How the Rapid Application Development Methodology Works to Speed Up the Software Development Process?

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Enterprise owners are nowadays opting to get a
custom application developed and through that,
want to gain more customers.
But, with the increasing need of enterprise
applications, every enterprise app development
company needs to find ways to develop
applications quickly yet efficiently.
The customer expectation with enterprise apps is
rising at a fast rate and thus, an application
full of bugs will be straight away rejected by
the users.
In short, to reduce the time barrier, one needs
to follow a proven software development
methodology which can facilitate the app
development process to proceed smoothly and
systematically.
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Rapid Software Development (RAD) is one such
software development methodology that has been
highly preferred by software developers all
around the worlds.
To explain in concise, Rapid Software Development
is a methodology to develop applications that are
driven by user interface requirements. The
process is a spiral cycle which works in 4 phases
Phase 1 - Determining requirements and planning
This is the initial phase and this involves
assessing the present gap that the enterprise
mobile application is expected to fill in. The
requirements that the app is supposed to fulfill
will form the base of the final app structure and
functionalities.
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This is the initial phase and this involves
assessing the present gap that the enterprise
mobile application is expected to fill in. The
requirements that the app is supposed to fulfill
will form the base of the final app structure and
functionalities.
All the requirements need to be clearly defined
and all the stakeholders of the app have to
finalise those. It is significant that the final
set goals and expectations of the app are
evaluated by all the interested parties after all
the needed market and customer research. Once
this is done, the development can move on to the
next phase.
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Phase 2 - User design
This is the most significant phase of the
complete Rapid Software Development Process. Once
the goals have been set, this phase gets
developers to dig in and start developing the
application in various prototype iterations.
The clients work hand in hand with the developers
to ensure that they are getting the user
interface that they desired for. This seems like
customisable software development where the
enterprise owners can test each prototype of the
mobile app being developed at each stage, make
sure it meets their expectations, and until it
does not, the designers and developers can keep
making changes to the user interface.
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Also, during these iterations, the prototype
designs go through rigorous testing phases and
that smooths out all the kinks and bugs that may
have been present during the development phase.
Thus, the mobile application goes through various
testing rounds and that makes it nearly bug free.
This method makes the developers to tweak the
model as they go until they reach a satisfactory
design and thereby no flaw can slip through the
cracks.
Phase 3 - Construction and development
As most of the problems and design requirements
were addressed and implemented in the Phase 2,
through iterative design prototypes, developers
can construct the final working model along with
all the coding and encryption quickly as there
are no design considerations left to keep in
mind. This step can be further broken down in 2
parts
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1. Coding and development 2. Testing
The software development team works vigorously
during this stage to add functionality to the
user design and thereby, make sure that the end
result satisfies the clients expectations and
objectives.
Phase 4 - Implementation
This phase is also called the cutover phase. This
is when all the development and testing tasks are
completed by the software development company and
the enterprise application is ready for being
launched.
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Final words
These 4 phases sum up the complete Rapid
Application Development methodology. If all the
phases are completed satisfactorily, the end
result will be of a very good quality, exceeding
user expectations and the time taken for the
completion will be cut down manifold when
compared to traditional app development methods.
So, it is advisable for owners to opt for
enterprise Rapid Application Development when
planning to launch a custom mobile app.
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