Design
Visus LLC is focused on delivering high quality, robust and elegant solutions to its clients. As such, the Design Phase is the most important phase of any software development project. It provides the foundation from which the application and supporting technology will be built.
The main purpose of the Design phase is to create mockups, wireframes and technical specifications. During this phase, the team performs analysis of any special functions, architects the overall solution, creates wireframes, and identifies all business rules and specific functionality required.
The output of the Design phase is a set of specifications that provide guidance and specifics to the development team. Without these specifications, a development team will make assumptions which do not necessarily align with the client’s needs and objectives. This is why developing any software product without specifications introduces a high amount of risk. At Visus we have learned through many years of development that the Design phase is essential to ensuring a successful project.
The ultimate goal of the Design Phase is to define all the pages, forms, and functionality clearly in a specifications document to meet the following objectives.
- To provide the client with clarity on what will be built.
- To provide developers with the specifications required to develop the product correctly and to the client’s expectations.
- To provide testers and the client’s team with a reference document of the functionality that should be tested and verified.
- To provide a guiding document that defines the scope, so as new ideas come up for features or functionality, they can be easily identified and added to the scope with the client’s approval.
The palest ink is better than the best memory.
– Chinese Proverb