Agile or waterfall?
What is the best way to develop custom software? Agile is like the cool new kid in school. All the popular start-ups are doing it. Definitely very “lean.” But why?
Agile is easier and has less risk than other software development methods. How? It is collaborative. It is “plain English,” not techie speak. It is transparent and removes “the black box” from software development. Agile provides value quickly. And it is very flexible.
Agile software development is a flexible framework, that is implemented through a set of methods and practices.
What steps should you be taking to ensure your agile software project is a success?
In this post, we share the 6 step methodology that we use at AndPlus to implement the Agile software approach.
There is one surefire way to tell if you are dealing with an amateur app developer or a seasoned pro. The amateur will almost always insist that they can do all of their research, testing, and release of an app with a stellar user experience(UX) out of the gate, the first time.
We've all seen it. Applications that are so overloaded with features that what should be extraordinarily simple becomes overwhelmingly complex. This isn't just complicated software, such as Photoshop, which has excellent reasons for its complexity. It's apps that should be relatively easy to learn and use, but aren't, because there are just too many features to make sense of it all. That's feature bloat. Feature bloat hogs unnecessary system resources, adds to the cost of app development, and deliver no incremental benefit. Feature bloat also makes a relatively straightforward app become infuriatingly complicated for some people to use.
If you thought the only Moscow was the capital and most populous city in Russia, you'd be only half right. For web and mobile app developers, MoSCoW is also a system for prioritizing what features and functionality to include in an app development project.
A quick scroll through most any app's feedback on pretty much any app store out there reveals the truth: people are schizophrenic. For every, "Great app! Love it!" you'll get five, "I hate this app! It's garbage!" comments. It can be difficult to determine which comments you actually need to pay attention to and learn how to turn user feedback into useful fodder for actually improving your app (and your reputation as a developer). Here's how an app developer can prioritize and implement user feedback for inevitable success.
