Software development companies follow a process while developing software products or application.There are different types of structured models for software development. This process is known as Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). The process begins by analyzing user requirements, designing the program, coding the program, testing and documenting and finally maintaining the software or application.
Like any other set of industrial products, software products are also concerned with the customer.The products are either market driven or they drive the market. All web application development or software development today is a byproduct of customer or user friendly development with customer co-creating the product.
Starting with the market research, software development companies define customer’s need. Pre-defined need, possibilities and potential are studied carefully and a lot of assumptions are taken into consideration to come to a conclusion. Though assumptions are abstract, they are crucial factors in the development or inception of a product’s development. A cost-effective system is then conceptualized to solve the customer’s needs in a manner which both satisfies the customer and is better than what the competitor uses.
Some very popular software products are used in schools, hospitals,colleges, institutions, super markets, bus stations, railway stations, financial institutions, and so on. Some very popular web applications are E-commerce web applications that cater to a large number of visitors by offering sale of products online.
Once the software is ready, companies launch it and sell to customers who have need to set up and use them. Such customers are then asked for feedback which is given to developers for a further refinement and make possible value additions to the product. Some software development companies have in-house development for end to end functionality and some do not. Those who do not have outsource some activities to other companies.
India is a hot favorite for software and web based application development. There are many factors to this and some of them are low cost, high technical know-how, large market segment providing these facilities etc. Booming market for software has emboldened otherwise traditional industry set up to change and take on the world at their game.
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