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5 Key Challenges in Software Product Development

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5 Key Challenges in Software Product Development

by Anna Rodriquez, California Business Journal
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Software product development can entail many processes and have a host of expert minds taking care of the project from inception to finalized product. With many aspects to consider and tasks to perform to ensure a top-functioning, profitable result, even the most well-planned project can still fall victim to various challenges.

When you have a deeper understanding of the potential issues that your team may face, you’ll be better equipped to deal with them, so let’s take a look at the key challenges that typically occur in this niche.

Key challenges in Software Product Development

The first thing to keep in mind is that issues can arise both internally and externally, so you really have to keep an open mind when putting procedures in place to safeguard software product development. Remember that challenges can affect teams of any size, so don’t get complacent if your workforce is on the smaller side.

Here are the 5 key challenges:

Industry pacing

One of the biggest pitfalls when designing and developing new software products is the fact that the industry is always changing. This niche is incredibly fast-paced, so the longer you take, the more likely your software is going to be outdated by the time of launch.

It can be worthwhile to consider the software, tools, programming language, and more that you are using (or that your product is compatible with), as a decline in their popularity or functionality could mean bad news for you, too.

Keeping up with demand and market sentiment

In a similar vein to the above point, as you will likely be developing your product to act as a solution to a problem, it can be important to be aware that customer requirements and sentiments can quickly change. If you don’t keep on top of market demands and the general emotional attitude of consumers, your product can be as good as useless before you even get it off the ground.

Gaps in communication

No matter the size of your team, software development is one of the biggest niches to see significant issues regarding gaps in communication. When individuals and teams are unclear on directives and objectives or feel like information hasn’t been properly outlined, issues within the product itself are likely to appear.

Continuous maintenance

You may overlook the fact that all software will require some level of maintenance, no matter the stage of development or how long certain elements of the product have been ready. Your teams may need to perform maintenance on one aspect of the project while another is still being developed, for example, so it can be worthwhile to ensure that regular testing is undertaken to ensure everything is functioning as it should in time for release.

Neglected testing

While testing your software product may seem like the most important stage, you’ll likely be surprised to learn that many businesses and teams actually neglect at least some aspects of the testing phase. It can be imperative to ensure that every component is checked, rechecked, and even run alongside other forms of software to ensure that everything functions at top capacity.

You and your team may feel rushed by deadlines and decide to cut corners (maybe even a lack of communication between departments is causing disruptions in testing), but the key focus should always be that the better your product performs, the more consumers will use it and recommend it – and the more revenue it will have the potential to generate.

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It will always be worthwhile to test twice and launch once than the opposite way around.

What can you take away from this information?

The better you define the potential challenges, the greater your capacity to spot issues before they arise and tackle them when they do. At the very beginning of your software product development efforts, be sure to take the time to sit with your teams and go over all of the information they will need to understand and handle the most likely obstacles.

It can be a worthwhile idea to take a look at the development processes of previous projects and reflect upon both the challenges and advantages that occurred before launch. In doing so, you will be able to determine strengths and weaknesses that may allow you to better plan for the future.

If your research shows that one employee lacked communication skills but overperformed during testing, for example, you can rework their role to play to their strengths while minimizing the risks they could cause.

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