How We Build a Digital Product at NativApps

The current market has a high demand for digital products. So, there are both entrepreneurs and large companies in the process of conceptualization, design, and creation of innovative solutions to meet these needs through agile processes, a smart investment of the available budget, and transparent workflows at each stage.

In this search for the silver bullet to creating a product within the parameters of the triple threat: budget, time and scope; development companies and freelance developers have been working on trial and error with techniques that have been used by different actors in the software environment to find the version that allows you to best understand your target audience and to deliver a high-quality result with the best possible response from their target audience.

At NativApps, we are no exception to this happening, because a large part of our DNA is to innovate in every process to improve the fulfillment and satisfaction of our clients, regardless of the size of their idea or the phase of their product is in. Therefore, we have assembled a series of stages based on the agile framework Scrum, which allows us to add value quickly and reduce incertitude.

Planning

At this point, we put into the task of fully understanding the business idea so that, working as a team and taking advantage of our knowledge, we define the scope of the solution through 2 main especially powerful tools: User Stories and Wireframes.

Through the user stories, we create the script of behavior for each component in the system, taking into account the actors who will be involved in the process and how their interactions will be every time an operation is completed successfully or have any setback.

At the same time, creating Wireframes, we will have a first visual approach of the system under construction using low fidelity mockups to focus on interpreting how the defined functionalities workflow should be.

UI/UX Design

Once we all agree on the scope of the solution being baked, the next task is to put ourselves in the shoes of the people they will use in their day-to-day lives to see how we can make life easier for them. This is where we use all the graphic tools that are in our portfolio (Invision, Sketch, Zeplin, etc.) to create the best possible user experience by making all the options very easy to use and have a structure consistent with what the business needs.

Development and deployment

When we are clear about what the product should do and how it should look, we proceed to codify it with the selected programming languages considering the required robustness and scalability. At this stage, we will include the profiles of the developers who will be able to build and launch each of the defined components as needed. For example, if a mobile application is required and we take together the decision that it is a cross-platform development, a specialized developer in languages such as Ionic or React Native will be part of the team.

This work strategy has been the result of our learning as a company and has allowed the creation of different products with diverse levels of complexity, making it possible for each of the project stakeholders to have clarity about the status and to keep them all on the same page about the resulting product that they will be offering to their clients.

At NativApps, we can help you to build your digital product. We are a tech company in the talent business, with over 15 years of experience providing IT solutions to increase the development/operational capacity with highly competitive response times.