MVP App Development

Not every product idea equals a guarantee of success. Therefore, before you decide to develop an app MVP you should do some research among your target users. A well-conducted survey will allow you to determine the demand for your business idea and, at the same time, you will better understand the needs of your audience. That's not all! You also need proper research into your competitors present on the market in question. You will get to know their strengths and weaknesses and adjust your app. in such a way that it stands out from the solutions they offer.

Consider what your future product should provide to users. What needs will it satisfy? Why should people use it? The answers to such questions will show you the value of your future application. When completing your minimum viable product, pay attention to the most basic needs that your solution is supposed to provide. These will be the core of your application around which you will develop further functionality.

App design is an essential step in the entire MVP process. Consider yourself as a potential user at this point, and design the user flow in a way that is convenient and not complicated. The user flow is just as important both right after opening the app and during the finalization of the purchase process. If you want your potential customers to feel satisfied using the app, then make every step in the app fully transparent for them.

The next step in creating a successful MVP is to prioritize app features. Whether you are preparing a web app or a mobile app, you need to ask yourself what are the pain points of your future users. Then specify which of all the features you offer are capable of satisfying them and prioritize them. Determining the degree of importance of each feature will help you develop a project backlog and indicate where to start.

At this point it is the design team who take a back seat, while our team of frontend and backend developers begins shaping the actual product. We use Jira, GitLab and Mattermost along with frequent stand up meetings to achieve a lean and agile workflow.

Our customers have varying needs when it comes to real-time development oversight — at RWM we can accomodate any level of cooperation. We have a lot of experience working with overseas clients. It is a requirement we have of our devs to speak English at a level that allows natural interaction and establishing a personal connection with our clients, and we have practice working across large time zone differences.

We also take great pains to make sure that no information about the development process escapes a narrow circle of trust. Our development machines are set up in such a way that no data related to projects resides on any hard drive that is not secure. This gives us and our clients the peace of mind that comes from knowing that no code or documentation will leak out before we are ready to go public.

The coveted moment of MVP stage and commissioning has arrived. Knowing exactly the needs of your audience and the realities of the market, you can develop the basic version of your application. Don't forget that the minimum viable product is not yet an official product. At this stage it should be a basic version of the application equipped with the necessary functionalities. All along the lines of a simple, engaging and relevant product for early adopters.

The development stage of an MVP version does not mean that the process is complete. The basic features of the product still need to be tested. At this stage, the help of Quality Assurance specialists is essential. Their duties include searching for possible corrections that will positively improve the quality of the application. Once the work is done, your future product will be ready for publication. This is a very important time in the development life cycle of your final product. Collect feedback from early users. Any analytical data on the first version of the app is crucial for further improvement and customization. Draw conclusions and create better solutions.