You have a great idea for a business application or maybe you are thinking of creating a software product to sell to consumers! Creative ideas are just the first step in a long and complex process that, if done correctly, can provide great success. BUT, if this process is not seamless, there is the potential to spend a lot of time and money and end up in delays or failure. Any great idea is worth executing the right way!
So, your business spent a whole lot of money creating an app and, in a few short years, that app is woefully behind the times. Before you decide to scrap the foundation and start over, with the resulting high cost and lengthy development process ahead of you), know this: in many, many cases, software re-engineering can be your salvation!
OK, I’ll admit it. Last week, I nearly got kicked out of a nice restaurant in the city. Why? Because my friend, Lucy was telling me about her company’s business decision to build a software product, and she said this, “Our team can handle it. We do application development all the time.” That statement was all it took to drive me over the edge. Call me crazy, but I have lived through enough so-called software product development projects to know that, without the right team and skill set, the project is doomed to fail. No, I am NOT being overly dramatic!
If your enterprise wants to create a software product for the consumer or business market, your executive team may want to hand over the project to an internal IT team. If your in-house IT team is up to the challenge, that’s great. But, for most enterprises, the prospect of creating a software product for market is daunting and typically results in cost and time overruns and does not succeed.
