There are many facts that exhibit the strong fact that software development and especially related to business is the most sought after ones. On February 1st, 2014 the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics shared with the world its estimated employment table up to the year 2020. From the year 2010 to 2020 the growth rate is 14.3%. The prime thing to be noticed in their data is that the first and second positions in the chart are covered by software industry.
Some Confident Facts
A closer look over the industry trend and global demand chain reveals the fact that most of this software development need is related to custom software meant for business. Investment on bespoke solutions and software are now widely carried on by various established firms as they are witnessing the changing scene of the market and understand that only with a customized solution they can stay in the top of the tide.
|
Job / Role |
Employment number change through 2020, in thousands |
% change through 2020 |
|
Software Developers, Systems Software |
127.2 |
32.4 |
|
Software Developers, Applications |
143.8 |
27.6 |
|
Computer Systems Analysts |
120.4 |
22.1 |
|
Information Security Analysts, Web Developers, and Computer Network Architects |
65.7 |
21.7
|
(Source: Employment Projections program, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Business, Cloud and Mobility
Software development industry is now all set for a revival phase and the prime need for it has been initiated by business houses. The technology realm has been shifting to mobile and cloud platform and for staying in the popular zone the software stature has to be made compatible with these. This had made cross-platform application development more popular over web applications. It is been recorded that 74% of the business apps are set for being shifted to cloud version and this will make the cloud industry worth somewhat $210 billion by 2018.
Along with all these a survey by computerweekly, a leading provider of news, analysis, opinion, information and services for the UK IT community, has stated that more than 11% are spend over custom software development in any business center by the year 2013/14. This has been backed up by business need and over the year is expected to see more height.
Know the Recipe:
Any software development company of India will have their own secret recipe and not everyone knows that. This call for the understating of the whole process for adding value to the development process of customized software for your business need with the hired team of professionals. There are stages with thorough break-ups for performing the job; a basic overlook over the prime parts is quite wise.
- Finalizing the Requirements: Business requirements are unending and considering single software for delivering all those needs is not a great idea, thus primarily encircle the region of its functionality benefit.
- Phase wise Approach: Taking everything in a single go is not at all wise, thus make sure to chalk out the stages depending on agile way and then initiate each of those.
- Don’t be Mundane: Do not try a me too as then there is no need for customization. Every business is unique and so is their need, make sure to create a blueprint of that and accordingly sit with the development team for delivering.
- Improvise the Process: In the SDLC process stay connected throughout the stages with your hired team and give your inputs as those will give it the desired shape.
- Essentiality of QA: Testing phase is most crucial as in most of the case being custom version of a concept quite a few bugs should be expected. Thus, only after thorough testing the final version needs to be release for use.