Top 7 Things to Consider Before Hiring Mobile App Developers

Today, mobile application has become increasingly more and more popular and now plays an important role in the success of many business organizations in such a competitive business environment. People spend more time than ever using their mobile devices and mobile app helps organizations communicate and engage with customer better which in turn results in a higher sales and profits. Businesses of all sizes in every industries create their own apps in order to reach out to their customers and potential customers.  Thus, it’s important that organizations hire quality developers for the development of high quality app product. However, it’s not uncommon that business make mistakes during the hiring or outsourcing process leading to the failure of their mobile projects. In this article, we examine a number of important things which business should do when hiring mobile app developers to increase to increase the success of their mobile project, as follow:

1)     Only hire qualified and experienced developers

One of the most critical mistakes one can make when hiring mobile developer is not verifying their qualifications. You should start by asking questions about past projects and clients? One thing you can do is ask for the apps they have developed in the past and try to download and use them to see how good they are. If you don’t like the look and feel of those apps or find them poorly developed, then it’s time that you seek out other alternative options.

2)     Outsourcing vs. Local Hiring

There’s a shortage of talent in the IT industry and many companies seem to struggle with the decision of whether to outsource or hiring local developers to build the app in-house. Narrow down your choice to only hire local developers would be a mistake and might cost your business quite a lot of time and money when hiring the wrong person. Keep your options open and seek out outsourcing companies in overseas with relevant experience producing high quality apps before. Outsourcing when done right can help save costs and speed up development time.

3)     Interviewing Developers

Whether it’s outsourcing or in-house hiring, you should always interview developers to verify their skills, expertise, and experience required for mobile development. Furthermore, you should also ask about their capability in using the specific technologies needed to develop your app. Mobile developers’ skills and experience will have a great influence on the quality of your final product.

4)     Development Costs

Cost is, of course, one of the most important factors which might affect the final decision when it comes to hiring mobile app developers. There are thousands of apps available for free on the app store, and those which are poorly developed just won’t do any good for their business at all. Thus, it’s important that you do not compromise pricing for quality and should try to go for the best ones instead of the cheap ones.

5)     Project Timeline

Developing a mobile application complex process which requires time and extensive resources. The whole process comprises of many stages including planning, design, app development, testing and QA etc. You should expect the process to last for months instead of just days or weeks. In many cases of newly established businesses or start-up require a faster time-to-market, you should consider the option of outsourcing the projects to offshore software companies instead. It’s best to select the outsourcing companies with large pool of experienced developers who can help you develop quality products in a reasonable amount of time.

6)     Domain knowledge and industry experience

Its’ preferable to hire developers who have the required domain/industry knowledge of your business and also experienced developing apps for similar companies in your industry. This is because they know all the inside and out as well as specific requirement of your business and also know how to avoid all potential pitfalls and problems that might occur. Working with team of developers or individual developer without relevant domain knowledge might take longer and also result in a poorly developed app.

7)     Consider Mobile App Lifecycle for development

Successfully developed and publishing your app on the marketplace is not enough to ensure the success of your app. The post app launching work is just as important as the development. You should try to hire developers who can help with the post app launching support to help fix bugs and errors as well as improving your app to make it work with the newest updates of iOS or Android.

Conclusion:

The success of a mobile app development project depends on so many factors and hiring the right developers is one of them. Hiring experienced developers who are well-versed in mobile app developments with verified track records can help you stay ahead of the competition and increase the success of your mobile app development project.

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I am a digital marketer working at TP&P Technology - a top Vietnam Software Company based in Ho Chi Minh City, the Silicon Valley of Vietnam. Contact us today to know about our mobile app development service.