Regarding APP outsourcing development, some traditional industry bosses may find it uncontrollable, unfamiliar, and difficult to get started with. There are also some product managers or entrepreneurs who have been engaged in the Internet who think it is too simple and ignore some important details. As a result, the APP outsourcing development cannot be completed smoothly and on time according to the scheduled plan. In serious cases, the APP outsourcing development may fail.
Let’s analyze the complete process of APP outsourcing development:
1. State the needs
With the help of the product manager or project manager, refine the requirements and prepare requirements documents. This step must be done well. The requirements must be clear and not too vague. If the requirements are not clear, the quotation from the outsourcing company will be inaccurate, and it may be possible later. Wrangling may occur due to misunderstandings between the two parties.
2. Quotation
The outsourcing company will make a quotation based on the functional requirements of the app development, the standards required by the customer, the construction period, and its own profit margin. Therefore, you must clarify the construction period, functions, and standards, and then compare multiple app outsourcing companies and see how the company is doing on the ground.
3. Sign the contract
Functional instructions, development cycle, intellectual property rights, payment methods, after-sales service, schedule, etc. must be signed in detail. This stipulates the rights and duties that all parties need to perform, clarifies the scope of work, and the communication mechanism, so that there will be no confusion and things will be well-documented and well-documented.
4. Fee payment
The main nodes include contract signing UI, UE acceptance acceptance, product launch, product acceptance, and warranty deposit. It is divided into four to five steps in total, and the fees are paid according to the 3331 method or a slightly different method.
5. Do UE-UI design
After paying the deposit, the requirements document will be made into a prototype and renderings. Only after the prototype and renderings are confirmed can the development of the app begin. The prototype drawing needs to be signed for acceptance and needs to be carefully inspected and accepted. After this part is completed, once it is determined, it is very troublesome to modify it later. Moreover, at this time, you can see what the product will be delivered later, and you need to make some improvements on ease of use. test.
6. Seed code
Officially started developing the app. This stage mainly involves regular communication to see what the differences between progress and expectations are, what caused them, and whether they are within a reasonable range.
7. PerformanceTest
Test the performance of the developed app, test the main process nodes, then go into each node in depth, and finally the text part. That is, run the process first, then run the detailed functional points, and finally the copywriting.
8. Acceptance
The account number, Android signature, iOS certificate, source code, and all information related to this app published by IOS on the app store must be accepted one by one. Avoid losing app ownership and leaking trade secrets.
9. The app is online
After the APP is accepted and launched online, it enters the quality assurance stage, where bugs existing in the APP are modified to ensure the normal operation of the APP.
The above is a relatively complete app outsourcing development process. I hope it can be of some help to everyone.
