer, you give the entire design and development in the hands of a third person. The major reason for outsourcing is to reduce costs.
We have picked up a list of must-use tips:
Finding the right mobile development company is a challenge. Be aware of low prices. While looking for a developer, check hourly rates. We have created a map of the average rates per hour for developers.
Step #3 Study the prospective developer
Highly professional mobile app development agencies will provide you with the built apps even those not included in the portfolio. You can find the apps developed by the company in the App Store or Google Play. You can install them to check for:
Before hiring an app development company, get to know the team. Talking with the team allows specifying your expectations and requirements. Discussing your future app with developers is crucial, never skip this point. It doesn’t mean that you have to speak to the team every day, but weekly meetings or calls will come useful.
Step #4 Manage the project
There are lots of ways to keep in touch during the project - weekly emails, calls, project management tools or a combination of the above mentioned. A project management tool greatly increases the chances to get the app in time.
Consider using such task management apps as:
When hiring an app development company, take into account the time zone difference. Discuss this issue with the team to arrange meetings or calls at a convenient time. To make the communication more effective and convenient, we recommend using particular communication tools:
Step #5 Start with a small project
If you’re 100% sure about the company or developer, assign a small project to make the things less risky. This will allow to check the company better and get the insights of how they work/
In a nutshell, doing a small project ensures achieving higher levels of credibility when working on a long-term project.
If you have a large project, we advise setting the first milestone to make sure that everything runs smoothly.
Finding the right app developers seems to be a real challenge. By following our steps, you greatly increase the chances to get the right app developers and as a sequence the right application.
In a nutshell, we advise: