Application Development & Maintenance

Application development is a process in which different programs are made for performing various tasks which a business requires. Like making sales reports, monthly profit, calculating monthly expenditure, etc. For any application or software development there are certain steps that have to be followed:

• Gathering necessities
• Designing prototypes
• Testing of application
• Execution
• Incorporation

There are numerous types of application development like desktop applications, mobile applications, rapid applications, enterprise applications, web applications, waterfall applications, database application development, etc. Developing an application is a beneficial thing for any business. It aids the business in process transformation, helps any business to work according to the present market scenario. Any application can be developed by a freelance application developer or by any organization which has a good team of experienced developers.

Before developing any application, a developer looks into certain things like the requirements of their customer, the size of projects, what kind of changes a customer can demand, and the deadline of the project. Any method of application development is fruitful for a business the only thing is that it has to be checked whether which kind of app development method is good. There are various benefits of application development:

1. Application development aids in continuity and easy to operate the business.
2. It helps in scheming the profit, expenditure, report of monthly sale, etc.
3. Any kind of industry whether it is healthcare, e-commerce, manufacturing, or financial services the software related to that business are very helpful as they help them in running the business smoothly.
4. These applications or software help the industry to work according to the market which is beneficial for any industry.

Many organizations bang on the application which is developed once but developing only is not sufficient. The application must be maintained also. Application maintenance means updating, studying, modifying, and evaluating the application from time to time. In today’s world any industry needs timely changes to operate it easily and for this maintenance of the application is a necessary thing.

Any application contains all the information related to business so they need to be updated timely. Application maintenance is not only correcting the faults but also making required changes according to the market demand. This helps in improving the performance and getting more and more profit. There is a process for application maintenance that is followed step by step:

Firstly, the application which already exists needs to be checked thoroughly. Secondly, a proper plan is made for making the desired changes in the application. The application developer makes a proper list of the requirements. After this required changes are made in the design and then it is tested to check if it’s running properly. There are some benefits also which you can have in maintaining the application:

• Security of information: Maintenance of application also offers the security of information related to the business.
• Easy to understand: If an application is maintained properly then it becomes easy to understand for the person who owns that business.
• Personal Monitoring: A person who owns the application can easily monitor the application on its own.

This is the reason that you should not only get the application developed but it should be maintained also.