{"id":2120,"date":"2020-09-14T06:32:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T04:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=433110"},"modified":"2020-09-14T06:32:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T04:32:30","slug":"create-the-best-user-experience-for-your-customers-with-a-smartphone-app-and-website-from-justsolve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interwebdev.co.za\/index.php\/2020\/09\/14\/create-the-best-user-experience-for-your-customers-with-a-smartphone-app-and-website-from-justsolve\/","title":{"rendered":"Create the best user experience for your customers with a smartphone app and website from JustSolve"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/JustSolve-Header.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Apps and websites are&nbsp;the best ways&nbsp;to&nbsp;engage&nbsp;with&nbsp;your customers and stakeholders as well as manage&nbsp;your&nbsp;business systems.<\/p>\n<p>However, when starting a new tech project to create or improve their app or website, many businesses either spend too much time crafting detailed requirements for the project or jump straight into months of development without proper planning.<\/p>\n<p>These are problems Botha van der Vyver, Managing Director at award-winning digital solutions provider&nbsp;JustSolve, encounters on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>Van Der Vyver said businesses view a few weeks of upfront discovery, research, and planning as a waste of money or an unnecessary delay to completing a project.These are problems Botha van der Vyver, Managing Director at award-winning digital solutions provider JustSolve, encounters on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>This means businesses often enter the system development life cycle (SDLC) with either minimal and\/or abstract requirements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe inevitable problem with this is that priorities change throughout the lifecycle of a project,\u201d Van der Vyver said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen projects come to a crashing halt because small assumptions weren\u2019t validated early enough, causing an avoidable loss of time and money for both us and the client.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Design and Strategy<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Fortunately, JustSolve\u2019s Design and Strategy workshops acts as an insurance policy that help mitigate most of the risk, ultimately ensuring projects get delivered on time and within budget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorkshopping and iterating as much as possible at the inception of a new initiative gets the entire team to ask the right questions, challenge unvalidated assumptions, and focus the product roadmap,\u201d Van der Vyver said.<\/p>\n<p>These workshops can happen in person or remotely, and include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Understanding the long and short-term business and product goals.<\/li>\n<li>Analysing the competitive landscape.<\/li>\n<li>Defining the intended user personas of the system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The workshops pinpoint exactly where the team should focus their effort on in the development phase, which in a new initiative, is called the MVP (Minimum Viable Product).<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Saving money<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>The process then culminates in rapid prototyping and user testing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe prototyping technology we use in the Design and Strategy phase lets us quickly test out assumptions and ideas, and get real feedback from users,\u201d Van der Vyver said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis way we find out in the beginning of the project if our assumptions haven\u2019t hit the mark, rather than after months and months of development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because of this approach, it is about five-times cheaper to make iterative changes during the Design and Strategy phase than during the software development phase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the old development joke goes: Weeks of coding can save you hours of planning,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Get all the design and strategy you need<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>JustSolve&nbsp;covers every nook and cranny of the Design and Strategy process, with&nbsp;services&nbsp;on offer&nbsp;including:<\/p>\n<p>JustSolve&nbsp;is not just about&nbsp;writing code,&nbsp;they&nbsp;are&nbsp;thought leaders that help&nbsp;your business&nbsp;realise immediate&nbsp;and&nbsp;continuous&nbsp;value.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/justsolve.co.za\/our-services\/?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=design_strategy&amp;utm_content=OurServices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Click here to learn more about how&nbsp;JustSolve&nbsp;can help your business.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This article was published in partnership with JustSolve.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/433110\/create-the-best-user-experience-for-your-customers-with-a-smartphone-app-and-website-from-justsolve\/\">Source: BusinessTech<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apps and websites are&nbsp;the best ways&nbsp;to&nbsp;engage&nbsp;with&nbsp;your customers and stakeholders as well as manage&nbsp;your&nbsp;business systems. However, when starting a new tech project to create or improve their app or website, many businesses either spend too much time crafting detailed requirements for the project or jump straight into months of development without proper planning. 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