If you are thinking about creating a mobile application there are many questions you would be getting in your mind and probably you are asking that yourself.
- What exactly does the mobile app development process look like?
- How to start?
- What processes are supposed to be followed?
- Who all should be hired when and how?
- When to launch and how to know if your mobile app is ready to launch or not?
And thus here is the short step-by-step explanation and basic 7 steps process to be followed for current and future app developers in order to decrease your confusion and help you get some answers to the questions raised in your mind.
- Choosing a partner – Select a Company to Design and Develop your App
Firstly you have to decide whether you want to build an in-house app or outsource its development. And based on that you need to choose a proper mobile app development company for your project. But before hiring you need to analyze everything properly and then select the company wisely. By seeing the companies they have worked with before with-were able to meet their desired results or not, checking the estimations you receive, and several other things. Also verify the confidentiality, payment deadline, conditions for terminating the project, and various other aspects. Hence it is worth analyzing more than one company, compare them and the one that fits your needs should be hired.
2. Product Discovery – define what you want to create, for who and why
To clarify what exactly you want to develop targeting which sector of the audience, solving their problem, and meeting the user’s requirements is necessary. So you need to clarify your app’s vision as being clear in that is the key to the app’s success. Target potential users and their problems, create a strategy accordingly with ideal solutions by reviewing ideas and many ways. Followed with prioritizing work accordingly with proper planning considering the security of the user’s data as the main thing.
3. UX / UI App Design – Determine how your app will work and look
Based on UX/UI the retention rate of apps is influenced. And in order to give your users a flawless experience the design of the app will create a positive impression on them. And enables them to use the app again. Thus looking from the business point of view well designed UX/UI is very important. So better stay engaged in each stage of designing your project with the help of developers to shape the final design of the application according to the expectation.
4. Project kick-off & Setup – Last Preparations before the Start of App Development
This stage when implemented helps to have a significant influence on successful cooperation within the team and partners with everyone. This clarifies the role of every person in the team and works accordingly. This also allows you to set the rules and for the owner to define the role of you as product Owner.
5. App development with Quality Assurance
This is the stage where developers start to write code and produce the product as needed. The whole development is broken into smaller milestones and develops a series of cycles including refinement, planning, development, testing (QA), review, and retrospective. And working according to this gives much flexibility and easier to monitor the process and develop the products as per requirement and can easily introduce updates whenever required in the application.
6. Preparation and Publishing of the App on Google Play Store and Apple Store
When the first version for mobile is ready after working according to the planning after tested by proper quality assurance and accepted by the Product Owner. Later you are supposed to upload the mobile app to Google Play Store if Android and if iOS the should be uploaded to Apple Store. And the company helps you with all the legacy issues, marketing, and description of the app.
7. Post-development phase – App Maintenance & Further Development
This post-development stage allows further development of your product once it is launched successfully and even used by the customers. And the constant update in your app is required to stay attractive, get users’ feedback, and adapt to changing market conditions.
This can surely help you understand the process of mobile application development that can perfectly fit the trending market and according to the targeted audience needs and successfully lets you create your app.
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