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Why Is Software Maintenance Important For Your Business?

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Why Is Software Maintenance Important For Your Business?

by Lisbeth Mora, California Business Journal
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When it comes to application and software maintenance, most people and business owners are of the view that why they should spend money again on something when they had already paid for building that. To them, the concept of maintaining an app or software sounds unreasonable because they are not familiar with how apps and software work. It is not that the software will change over time, but the technology will, and when you don’t maintain your software regularly, your software will become obsolete and outdated.

Software maintenance has become very vital, especially if you want your users to keep your app or software. When users find useful software that helps them with their day-to-day tasks, their expectations improve, and they want more added functionalities to that software in the future, due to which software maintenance becomes necessary to retain users.

Compared to hardware, the software is easy to maintain, and for the long lifespan of software, it must be modified and maintained over time. So, why is software maintenance important for your business? Let’s find out.

Bug Fixing

While using your app or software, users can encounter several bugs and issues. There could be several reasons behind a bug, such as bad code, incorrect code, or system failure, but they can also appear because of a change in the framework, hardware, software version upgrade, or interaction with any 3rd party software. Every app and software is prone to bugs, and there is no single app that has no bugs. Both simple apps like Jumble Solver and complex apps like Adobe Photoshop can have bugs, but the good thing about them is that developers are regularly working to maintain their software.

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Think about it, will you use an app or software if you are encountering issues with it and the development team is not fixing those issues? Obviously, you would switch over to an alternative app that has a proactive development team that is working promptly to fix the bugs.

User Adoption

Whether it is a mobile app or PC software, without regular maintenance, there is a huge chance that after a few months or a couple of years, your system can become outdated. Technology is evolving right in front of our eyes, and every day we see a new feature being introduced into software and apps. Think about it, the features that you have on social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram, were they available 5 years ago, or the interface of these platforms would still be functional in today’s era?

Consumers have become more tech-savvy, and they want new features, functionalities, and better designs. If you don’t take software maintenance seriously, you will be making your consumers unhappy, and they will start looking elsewhere. Providing users with what they need, especially the features that they demand, is a wise business decision that certainly pays off.

Addition Of New Features

Through regular maintenance, you can add new features to your app or software. One of the main reasons to perform regular software maintenance is to add new features and functionalities to the software or app that will make it more stable and efficient and improve its performance. Regular updates ensure system quality and autocorrect most of the bugs that were present in the previous edition.

The addition of new features and functionalities to your software is necessary to prevent your app from getting outdated and also to increase the engagement rate of your users.

Design Revamp

Along with other things, users of today also consider the software or app design. A feature-studded software that doesn’t have an appealing design or users have a hard time navigating through the software isn’t going to impress many users. At the same time, a simple app or software like Scrabble Word Finder can attract a lot of users just because of its sleek, modern design.

Design is considered an important part of any app or software, and over time, changes need to be made to the software design to maintain the industry’s design standard. This can only be done when you are taking software maintenance importantly and investing in it.

Business Growth

Without regular updates and proper maintenance, you cannot ensure that your software or app will perform optimally or as intended. It is hard to match the performance expectation level when there are no developers actively working on the app. The main reason why you got software developed was to help your business grow and to achieve optimum business growth. Regular maintenance is a must. Otherwise, after a few months, your software will become updated, and people will most likely shift to other software that receives regular updates.

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