How to Build a Windows App: A Guide to Setting Up a Well-Managed Development Process
Building a windows app is a common concern of many business owners.
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Key Steps of Windows Application Development
Having completed thousands of software development projects in the past, we have come up with six systematic steps to building Windows apps:
1. DISCOVERY
First and foremost, all you need to discover is a full-proof plan and a channel to execute that plan. Along with a business analyst you finalize the business needs and outline the app’s features, value, scope, user roles, and ensure the success of any project.
1. DISCOVERY
First and foremost, all you need to discover is a full-proof plan and a channel to execute that plan. Along with a business analyst you finalize the business needs and outline the app’s features, value, scope, user roles, and ensure the success of any project.
2. PLANNING
This stage mainly deals with the project management plan where time and cost will be considered before giving life to the window app. Your job will be to define software design and development efforts and get an approval from the stakeholders.
3. APP DESIGNING & DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
For apt window app design and development, you must have software requirements specification, roles assignment plan, Windows app evolution roadmap, quality management plan, risk management plan, and more.
4. UI/UX DESIGNING
The UI/UX designers focus on the data collected from SRS and user research and prepare screens that will be united into a single interactive experience by using prototype.
The prototype needs to pass through usability testing and then high-fidelity graphics will be added to enhance the quality.
5. QA & TESTING
We recommend you install CI/CD pipeline to avail high-quality results, software delivery proficiency, and QA efforts.
Coding and testing must go hand in hand. Once the app’s code is at hand, the windows installer is created and the process of installation and system administration manuals will be carried forward.
6. LAUNCH & EVOLUTION
Your Windows app can either be an internal company solution or a commercial product. Different approaches and steps are to be performed in both cases.
In the case of the former, its deployment and integration are an intrinsic part of the CI/CD pipeline.
However, you can build a custom promotional website where the updates and new releases will be communicated to the users through the app’s built-in messages.
Talents Generally Required for the Windows Application Development
Project
Business consultant
Formulate business needs.
Define the functional scope of the app.
Focus on the requirements and further documentations .
DevOps engineer
Build CI/CD pipeline.
Look after the project automation process.
Software architect
Oversee the desktop app design and development process.
Plan the architecture and advise the project manager to create documentation.
QA specialist
Strategize test cases.
Verify the compliance and compatibility with the quality standards.
UX designer
Undertake UX research.
Develop UX wireframes and prototype.
Ensure that the prototype pass through usability testing.
Project manager
Build a project management plan.
Manage the team and assign roles.
Manage the development progress.
Software architect
Perform coding.
Fix issues.
Make it consistent with the software requirement specification.
UI designer
Work on the prototype replace the rough sketches with high-fidelity graphics.
Share the GUI mockups, UI elements, interface control specification with the development team.
Cost
General cost
The general cost comprises the complexity and number of desktop app features and desktop versions of Microsoft devices aimed.
Taking into account the location, structure of the project team, and pricing model of the vendor, the cost might increase.
Additional cost
The additional cost incorporates the price of UX/UI design and testing, deployment as well as maintenance of the desktop application.
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