7 Qualities You Should See Before Hiring a Software Development Firm
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Do you have a great idea that you need to materialize with a custom software? You certainly need a capable software development company. You may be looking for one already, are you? Well, finding a good software development may at times, become as cumbersome as finding a good matrimonial match, especially when you do not easily fall prey to the false claims that every other company makes these days.
Software has become an integral part of every sector and industry of the world. The industry has been booming in recent years by leaps and bounds owing to the increasing demands of strong and capable IT infrastructure. Be it any business, it has become mandatory for them to have successful business model that ensures growth and success. They need well-built and robust digital platforms and mobile apps for running their business and generate revenue.
So as you go on the lookout for a good software development company, you may be flooded with many, claiming to being the best.
It’s overwhelming to know what stats say – there are more than 100,000 software and IT services firms in the US today, of them more than 99& are small and medium-sized firms.
According to Daxx, California tops the list of US states with largest number of software engineers.
In fact, the competition has grown so fierce in this industry, that to lead it, the software development companies most of the time, get overboard showcasing fake identities, making false claims. Well, you cannot trust them and need to dig in deep to find the right match for your software needs, by performing your own research.
Apart from their pricing structure and technical know-how, there are many more key attributes that you should consider, while looking for a genuine software development firm.
Communication is the key to success in every domain, whether it is between executives, managers team members, or even software developers, yes software developers!
Though the image of a software developer is seen as a silent and lonely soul engrossed in the screen in front of them, lost in their own world all day. While in actual scenario, even for a software developer who just accommodates in a corner and seems to be working in a silo, needs to communicate effectively to come up with products that speak performance. He needs to be sure about each and every aspect of requirement and be sure about what is expected out of them, and that happens only with clear and effective communication with the client.
The Flair for Custom Development
Today, when every business entity is looking for a distinct identity, there ought to be a custom approach to every aspect of their identity, process, way of processing and what not. Gone are the days, when you would stroll in the market and get the solution off the shelf to cater to your needs. An off-the-shelf product may be moderately priced as it is designed with one-for-all approach. While a custom-tailored product is built according to the specific requirements of a particular business, is one of a kind, and therefore may be prized higher. This is the reason why most of the companies opt for off-the-shelf software solutions. But considering performance, custom products offer higher value to the businesses as they cater to their unique requirements and objectives.
So the next thing that you should confirm about any software development agency is whether they provide custom developed solutions or not.
The customized software development process involves thorough understanding of what is required and expected from the product, and if you realize that they are trying to match your requirements with already an existing product, instead of offering to build one specifically for you, take a back step. Any company that pays attention to every detail about your requirements and readily offers to build a unique product for you, is worth investing in.
The user of the end product plays the most significant role in determining the performance of software product. So, the developers can’t just get away by ignoring this very crucial factor about user experience.
While a good software development team may develop a great software, but a great team always functions keeping in mind, the user experience as that actually assesses and confirms about the quality of the software. If at any point the user finds any issue, the team with its experience and expertise, is there to fix it and makes sure to provide the desired user experience. That’s how it delivers value with the product.
Select the company that provides you a promising record of developing great user experience by means of the software products it develops. Of course, you may find many software development companies that would boast of their expansive experience and expertise, but it will be great if you are able to talk to their old clients as they will be the ultimate source of information who won’t lie.
A Great Team of Software Developers
For any company or organization, the most prized asset is not its infrastructure, but it’s team. On your spree to finding out the best software development company for your project, make sure to focus its team as well. Before finalizing about the project, interact with them in detail and ask about who all will be working on your project. Talk to them individually, if possible and assess or at least, get some idea about their capability to comprehend your requirements you explain to them.
Mind it, the success of especially the long-term project would highly depend upon how well do they understand your requirements and of course, their coordination among themselves and with you too. That makes it very important for you to establish a repo with them.
A Promise of Security of Your Information Data
Security has usually been the concern for the clients when they are required to share their valuable information and data with the team. Sometimes, they are required to share the information which is kept confidential in within the organization itself. Sharing such a sensitive information to an outsider source can make anyone feel dubious.
Any company that does not guarantee the confidentiality of all your information and data that you would be sharing with it, should not be considered as the right choice, no matter how promising do they sound to you otherwise.
Time & Task Management
Timeliness is another critical aspect that judges the performance of a software development team. No matter how expert and well-experienced the team of software developers may be, or how great a product do they develop, unless they deliver the product on time, it is useless.
The developers in the team should be great time and task managers as well, as that would help them manage everything well, including the development part with utmost finesse and close to perfection.
Willingness to Expand the Knowledge Base
A team of genuine professionals shares the market space only when they attain expertise in their niche areas. But no matter how fairly skilled they become or great experience do they earn, the process of learning never ends. Even the most learned person stays a learner all their life, especially when they are in the field of technology that never ceases to evolve and witnesses, innovations and upgrades. Therefore, a developer should always keep a close watch on these latest technological advancements, and keep themselves upgrading time to time.
Even if they do not know about anything in particular that had already been into practice, they should admit and be willing to fill the gap quickly. Being ignorant is fine but staying ignoring is something that is not acceptable.
All these qualities when found summed up in a software development firm, make it a great choice for seekers. Well, it may be really hard to find all these virtues in single entity, and that’s why the struggle begins. Are you also struggling to find a team of skilled software developers? Your search may end here as we are always up to putting together, all these attributes in our team of software developers.
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Joe leads the company’s strategy development and team building processes to formulate and enact the mission and goals. His strategic decisions involve the commitment of various resources for the fulfilment of goals and purposes of the organization, with a positive impact on its various aspects of growth.
With over 30 years of leadership experience, Joe has lead transformation projects, new business ventures, and execution of change management strategies.
In his previous role in C/C Financial Corp, a start-up financial technology business, Joe served as President & CEO. The start-up was scaled up and acquired by a large publicly traded company.
Joe started PeakFormance Leadership Consulting, a leadership and strategy advisory firm that specializes in helping busy executives develop high-performing team and organizations. His experience and proven strategies have helped him lead organization development projects with Fortune 500 companies as well as small to medium size start-ups.
With a strong passion for leadership, Joe has demonstrated the ability to develop cohesive teams, aligned and collaborative teams that achieve extraordinary results. Joe’s passion for leadership and team-building and vast experience enable him to connect with executive leaders and partner with them to improve performance.
Joe holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Minnesota State University, and an MBA in Organization Leadership from Walden University. He enjoys spending time traveling, golfing and training for Ironman triathlon competitions.
WILLIAM ANSAH
Head of Africa Operations, Tarika Group
20+ years of professional experience
William Yaw Ansah, Chairman, and CEO, Origin8 Limited in Ghana is an accomplished executive with experience spanning multiple sectors – Publishing, International NGOs, Education, Consultancy, and more.
Most recently, William was appointed as Course Manual Author Monitor for Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana. He was also appointed as a Member of the Management Committee, School of Arts, University of Ghana. He is also a Member of the Institute of Directors Ghana, an Accredited Member of the Institute of Public Relations, and a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketers, U.K
Over the years, he has been a mentor and advisor to a number of new ventures in Ghana and has trained several organizations such as SSNIT, Ghana Revenue Authority, Ghana Water Company Limited, National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme among others.
William has authored a number of books such as Simple English for Senior High Schools in Ghana, Simple English books for Primary Schools in Ghana, and Simple English books for kindergarten, among others.
William received his Master’s degree in Global Marketing from the University of Liverpool, the U.K, and a Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts from the University of Ghana, Ghana. He started his career in Ghana as an Instructor, Consultant, and later management member of Afram Publications, Sahabia Publications, Comland Ghana, Origin8 Limited to mention a few.
SACHIN AGRAWAL
Founder & CEO, Tarika Group
20+ years of professional experience
Sachin has over twenty years of experience managing innovation and development of solutions and optimizing complex business processes; Business & Technology Architecture and Integrations. His proficient leadership and exceptional communication skills, technical expertise, combined with industry experience have delivered extraordinary results for his firm and clients.
Sachin instituted Tarika Technologies to support businesses by implementing a strong process-oriented system and the virtual CIO model, managing a team of offshore and onsite professionals. He performs complete business and technology assessment, advises on Enterprise Architecture and provides solutions for mid to large companies, globally. Under his leadership, Tarika Technologies has acquired several key accounts, providing Enterprise Solutions, Infrastructure Solutions (PaaS, IaaS, SaaS), Software & Web Solutions and Mobile Applications.
In addition, Tarika Technologies provides technology and communications infrastructure set up and has successfully launched several products in the ERP, Communication, Entertainment & Media domains. Today, Tarika stands as a global company with presence in America, Asia, and Africa.
Sachin is the CIO to a leading firm in Bethesda, Maryland USA that provides acquisition support services; and technical advisor to the Crisis Center Hotline located in the state of Maryland in the United States. During his career, he also served as Director of Information Technology at a prestigious infrastructure management firm in the DC area providing IT consulting, infrastructure design and enterprise solutions for small to large corporations all around the mid-Atlantic region, as well as governmental organizations. His innovation in business process has led to a patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Offices for one of his clients.
Sachin’s keen interest in International business has formed key alliances and relationships worldwide apart from just Technology. In recent times, he has partnered with Origin8 Limited, a leading PR & Advertisement firm located in Ghana, extending all the products and services offered by Tarika to the African region. As an integral part of this partnership, Origin8 will be heading the sales and marketing of EBIMS AirWatch in the West African market; a cloud-based ERP solution by Tarika, supporting the needs in the Media industry providing real time strategic planning, monitoring, management of operations, automation of collections and complete digitization of payments through integrations to local payment gateways. He is also the Chief Technology Advisor for Origin8 Limited, driving advanced digital solutions for clients in Ghana; and introducing customized ERP for businesses across West Africa.
His keen interest in international business has formed key alliances and relationships worldwide in areas aside technology. Other areas of his expertise include managing and streamlining business processes, vertically independent Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure Management, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, high-level network and systems architecture, design and development capabilities of secure distributed applications for both private as well as governmental organizations.
Sachin holds a Master of Science in Information Architecture with highest honors; a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Associates in Computer Engineering Technology from Capitol Technology University in Maryland, USA. In his leisure, Mr. Agrawal enjoys playing musical instruments and practices Haidong Gumdo, the Korean swordsmanship, as a senior martial arts practitioner. His personal blog can be found at www.sachinagrawal.com.
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