Software tools are a vital asset for every business these days. From Employee Management to Customer Relation Management, a software product is capable of automating simple to complex business processes with the might of technology. Therefore, the demand for Software Development has skyrocketed, especially after the pandemic. As a result, today every Software Development Company is producing custom and ready-to-use software tools by leaps and bounds.
However, rapid software development to sell more and earn more is a sick mentality of many Software Development Companies in India. And due to the malpractices of such a handful of malicious companies, Software Development Services are losing their charm slowly. But, if you are a Software Development Company in India, this blog is for you! In this blog, we unpack 10 simple ways to improve and assure Software Quality and Functionality and earn high repute as a Software Development Company.
And guess what? Even if you are not an India-based Software development firm, still you can take tips from this blog! So, let’s begin. However, is vital to first understand the true essence of Software Quality and Software functionality.
What is meant by Software Quality?
Before discussing the techniques to improve software quality and software functionality. Software Quality is meant by the ability of a software product to demonstrate a considerably good level of required characteristics, responsiveness, loading speed, calculations, and all other expected attributes effortlessly.
When a software product provides a seamless User Interface and the User experiences error-free and quick task completion, we can consider the software product of good quality. Additionally, the term ‘quality’ also considers an appealing software design and objective achievability.
Objective Achievability means up to what extent the software product solves a purpose it is made for. Say, for example, if a Sales Automation software is not able to generate leads and gather their data for personalized interaction, then you cannot consider the Software Quality as good or even average!
Is Software Quality Different from Software Functionality?
Software Functionality is a sub-category of the Software Quality concept. Functionality is ‘how a software functions’. Baffled? Let’s make it clear with an example. Suppose, an Inventory Management Software offering Order Management as a feature. Now, how does it execute this ‘order management’ feature in the ‘function’? Likewise, further, suppose that the software also produces an insightful report forecasting inventory availability this is another ‘function’.
Now how smoothly and easily the software executes these ‘functions’ is the quality of Software Functionality. The software functionality must be user-friendly, quick to respond, and easy to understand.
If a Software tool uses the command ‘Data Analytics Inventory Management Show Report’ to display a graphical representation of the inventory available, expiring, needs to be ordered etc. Then it implies that the software functionality is good. However, if this process is time-consuming, or requires complex commands, then the quality of the functionality suffers.
10 Simple Techniques to Improve Software Quality and Functionality
Having understood the meaning of Software Quality and Functionality, let us now define quickly how we can improve both by following a few simple steps.
- Hold One-On-One Client and Software Developer Meetings
Before jumping straight to the software development or ‘selling’ a product to your client, always focus on the ‘product development’. Suppose a client enters your software development company and tells you that he wants Software to automate Marketing.
Now, it does not mean that immediately start selling top-notch marketing software. Rather, hold a face-to-face meeting of the software developer with the client and gather client requirements. Know their business scale, marketing objectives, and methodologies.
Offer Custom Software Development that fits their scale and requirements. That’s a major step to maintaining software quality. It eradicates unnecessary features and keeps the software light.
- Maintain Clear Software Documentation
To keep in mind what the client has explained in the face-to-face meeting, always maintain proper Software Documentation. When the software developers have proper documentation clearly explaining the software development requirements, target client, timeline, and features, great quality software is delivered.
- Maintain a Risk Register
Another step to ensure great software quality is to maintain a risk register. Always, pre-plan the software development process and mitigate the associated risk. Always maintain a backup plan for mitigated risks and keep on working towards suitable solutions. Ensure that you create room for addressing privacy-associated risks, compliance risks, data breach risks, and supply chain management risks in the software development process.
- Form a Well-Trained Software Quality Assurance Team
Without a quality assurance team, no Software Development Solutions can have error-free performance. So, create a team of senior software developers who keep a close check on the entire software development process.
Allocate daily targets of quality assurance to them and make sure that the junior software developers work under their guidance. This improves the quality of software to a great extent. Also, it optimizes resources, software development time, and effort.
- Use the Latest Software Development Technologies
Every software development company must emphasise the use of the latest software development technologies. These days, in the field of web development, software development, and even mobile app development there are many:
- High-performing programming languages
- Open-source software development frameworks
- Robust Databases
- Detailed Code Libraries
And many other technical facilities that make the software development process hassle-free, quick, and better in quality. So, every Software Development Company must focus on holding timely training and certifications for their software developers and provide up-to-date software development services with updated knowledge and skills.
- Use Agile Methodologies
Using agile methodologies for software development is a major step towards providing top-notch software quality. Agile methodologies of software development, it is implied by breaking the software development process into small pieces and approaching step-by-step while also testing at every step.
Say, for example, Xtreme Programming (XP) and Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI/CD) are some popular techniques in the agile methodology of software development. Both techniques focus on breaking the software development task into small sprints and developing each sprint one by one with continuous testing.
- Start Testing at the Earliest
Testing is the backbone of the software development process. Whether following an agile methodology or any other methodology for software development, implementing testing at the initial stage doubles the chances of identifying and eradicating errors from start to finish.
When you test the software regularly right from the initial phase, the quality assurance and development process go hand-in-hand. As a result, towards the end, you get a bug-free and smooth-functioning software.
- Adopt a Dual Testing Procedure
Testing has two types- manual and automation. However, when software quality and top-notch functionality of the software are a necessity, then a dual testing process is the key. All software development solutions must always go through manual testing followed by automation testing.
When a testing engineer manually tests and rectifies major errors in the software, the AI-driven automation testing process targets the minor errors that go otherwise unnoticed by humans. Not only are the software development companies in metro cities following this approach.
- Perform Cross Browser Testing
India is a linguistically, culturally, racially, and even originally diverse country. On top of it, today India has diverse technological tastes as well. Here 70% of the smartphone users have Android devices and 30% have iOS devices. Furthermore, 80% of PC users depend upon Windows while 10% depend upon MacOS. Some remaining 10% depend upon advanced Operating Systems like Linux.
Therefore, software must be highly responsive towards different Operating Systems and varying screen sizes. To fulfil these criteria, every software development company in India also needs to implement Cross Browser Testing, a testing method that tests a Software Product’s performance and compatibility over different Operating Systems.
- Create Room for a Technical Support Team
Last but not least, to maintain the Software Quality and great Software Functionality, having a well-trained and 24*7 available Technical Support Team is also necessary. As soon as a client faces any kind of troubleshooting issues, bugging errors, or update errors, the Technical Support Team should be ready to address their query at any time.
If hiring a workforce is not a feasible idea, then at least chat support through the company’s website is also enough. However, it must ensure that the team takes the follow-up on the next working day.
Concluding Remarks
So, whether you are a Software Development Company in India, ensuring great software quality and functionality is your responsibility. Follow above given simple steps to improve your software quality and enhance your brand image with your unmatched software development services in India. If you are looking to hire a software developer then ask the software development companies you approach whether they offer these quality measures. This way, you will be able to avail of the best software development services tailored to your needs.
Author Bio
Yogita Singh, Senior Technical Content Writer
Ezulix Software Pvt.Ltd.
Yogita is the Senior Technical Content Writer at Ezulix Software Taking care of the company’s Public Relations, Web Development Services, and Content Marketing blogs. With 3+ years of experience in the IT sector, her passion for writing combined with her extensive market research skills results in easy-to-understand and engaging content pieces.
