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Checklist to Evaluate Mobile Application Development Firms

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06 Aug 2015

Checklist to Evaluate Mobile Application Development Firms

Follow Below Given Checklist to Evaluate Mobile Application Development Firms

Assessing or evaluating the capabilities of application development firms while outsourcing a project/app is very important as they are the one who gives soul to your ideas by converting your ideas into applications. You share your ideas with them, you invest money on them, time is a critical component, you should hire a right application development partners to avoid the pain in the later stage. There are few checks you should make before outsourcing!

1. Do they sound technically strong?

The most important thing is the technical ability of team as they have to deal with your ideas. Make sure that they are up to date with technological trends, they are well versed with technologies like android, iOS and other SDKs.

2. Does their portfolio speak for them?

This check is extremely important because you can rate them based on the complexity, variety, degree of innovation and the quality of applications they have developed. If you are smart enough you can make the wise decision here.

3. Communication & Project management

Communication is very important because they should understand your ideas, thoughts so that they can come up with a robust application. Miscommunication can ruin everything. Effective project management ensures the smooth process of delivery on time. An effective management can avoid communication glitches.

4. References to their client

Try to talk to their clients to understand them better because their clients are the one who dealt with them in the past days, nobody else can know them better than their clients. This step will answer your all “WH” questions.

5. Maintenance & Support

As we all know that technology evolution has no end. Platform upgrades, technology trends may demand you to change the whole scope of your app. Make sure that they provide significant maintenance and support after the sale.

If you shortlist companies keeping the above checkpoints in mind, you will end up with a list of the best application development firms to outsource. Then based on your budget, you can choose a right partner for your application development.