Good day and welcome to Cost of Custom Software series. Thanks so much for all the support you have shown towards this series. We are truly grateful for your feedback and hope to provide more useful content for you in the upcoming posts.
Well the idea of this post is to provide you a comprehensive list of items that you can use while working on the cost of custom software. In a way, this would be a consolidation post of all the custom software series post we have done earlier.
I often
find a list key word being used in our google searches, and it’s basically a
variation of terms like “Top IT Companies, Top Software Companies, Top Custom
Software Development Consultant” etc. If you have noticed, our customers are
searching for the top software development consultants who can help them with their
forthcoming development.
Top companies do not necessarily mean they are good fit for the project & they may not even provide a cost-effective solution.
We all know
that top companies do not necessarily mean they are good fit for the project. And
they may not even be a cost-effective solution. So, let us list down the items
that would work as a cheat sheet to find the “good fit” for reduction of cost
in custom software projects. I have made that into tabular form with my remarks
and prioritized them as per their impact in reducing the cost.
Ultimate
Cheat Sheet for reducing cost of Custom Software.
Sno.
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Item
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Description
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Links & Remarks
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1
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Requirements
|
Reduce
up to 50% of the wastage and Cost reduction using various methods such as
draft RFP, functional vs good to have features etc.
|
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2
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Location
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Vendor location can
save up to 50% costs.
|
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3
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Timeline
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Learn
how realistic deadlines can save up to 50% costs and prevent project failures
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4
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Design
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Understand design
and cosmetic clutter reduction which would help in huge cost savings when it
comes to hardly used features
|
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5
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Communication
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How
enhancing communication can solve your budget loop holes in custom software
outsourcing
|
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6
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Fixed Costs
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Learn how effort vs
fixed costs can help to reduce cost. Also, beware of cheap cost estimates
from the vendors.
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7
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Agile
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Knowing
more about agile development process can not only save you cost but also
time. Don’t we know that time is money! That’s double saving isn’t?
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8
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Cloud Solution
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Everyone loves a
good cheap solution, and when it comes with loads of benefit why not? learn
more about cloud computing and cost benefits of cloud.
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9
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Bonus
Cost Saver
|
Learn
how to save up cost in IT environment overall and apply those principals to
custom software outsourcing as well
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Thank you for dropping by and if you have any queries regarding the cost reduction techniques please head over here to write to us.
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