Mobile Apps & Development. Full SDLC For iOS, Android, React, Flutter...
B2C & B2B custom applications are the fastest-growing opportunity for businesses looking to create new revenue streams, optimize operations, and scale their growth. As ever-increasing customer segments turn to digital as their primary service touch-points Digital Transformation is key to guaranteeing the future for companies throughout the Asia Pacific region.
A successful application provides game-changing advantages to the productivity and profitability of existing ventures and can serve as the heart of entirely new business opportunities. Get in touch with our Mobile App and Development team today.
“…Vimi’s team collaborate effectively with our in-house team to deliver & enhance our core platforms & apps. We are seeing quantifiable ROI across the board…”
Eddie Lui – Managing Director, Rabbit Rewards
“…I wanted a vendor that would go beyond merely delivering on my requests, and would be able to give valuable insights for the business as well.
I’ve been consistently pleased with the quality of work and ideas I’ve been getting, and look forward to working with the team for years to come…”
Amit Sachdev – Founder, Stroll Guam
Guarantee Your Success
We provide the app development & project management expertise you need to succeed. Our experience guarantees you launch on-time and on-budget. Talk to us about:
Planning & Strategy
- Defining and scoping the opportunity for your product.
- Delivering an actionable app design & development roadmap.
- Choosing the best development platforms for your needs.
Further Development And Growth
- Support & maintenance.
- Further development of new features and upgrades.
Design & Development
- Building optimal user experience.
- Designing effective and engaging screens.
- Integrating 3rd party solutions to support your business case. E.g. geolocation services, user login and authentication, payment gateways, etc.
- Ensuring the integrity, security and scalability of your platform.
- Launching your app.
What Are You Getting?
Your agreement with us is geared towards enabling you to start running your business as quickly as possible. You can rely on us to support you with:
Agile Process For Startups
Startups looking to avoid the costs of running in-house teams routinely use us as their design and development partner.
Corporate Software Development Life Cycle Support
Organizational IT departments & corporate product owners look to us to deliver new systems and enhance existing ones, throughout all phases of the SDLC.
Outsourced Software Development Teams
If you need closer support we offer outsourced resources, and/or can place our design and development specialists at your location.
Your Mobile, App and Development Benefits
Reach Your Market Faster
Time-to-market can make or break your product’s success. Kick-off your projects quickly & effectively with our highly experienced engineers. We have a track-record for delivering successful app development project on time & on budget.
Boost Software Development Life Cycle Efficiency
Boost productivity by keeping your in-house team focused on their areas of expertise
Be Flexible By Leveraging Agile Methods
Enjoy the flexibility of scaling your team as quickly & as often as you need to match workload requirements, regardless of your preferred SDLC model.
Building an app according to the Agile Manifesto means you write user stories throughout the software development life cycle. With our app development team available to you on-demand, you have the flexibility to build the user experience you want across any range of tech stacks and operating systems.
Reduce Recruitment & Sdlc Overhead Risk
Avoid team member recruitment errors & the cost of expensive hiring failures. Keep overheads controllable by keeping in-house staff commitments focused on the core competencies required to deliver your unique value proposition.
Mobile apps development – how does it work?
1. Resources
Our Team
One of our managing partners will head your project team throughout the phases of the Software Development Lifetime Cycle (SDLC) to guarantee you get the product you want & the ROI you need. Your delivery team will be built to deliver your product and will include team members with the following roles:
- Software / System architect
- Project manager(s)
- Behavioral designer(s).
- UX / UI designer(s).
- Copywriter(s).
- QA engineer(s).
- Back end developers
- Front end developers
Supported Technologies
We support development in any of the following environments and technologies:
Ruby on Rails, PHP Laravel, .NET, Python, Java, C#, Angular JS, Node.js, iOS – Swift 4, Android – Kotlin, ReactNative, Flutter, etc…
2. Process
These are the milestones your app design and development project follows from start to finish. To maximize team efficiency and minimize delivery time we follow Agile methodology whenever possible. This allows our delivery teams to work in parallel by having the design team always one or two steps ahead of the development team, and the development team a step ahead of the quality assurance (QA) team. The teams work in parallel under the coordination of your assigned Project Manager, who is responsible for keeping you informed of progress and getting your sign-off as required, on a weekly basis.
1. Introduction
We start your app development project with a free consultation where you can explain your planned goals, scope, timeline & budget. We will allocate a senior Business Analyst to learn, document, & estimate the time & investment needed for your requirements.
2. Discovery & Estimation
Our Business Analysts will learn, document, & estimate the time & investment needed to meet & match your requirements.
Goals
- Understand your business and the goals of your app development project.
- Identify existing situation & success benchmarks.
- Clarify results that will have meaningful impact for your organization.
- Build dialog & buy-in with your team members.
- Introduce our team & working practices.
Deliverables
- Discovery summary brief.
- Plan summary & schedule for your Mobile app development development project.
- Proposal.
Time
5-10 days.
3. SDLC Setup & Project plan
With requirements clarified & agreed on, we will plan and confirm the steps required for the optimal delivery of your project according to the previously formulated estimation and set up your projects’ working environment to allow for work to begin accordingly.
Goals
- Provide a project plan detailing the order of delivery for the various features and deliverables required and agreed.
- Create a shared working environment.
- Collate all the brief materials and needed artefacts in the shared drive.
- Setup shared code repositories for development.
- Setup development, testing & project environments.
- Setup app publishing accounts
- Explain project working processes & governance to stakeholders.
Deliverables
- Shared drive folder containing all existing project artefacts.
- Shared project on the agreed project management platform – Asana / Trello / Jira / etc.
- Software repository on Github / Bitbucket / etc.
- Project cloud hosting for development and testing on AWS / Digital Ocean / Azure / etc.
- Accounts on Google’s Playstore & Apple’s App-store
Time
5-10 days.
4. UX & UI Design
After completing the plan and setup for your project, we’ll kick-off User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) design for your project.
Goals
- Clarify understanding of your needs.
- Create & develop project artefacts & deliverables for the agreed design process & scope.
- Steering committee engagement & approvals.
- Full project transparency & visibility for your team at all times.
Deliverables
- A brief that lists the screens needed to support your project.
- Wireframes explaining your visitors’ user experience as they engage with your platform.
- Screen user interface designs.
Time
- 1-2 days of documentation and briefing for each of your platform’s screens.
- 2-3 days of User Experience design work for each of your platform’s screens.
- 2-3 days of User Interface design work for each of your platform’s screens
5. App Development
We’ll follow the agreed delivery methodology (Agile or Waterfall) throughout the Software Development Life Cycle, and conduct weekly sprints for reviews & task assignment.
Steering committee engagement & approvals are recommended as weekly or bi-weekly events.
You have full visibility for your project’s progress at all times as we run all Project Management on the cloud using Asana, or similar cloud based project management tools of your choice.
Goals
- Development team creates & develops project code artefacts & deliverables for the agreed process & scope.
- Steering committee engagement & approvals.
- Full project transparency & visibility for your team at all times.
Deliverables
- Frontend / backend code
- Unit testing
- Smoke testing
Time
5-10 days & up – As agreed during the project estimation
6. User Acceptance Test (UAT)
To complete each phase of your project we go through an internal User Acceptance Test (UAT), followed by the same from your team. This is to confirm acceptance & delivery of the completed phase.
Goals
Ensure the delivered code and artefacts work as expected, as defined in the specification documents and the agreed scope of work.
Deliverables
- Completed internal User Acceptance Test document.
- User Acceptance Test scripts for your team to follow.
Time
5-10 days & up – As agreed during the project estimation
7. Handover
Once you sign-off on your app project’s UAT we’ll deploy it and push it live.
While our startup clients normally keep us as their outsourced development team, larger corporates often need projects to hand over projects to their in-house teams. We support this process by offering training & by following best documentation practices throughout the project duration.
Goals
- Enable a smooth delivery & handover of your e-business to your in-house team.
- Ensure your team knows how to operate your platform.
- Launch your platform.
Deliverables
- Development & code documentation.
- Training for your operations and development team
Time
2-5 days & up – As agreed during the project estimation
8. Warranty & Maintenance
To guarantee you’re not impacted by any bugs that made it through UAT, your project comes with a 12 month extendable warranty for bug-fixes.
For ongoing development & maintenance we offer support packages on a retainer basis. Purchasing support service guarantees your project is updated with the latest security patches & upgrades. It also provides you development resources you can use to continue the enhancement & improvement of your system.
Goals
- Ensure the project’s stability post launch.
- Provide support to “keep the lights on”
- Allow for ongoing development of the project with enhancements over time.
Deliverables
- Support according to the agreed Service Level Agreement.
Time
12 months and up
Post Launch Support: Warranties, Maintenance, Roadmap & Marketing
These are the milestones your app design and development project follows from start to finish. To maximize team efficiency and minimize delivery time we follow Agile methodology whenever possible. This allows our delivery teams to work in parallel by having the design team always one or two steps ahead of the development team, and the development team a step ahead of the quality assurance (QA) team. The teams work in parallel under the coordination of your assigned Project Manager, who is responsible for keeping you informed of progress and getting your sign-off as required, on a weekly basis.
Project Warranty
Your project comes with a 12 month no-nonsense extendable warranty. In plain terms it guarantees we’ll fix any bugs that made it past user acceptance tests (UAT) free of charge and without delay.
Upgrade Roadmap
We’ll work with you to create a development roadmap for scheduled enhancements & improvements of your systems to ensure your customers always have something new and exciting to look forward to during your mobile app development experience with us.
Marketing
To help your e-business develop & your revenue streams grow, we offer B2C & B2B e-commerce marketing services. Together with your team we’ll create tailored campaigns to drive customers to your app.
Goals
- Ensure your platform is properly maintained to avoid bugs, hacks & service outages.
Deliverables
- Warranty, maintenance & support package.
- Marketing campaigns tailored to drive targeted B2C / B2B customers to your app.
Time
6 months & up – As agreed
