How Can You Judge the Quality of Software Development?

 

If you are about to embark on the journey of developing your own software program, you may be overwhelmed by the different ways to accomplish the task. How do you choose the right team? How do you know if someone is capable of coding the kind of product you need them to?

You don’t have a huge budget and can’t afford to waste money trying different developers out hoping one of them will be up to the task. Watch our video, and let us answer some of these questions for you. You’ll get some valuable ideas about finding the right coding partner and you’ll feel a little less stressed as a result.

 How to Assess the Quality of Software Development

Know thyself and what you want to pay for: Once again if your developer says, yes, I will do a great job they may not have the support around to make it a great project; through the assistance of Project Managers or particularly with the assistance of UX. In recent years there has been a change to be more UX focused and customer focused.  Really finding out what the customer needs and then developing a development project around the customer is of high importance. It is a skill that will define the quality of the development process.

Referees: Call their referees. Ask for referees of similar size and give them a buzz. Talk to them not only about their development project but how they engage with you as a developer. Were there people at hand? Were they quick to respond? Did they deliver on time? What methods are they using to move the project along?

Small tasks: This one I used quite often. It’s giving any developer, particularly overseas, a task where I’ve chunked a large project down to a 5% piece. I would give each of three or four final developers, it was the final filter process, I would give them a really small chunk of the project and I’d say I need this built.

I’d sit and watch. I’d be interested in how they were going to communicate with me, how quickly they deliver it and the quality of software development and of the product at the end. You get a very good taste of what the service is going to be like from a very small piece of the work, without spending a huge amount of money. That is one strategy. Read More…