According to available data, 70% of all US digital media time comes from mobile apps. This information proves that mobile apps’ popularity has skyrocketed in recent years. If you want to take on this lucrative niche, then now is the right time. However, building an effective mobile solution takes a long way. The success of the entire project depends not only on a good idea, quality execution, and relevance of the product itself. According to statistics, great developers account for only 20% of your mobile app success. 80% is down to good product management.
For this process to be effective, you should cooperate with a highly-skilled and experienced mobile app development team. Yojji has experienced professionals on board; they are always ready to develop a digital solution in any niche. In this article, we will outline the structure of a mobile app development team, the roles of team members, and give tips on how to find specialists who are great at what they do.
Creating cutting-edge apps requires an agile team structure. A number of team members depend on the project scope, its complexity, budget, timeframe, and development approach. Regardless of the team size, it always features vital positions. The consolidated efforts of all team members contribute to the overall success. Below, we will briefly describe the role of each employee.
This person coordinates the work of all team members and serves as a kind of liaison between developers and other workmates. The product owner oversees the process of creating the application, optimizes the product development work, and ensures that the application offers the maximum value to end-users.
Some people mistakenly believe that project and product managers have the same tasks. But in fact, their roles are different. A project manager coordinates the plan of activities and makes sure all team members work within a specified timeframe, and meet all quality standards.
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A product manager analyzes the competitiveness of the product, analyzes the viability of the idea, and creates a list of the main advantages of the product that improve its performance.
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UI/UX designers make sure your app offers a colorful, intuitive, and attractive design and flawless user experience.
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Depending on the platform your future application will be deployed to, you opt for devs with the required tech stack. You can build your app for one platform or opt for cross-platform development, everything depends on your business goals and needs.
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The quality assurance engineer (QA) is one of the key players in any team, as this specialist carefully monitors every stage of development, and ensures that the entire application and separate components meet all customer requirements, as well as the latest industry standards for performance, security, and user-friendliness. Timely detection of all inconsistencies and bug fixes will not only help avoid cost overruns but also get the product to market on time.
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For developing your future mobile application, you can either cooperate with your in-house team or outsource your project to external experts.
In-house
Hiring a team of employees and making them work cohesively is quite an expensive and time-consuming process. Especially for startups, which often have no experience in building and managing a team and have a limited budget. Besides, formal employment of workers and preparation of documentation can outweigh the benefits of working with an in-house team.
Outsourcing
Partnering with a professional external software vendor is a blast. A group of specialists is refined and comes set in stone processes and standards. A reliable vendor will estimate the cost of developing a mobile app, do a quality job, and accompany you through the entire process. As a rule, this approach allows you to develop an app cheaper and faster. Yojji can provide highly-skilled software engineers, business analysts, QA specialists, and project/product managers who will bring your idea to life.
Thus, the team that works on the development of the mobile app includes top specialists who work together to present a flawless digital solution. Assembling a top-notch bunch of professionals is not an easy matter. Therefore, we recommend you partner with outstanding experts who got game. Yojji can develop your project from scratch or provide the necessary expertise to expand the capabilities of your in-house team. For more details and terms of cooperation, please reach out to us.
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