Our Development Process Explained
Working with a software development company for the first time can feel like stepping into unknown territory. What should you expect? How does it work? In this post, we'll walk you through our process from start to finish.
Phase 1: Discovery
Initial Consultation
Everything starts with a conversation. We want to understand:
- Your business and its challenges
- What you're hoping to achieve
- Your constraints and priorities
- Technical requirements and integrations
- Stakeholder interviews
- Current workflow analysis
- User research (if needed)
- Technical assessment
- Detailed project scope document
- Feature prioritization (MVP vs. future phases)
- Technical architecture overview
- Clear milestones and deliverables
- User flow diagrams
- Wireframes for key screens
- Interactive prototypes
- Design system creation (colors, typography, components)
- High-fidelity mockups
- Responsive designs for all device sizes
- Design review and iteration
- Review priorities for the sprint
- Break down features into tasks
- Set clear goals
- Development work
- Internal code reviews
- Integration testing
- Demo of completed features
- Your feedback incorporated
- Planning for the next sprint
- Have access to a staging environment
- Attend regular sprint reviews
- Provide feedback on completed features
- Answer questions as they arise
- Automated testing for all code
- Code reviews for every change
- Integration testing
- Comprehensive QA testing
- Performance testing
- Security review
- User acceptance testing (UAT) with your team
- Production environment setup
- DNS and SSL configuration
- Monitoring and alerting
- Backup procedures
- Deployment to production
- Smoke testing
- Team on standby for issues
- Increased support during the initial period
- Bug fixes and minor adjustments
- Performance monitoring
- User feedback collection
- You see everything in realtime
- No surprises on invoices
- Clear communication about challenges
- Scope can evolve as we learn
- Priorities can shift between sprints
- No rigid contracts that don't serve you
- We don't cut corners
- Every feature is tested
- We're proud of the code we write
This call is free and comes with no obligations. Our goal is to understand if we're the right fit for each other.
Requirements Gathering
If we move forward, we dive deeper:
We document everything and share it with you for review.
Project Scoping
Based on discovery, we create:
Phase 2: Design
UX Design
We start with user experience:
UI Design
Once UX is approved, we move to visual design:
You'll have full visibility into designs with the ability to leave comments and feedback directly.
Phase 3: Development
Iterative Development
We work in short sprints, each delivering working features:
Planning:
Progress:
Review:
Your Involvement
During development, you'll:
We keep communication flowing through Slack or your preferred platform.
Phase 4: Testing
Throughout Development
Pre Launch
We don't launch until you're confident everything works correctly.
Phase 5: Launch
Preparation
Go Live
Post Launch
Phase 6: Ongoing Support
After launch, we offer flexible support arrangements depending on your needs, from basic maintenance and security updates to continuous feature development and growth partnerships. We'll recommend the right level of support based on your project.
What Makes Our Process Different
Transparency
Flexibility
Quality Focus
Ready to Start?
If our process sounds like a good fit for your project, let's talk. We'll start with that free consultation to understand your needs and determine if we can help.
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