Do you need custom software development?

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by Scott Auer

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Nov 23, 2022

What is custom software development?
Start with your business requirements and use cases.
Do your research and create a requirements scorecard.
Evaluate the results.
Make a well-informed decision.

What is custom software development?

Custom software development is designing, prototyping, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining software. Custom software should the last option where there are no suitable alternatives.

For any custom software development project to be successful, it must follow those time-proven steps. Shortcutting any one of those will result in exceeding the timeline and budget.

Before a company starts on the possible lengthy and costly journey of custom software, we recommend researching all other possible solutions. This will start with a good set of business requirements.

Start with your business requirements and use cases.

Take the time to document all the business requirements and use cases the software will need to perform.

Custom Software Business Requirements Documentation

This step is the blueprint of your software. It is important to take as much time as needed to document your requirements and how users will use your software. Start with documenting the user journey through your software. Then, organize your requirements by the screen or page your users will see.

Do your research and create a requirements scorecard.

Research your business category to check other software in the space. Create a requirements scorecard and score the different software options on a scale from 0 (missing need) to 5 (has the need).

Evaluate the results.

Check the results from the requirements scorecard. Does any alternative software come close enough to your requirements?

Make a well-informed decision.

At this point, you have a well-informed business case for creating custom software or purchasing a license to an existing one.

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