Custom Software Development Process
A2 Design provides full-cycle services for developing custom software. We approach a project with the intention of developing a successful partnership. As a result, our development team does thorough research, offers suggestions for wise decisions, and offers support throughout the whole application lifecycle.
1. Discovery and Ideation
During the discovery phase, we develop a logic model and choose tools and deliverables. Our QA engineers assess requirements—and decide on testing strategies.
We draw up a detailed plan for developers that outlines your requirements, confirms the cost of future phases and provides an estimate at the end of discovery.
The discovery phase allows you to test your custom software as a prototype before spending resources on mass production.
2. Product Design
Wireframes are a simple version of the structure and operation of our custom software interface, created by designers so that we can figure out whether it will be easy for users to navigate.
Once we've understood the principles of your custom software and designed a mockup, our design team considers fonts and colors in order to create something that is both visually appealing as well as space-efficient.
A well-designed responsive software adapts to different screen sizes and orientations, ensuring that it always looks consistent.
3. App Development
After every component looks really good, it's time to turn the concept into a digital reality.
Working on digital products and keeping them secure requires staying current with cutting-edge technology.
With our agile custom software development process, the team is able to respond more quickly to rapidly changing technologies by releasing early and making changes along the way.
4. Maintenance and Support
At A2 Design, we offer a variety of maintenance services to ensure your custom software runs smoothly over time.
Our emergency maintenance plans cover urgent problems that arise immediately; you can also request periodic updates or modifications as needed and adaptive upgrades to keep up with new hardware technologies.
5. Further Development
We continue to revise and improve the software after it launches, revising our methods as we go. We fix errors whenever they occur and add new features based on user input from performance indicators.
It's important to plan the upcoming business development phases and new features, while keeping a long-term roadmap in mind. Watching real users use your product will streamline this process.
Featured Custom Software Development Case Studies
Explore the most remarkable and complex software projects that have been custom-built to address specific business needs. From online startups to transformation of established businesses, these case studies provide valuable insights into how custom software can be leveraged to transform businesses across various industries.
MadPaws is a Sydney-based pet services startup. 6 members of the A2 Design team are currently working with the Mad Paws team to develop the main site backend (Laravel framework), frontend, blog (WordPress CMS), and mobile applications (React Native framework).
Raised $5 million of investments through Series A funding from investors including Qantas, and Airtasker CEO Tim Fung.
The Shredex System was designed to build a paperless business automation system that helps businesses to efficiently manage and automate their business.
Schedulesite is a platform for all sorts of entertainment events, from movies and TV shows to concerts and sporting events.
Schedulesite allows you to search for your favorite scheduled events and add them to your personal calendar or any other calendar platform of your choice conveniently with only one click.
Schedulesite allows you to create your own profile so you will be able to conveniently schedule events, businesses and people and share scheduled events among your friends.
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Our professionals will delve deeply into the nuances of your company's scope, IT requirements — and more— to create a solution that provides value to end users and a good return on investment.
Benefits of custom software development service
Our custom software development services can help you personalize the products or services that you offer. You will get a unique, flexible solution that satisfies your evolving business needs and meets increasing demands from customers.
Greater Reliability
The purchase of a ready-made software solution automatically makes you dependent on its producer—its pricing strategy, terms and conditions, and future development lie beyond your control.
When you hire a software development company to make custom applications for your business, the conditions under which users can access and use the application are determined by you.
Seamless Integration
You will need to integrate your new software with other applications in order to optimize business processes. But commercial off-the-shelf software makes third party integration difficult, if not impossible.
By investing in custom software development, you'll be able to integrate any CRM, marketing or analytical tool that fits your business ecosystem.
Increased Scalability
As your business grows and expands, you will want to add new offerings and expand the customer base. Ready-made solutions may not be able to properly accommodate this growth.
Custom software is designed specifically for your company's needs. It can be modified easily as your business grows and evolves, without introducing bugs into the system.
Ongoing Technical Support
In the event that a high-quality piece of software stops working properly, or requires an urgent update from its creators, you should contact their support team as quickly as possible to prevent any glitches in your business operations.
Off-the-shelf software comes with minimal technical support. Instead, you should work with a custom software development company that gives you access to its dedicated development team, who can maintain and update your system as needed.
Targeted Software Solutions
One of the main benefits of investing in custom software development services is that you can build a program specific to your business needs.
Companies that develop bespoke software take your business requirements into account from the beginning in order to provide you with unique features addressing them most efficiently.
Reduced Cost
Building a custom software product may seem an expensive venture, but in the long run it will be more cost-effective than using off-the shelf solutions.
Ready-made software solutions come with licensing fees, which can be expensive as your business grows. Plus, the unused features you don't need may still cost money for the platform's use. Tailored software costs more up front but eliminates unnecessary overhead expenses down the road.
Our pricing models for building custom software
Fixed Price
Best suited for somewhat small and brief projects with clearly specified needs that won't change (websites with fewer than 50 pages; small company web portals; MVPs for straightforward web solutions).
T&M (Time and Materials)
Best for medium to big, protracted projects with high need flexibility (corporate web applications with complicated integrations; websites with 200+ pages).
T&M with a cap
Best for medium-sized to large-scale projects that permit trading some flexibility for lowered financial risks (websites, web portals for startups; SaaS products).
80% of our clients work with us
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Frequently Asked Questions
We’re glad to answer your questions about our custom software development service.
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What is a custom software development service? >
Custom software development is the process of building, releasing and maintaining unique solutions. A bespoke software solution is tailor-made to a particular business’s needs.
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What are the types of custom software? >
A reliable and experienced custom software development agency can build any type of software product—though some types are more in demand than others.
The most important elements of a digital marketing platform are content management systems (CMS), customer relationship management systems, enterprise resource planning software, operations management software and e-commerce platforms.
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How much does custom software cost? >
Concrete cost estimates can be difficult to provide without knowing all the necessary details about your digital product.
We will pay close attention, however, to the factors that have an impact on price when we evaluate whether or not it is in both of our best interests for us to move forward with you as a client.
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What is the difference between custom and off-the-shelf software? >
When creating a custom software solution, you can design the program to include any functionality that works for your business.
Ready-made products come with limited feature sets, which are difficult to customize. In contrast, custom solutions offer more flexibility and configurability but take more time to implement.
Bespoke software solutions are more secure, owing to their use of protocols and encryption that safeguard against threats. Furthermore, while off-the-shelf programs may seem less costly in the short term, they end up being far more expensive over time due to maintenance costs.
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Next steps
- We schedule a meeting with you to discover your project
- Then we break down your project into iterations to estimate them with our developers
- We create a proposal and explain all details related to the working process
- Once we get a go-ahead, our project manager kicks off internal meeting to get started