Software Development Process

Discovery Phase

The project manager will organise discovery sessions with business stakeholders to discuss and elicit business requirements in this phase. We will document the identified requirement specifications in user story format. Major activities include

Discovery Workshop

A workshop to convert your ideas and concepts into a product roadmap
Requirement Analysis

Detailed discussions centred around your product, use cases & user journey
User Story / Feature Documentation

Documentation of user stories, functional & non functional requirements
Technical Review

Understanding the technology lay of the land and constraints

Design Phase

During the design phase, UI/UX design will run concurrently with Technical Architecture Design.

UX/UI Design

The design team will design the screen flows, user journey and wireframes. Subsequently, the design team will formalise the look & feel and visual language to finalise the user interface design. Major activities include
- Wireframes & UX
  - Designing screen flow, web app architecture, wireframes
- UI Design & Prototyping
  - Designing UI mockups and Design assets
  - Delivering prototype on AdobeXD/Invision
Technical Design

This phase includes identifying the technology stack, designing the software architecture, identifying potential integrations and other connected aspects of the platform. Major activities include
- Architecture design
  - Architecture design for the platform & Signoff
  - Deployment Architecture and Plan
- APIs & SDKs
  - Web & Mobile API design & documentation
  - Specification of 3rd party APIs & SDKs to be integrated

Sprint Zero

Based on the features and development estimates, we will prepare detailed sprint and release plans. Major activities include

Backlog Grooming
Sprint & Release Planning

Agile Development

We believe in and practice agile methodology. We follow agile development with 2-week sprints. While individual sprints may vary, the client can view tangible results at the end of each sprint. There are sprint reviews and continuous communication throughout. At the beginning of each sprint, Focaloid and Client jointly re-prioritise the backlog according to business needs.

We will combine multiple sprints into a release. During every release, we will first roll out the product for UAT and subsequently to production.
- Biweekly sprints
- Sprint Planning
- Sprint Demo & Review
- Sprint Retrospective
Quality Assurance & User Acceptance Testing

Quality Assurance (QA) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) will verify whether the developed product fulfils established business requirements and satisfies customer expectations. The primary goal of this process is to identify, track, and fix defects before product release. In addition to unit testing by developers, our quality analysts test the deliverables to ensure quality.

The Client team will do UAT to confirm that the product is meeting the specifications provided. Below are the steps we will follow as part of our QA-driven process:
- Functional Testing
  - Unit Testing by developers
  - Functional Testing by QA
  - Regression & Integration Testing by QA
- Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing
  - Security Testing
  - Performance Testing
  - Issue Resolution
- User Acceptance Testing
  - UAT Release – Deployment in UAT environment
  - UAT Testing & Feedback
  - Issue Resolution

Release & Maintenance

After successful UAT in the staging environment, we will deploy the application to the production environment. Initially, the system will be made available to internal users and subsequently to a select group of beta users. Once approved for launch, the app will be made available to the public. We will combine multiple sprints into a release. During every release, we will first roll out the product for UAT and subsequently to production.

Deployment
- Deployment in client’s environment
- Deployment Support
Maintenance & Support
- Bug Fixing & Maintenance Support
- Continued Development

Agile Development

Biweekly sprints
Sprint Planning
Sprint Demo & Review
Sprint Retrospective

We will combine multiple sprints into a release. During every release, we will first roll out the product for UAT and subsequently to production.

Quality Assurance & User Acceptance Testing

Quality Assurance (QA) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) will verify whether the developed product fulfils established business requirements and satisfies customer expectations. The primary goal of this process is to identify, track, and fix defects before product release. In addition to unit testing by developers, our quality analysts test the deliverables to ensure quality.

The Client team will do UAT to confirm that the product is meeting the specifications provided. Below are the steps we will follow as part of our QA-driven process:

I enjoy working with Focaloid. The commitment, communication and quality of output is great. They are always my first choice.

Tom Mangan

President - Lead Orchard

We highly recommend Focaloid to any other companies who are looking to develop their own software. We found the team to be very professional and systematic. There was enough support and project management in terms of people, tools & communication was handled very well.

Nilesh Jadhav

CEO & Founder - QiSquare Pte Ltd

What I really like about Focaloid is the larger intent that they come with. It is not a client-vendor relationship, but rather a partnership - where they equally care about what we are developing and who we are developing it for.

Nikita Bengani

Associate Director - Quest Experience Lab, QUEST Alliance

Quick understanding, fast response. Very less downtime in the software app. The communication was clear, simple and they got the point. To me that's the best. They just got it. That's exactly what I expect from a development team like Focaloid.

Abhijeet Rege

Founder & CEO - Synergy Design Solutions

I have used many offshore companies and assumed I would have to micromanage the project. However, Focaloid was quite professional and completed the project ahead of schedule. They provided regular samples for approval and feedback. We also had weekly video conferences.

Johannes De Beer

Strategic Sales & Business Manager - List Premier Education

Focaloid team was really very quick to understand what I am trying to accomplish, the communication was better than what I had with others and the process was very smooth. One of the greatest aspects of working with them was the feedback they provided - excellent ideas which we went along with. And it's because of that that we continue to work with Focaloid anytime there's a new development or anything we want to add to the application.

Josh Ostby

Founder & CEO - RockPaperMe

You guys are seriously amazing! Thank you so much for getting this live. I really appreciate your quick work.

Rachel Smith

Account Manager - Magnifi Group

You guys are amazing. It has been a pleasure working with you all. Thank you for your extreme effort, dedication and focus.

Devdulal Das

Head Digital Marketing - IBM

The team is prompt, communicates well and the quality of their work is great. We are very happy with the relationship.

Sri Subramanian

Founder & CEO - VOLV

Focaloid Technologies is organized, on track, and works proactively to meet and outpace our deadlines. They are supporting a full platform rewrite in ASP.NET Core leveraging multiple categories of APIs to aggregate wealth management accounts from different banks.

CTO, FinTech

FinTech Platform

I have now been working with Focaloid for more than 5 years on various projects. They have been a team that's delivered well for us. They have a diverse set of talent pools and the organization is well run and stable. The combination of cost effectiveness, talent, trust worthiness and commitment to the relationship from both sides has made it an attractive way to engage.

John Amaral

Founder & CEO - Slim.AI

"If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail"Benjamin Franklin

Overview

Discovery Phase

Discovery Workshop

Requirement Analysis

User Story / Feature Documentation

Technical Review

Design Phase

UX/UI Design

Technical Design

Sprint Zero

Backlog Grooming

Sprint & Release Planning

Agile Development

Quality Assurance & User Acceptance Testing

Release & Maintenance

Deployment

Maintenance & Support

Design Phase

During the design phase, UI/UX design will run concurrently with Technical Architecture Design.

UX/UI Design

Technical Design

Sprint Zero

Backlog Grooming

Sprint & Release Planning

Agile Development

Quality Assurance & User Acceptance Testing

Functional Testing

User Acceptance Testing

Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing

Release & Maintenance

After successful UAT in the staging environment, we will deploy the application to the production environment. Initially, the system will be made available to internal users and subsequently to a select group of beta users. Once approved for launch, the app will be made available to the public.

Deployment

Maintenance & Support

Tom Mangan

Nilesh Jadhav

Nikita Bengani

Abhijeet Rege

Johannes De Beer

Josh Ostby

Rachel Smith

Devdulal Das

Sri Subramanian

CTO, FinTech

John Amaral

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