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15 Best Practices to Develop Software

Applications for Startups

Developing software for an established business or organization is quite easy or not


much bothersome job, but for a startup, it is a bit challenging and different thing. It is
because startups have little operating experiences at one hand and high aspirations for
a groundbreaking software solution at another end.

The thirst for rapid growth leads startups to investigate innovative and out-of-box
software solutions that are resulting in the same patent registrations in the numbers that
the big brothers or enterprises do.

These facts regarding the USA startups lead us to infer that startups are equally
scrappy to have software solutions for their bespoke needs as their counterparts
established businesses are.

If you are a software developer or an agency working on offshore destinations, which


are famous for providing outsourcing solutions, some predictions regarding IT skills and
job work scopes are encouraging.
For instance, the USA Department of Labour has released an estimation of IT skills
demand. According to it, computer and information technology occupations is projected
to grow 12 percent from 2018 to 2028, much faster than the average for all occupations.
Besides this, Gartner has also estimated that universities and colleges in the USA are
able to provide skilled talents to fill up only 30% vacancies.

Thus, the big question is that how to meet the remaining jobs or work demand. In due
course, Deloitte has provided a viable solution in its surveys on IT outsourcing by
estimating the potential of offshore outsourcing hubs to provide 60% demand of the
USA market.

It means outsourcing hubs at offshore places have to face the software development
requirements of startups greater than the established organizations. Thus, offshore
software development companies need to know how to develop software for the startup
businesses to assure high success rate. Here a couple of tips and tricks to do it. and
fast growth.

1: Select Appropriate Software


Development Framework for
Startups
Software development framework determines the speed of the project, quality, and
overall cost of the software. For a startup, enterprise-ready framework proves a mature
choice, as

● It provides multiple modules

● The fast deployment with minimum time

● It works right out of box


For instance, selection of the Angular JS is a right choice against Expresess.js
framework because the latter is a mature and feature-rich platform for specific project
development.

Make sure, no matter what framework you choose, but it should be scalable,
multi-function, and user-friendly. These three factors will help you in creating a perfect
software application for the start-up.

2: Define Short Iterations with


Specified Outcome for Startup
Projects
If you scrum two-week sprints with specified end-results in your software development
project for startups,

● It provides project discipline

● It assists in shaping goals

● It rules out the possibilities of random development

According to the experienced software development company, going ahead with small
iterations is the best option while developing a software application.

3: Avoid Writing of Tests at Early


Stage of Startup Software
Development Process
You should never consider the writing of tests at the early stage of the software
development process. Why? Because…
● At the early stage of startup software development, technical requirements are

often changing as per the study in the market.

● Startups looking for the shortest timeline

● The statement of work becomes a dynamic document, as it tends to change as

per the market demands, trends, and expectations of the end-users.

4: Select Lighter and Flexible


Software Development Framework
for Startups
You should always go with a framework that is lighter, easier to understand, and flexible
for software development. Especially, when it is for the startup company. Why is it so? A
startup has the highest chances of growth.

Your framework should allow changes easily and add features as well as functionality
quickly to maintain the refactoring. In due course, heavyweight corporate frameworks,
which mostly based on Java and .NET technologies prove a bottleneck. Against it,
open-source PHP-based and other technologies-based lightweight frameworks prove
the excellent choice.

5: Allocate Time for Refactoring in


Software Development Process for
Startup
Refactoring – one of the most important phases of software development. Hence.
Allocate the time for refactoring to fix the issues and add features quickly. Why do you
need this?
Coding errors or coding debt is a norm in startup projects because developers are
always under pressure to accomplish tasks rapidly. To overcome technical debt and
decrease software entropy while applying changes very often, refactoring with enough
time is essential. If the project has not an operational strategy, it hardly fits in
development methodology.

6: Select Cloud-based Development


Server for Software Development
Project for Startups
You might be thinking why are we telling you to opt for the cloud-based development
server? Well because there are possibilities of,

● The server crashes

● The unavailability of data or real-time data updates

● The loss of data

● Server-related other issues when you run a local server with inferior setups and

securities

To overcome these all, you must use cloud-based servers or web services for
development and deployment and AWS (Amazon Web Services) is the best and
affordable choice.

7: Hire the best software


development agency for Startup
Software Development Projects
We all know the importance of technical knowledge when it comes to development. You
don’t want a newbie to ruin or compromise with your software development’s vision.
Right? So, to keep the thing on track and straight to the point go for the company having
experience in the software development field.

They will cost-effectively manage the server and deployment-related issues described
before and end up with high ROI and the success of the project in the long term.

8: Apply Analytical Tools for


Startups Software Development
Projects
Whether you are running a website or dealing with software development projects,
there’s one thing that you need to apply – Analytical tools.

The advantages of the various analytics software in a software development project are
immense, so for the startup’s projects, it helps in

● Tracing and tracking the behavior of end-users

● Helps in analyzing the process of development

● Assists in the adjustment of application to meet the requirements of end-users

9: Provide Room for User Feedback


on Startups Software Products
You might have run research on the market and target audience requirements at the
beginning of a software development project. However, the chances of changes are
high because the market is always dynamic so software product requirements are
changing rapidly.
Therefore, based on the experiences of experts, we can advise software developers for
startups that they should make provision for end-users in the first version of the
software to provide actual feedback.

You can offer them a set of features, interface, and other design and interaction
elements with options to test in their specific scenario and can provide you feedback.
You should extend your reach to listen to them and consult them for more feedback.

Thus, you will able to redesign the next version in more meaningful ways.

10: Constantly Analyze Software for


Problems and Learn to Deal with It
Despite too much care, sometimes the software proves inadequate to deal effectively
with a real-life scenario. If software owner and its maintenance team is active enough
and constantly watching its performance in the market, they can catch the issues
upfront and find out a strategy to deal with it through some temporary changes or
change the application process of the software in real life.

11: Dealing with Technology


Constraints
With the pace of time technologies changes and startups have to adopt the most trendy
technologies and tools in the form of software to thrive in the fiercely competitive
market. At present, mobiles are in trends, and even web has to be mobile-friendly.

Similarly, loT, LBS, AR, and AI like innovative technologies are gaining ground in
mainstream rapidly and adopting those proves a costly affair for startups if they want to
bank on such innovative technologies.

Therefore, the smart software developers find easy and affordable solutions for them or
design software with room to apply it in the later stages when startup matures and can
afford it.
12: Dealing with Human Resources
Constraints
Many software operations and maintenance demand involvement of trained and
tech-savvy staff. The present market is experiences of such human resources to deal
with it. In due course, today we have AI, and machine learning technologies to aid the
startups stunningly and software development team for startups should know and
implement it.

For instance, for an ecommerce store, providing the live chat service round-the-clock is
a daunting and demanding job. However, integration of AI-powered tools like Chatbot
may prove a blessing for a startup against hiring costly human attendants.

13: Dealing with Security &


Compliance Constraints
With the proliferated digitalization and penetration of the web through mobiles has
posed unimagined threats to the software connected to the web or operating through a
mobile network.

Therefore, attending safety and security-related threats and issues become vital for
startup software development. It becomes intense more when monetary transactions
involved in the app functionality and payment gateways have integrated.

Software development companies for startups must learn the security compliance
prevailing on the international level as standards and should implement it. Encryption
like SSL technologies must implement in appropriate software to establish trust among
the end-users.

Assure startups and their end-users regarding the security of info and sensitive data
while integrating external services.

14: Dealing with Scaling Constraints


The success rate of startups in the USA is noteworthy. Therefore, startups grow rapidly,
and their software needs changing with the pace of time. Thus, it is mandatory to
accommodate software design and code to deal with the scale-up process in the near or
distant future.

Moreover, some startups have seasonal businesses and their websites, mobile apps,
and internal software system experiences magnitude of traffic or interaction spikes and
lows. You must consider the scalability while developing software for them.

15: Dealing with Cloud Constraints


Today cloud computing is a buzz on the market, and every startup is thinking of
leveraging its advantages. However, there are limitations to adopt cloud services in a
broad term.

For the software development niche, the cloud is still a new thing, and it is hard to find
an expert cloud architect at an affordable rate. Therefore, over dependencies on the
cloud and its offerings may prove impractical as well as costly affair for startups with
limited budget and resources.

If startups need cloud services, defining server, storage, and data handling policies for
them prove a big challenge for the software developer to manage the constraints.

Conclusion:
At the end of 15 tips on developing a software application for startups, we would like to
say only one thing – Always consider quality, rather than quantity. We hope this article
helped you in getting the right direction. Also, go with the Perception System. It is a
custom software development company providing fruitful and efficient solutions to all
your problems.

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