Finding The Right Technology Partner—The Processes That Set Them Apart

So you’ve found a great technology partner. This partner and his team have patiently listened to your product description and have created volumes of documents, notes, and recordings about what you need and how they can help you get that product out of the door. 

The usual story

Now the usual course of things occurs. You pay them, they start working for you and after many aggravating discussions of where the product is going, you finally end up with a product that looks nothing like what you initially described to them. This is what they understood from your description and not what you really wanted.

At this point, you are left with three options:

1. Start the development and design process again
2. Accept the product as-is and pay more to get things fixed in a “future” version
3. Start looking for a new partner

All three of these options are pretty frustrating, you’ve lost time, money and resources on something that you do not like and you are expected to either go with it or accept it as a bad investment. For many entrepreneurs, this is the end of the road. They have invested all they had in a hardly workable product that they cannot use anymore. Disgruntled, they move back to what they were doing or restart.

Finding the right Technology partner

With hundreds of software development partners around, how does one make the right choice? Do you choose the one with the largest team? The one with the most experience? The one that has all the bells and whistles you need?

Fret Not. Help is here.

The right technology partner for you will not just listen to you and give you a product—the right development partner will have the right process in place that will help you get to the MVP stage with confidence. Good software development companies follow software development methodologies and development processes that are proven to help you succeed. They are agile, they keep you informed and on top of things at all times, helping you get clarity, so that you can focus on product success rather than worrying about the nitty-gritty.

The process to success

At Volumetree, we follow a customized customer success process that helps both our customers and our teams to consistently launch successful products. 

We ensure that our clients understand that their product is essential for their customers and not about them. This helps them realize any pain points that they may have overlooked and created a great product at the outset. Here’s the recipe of our secret sauce that we use for creating successful products:

• Observation
• Ideation
• Prototyping
• Feedback (AKA testing and validation)
• Iteration
• Implementation
• Launch

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