Is your technology projects are in safe hands? Top 10 tips to be considered before selecting right technology partner.

Choosing quality technology partner a challenge for MSME (Micro, Small, Medium  Enterprises ) organizations. Most of the start-ups die due to wrong selections and end up with delay/killing project mid-way.

Below are the top 10 considerations before start of project:

1. Right Team Set: Is your technology partner is having right team set of developers to execute the project? Many of the time start-ups end up giving big size projects to freelancers / single person companies,  due to which projects get delayed/dropped mid-way and people end-up losing Bootstrap funding.
2. Incomplete Project Idea : Getting into project requirement/estimation without complete project scope. Many of the time we does not have clear documented of Idea and we are in hurry of getting execution of project done quicker, in these kind of situation both parties end up gets into conflict in scope of work in the later stage of project execution. It is always good to document complete project requirement before interacting with technology companies..
3. Start with POC: Since every project is unique, It is always good to go  tomarket with Proof Of Concept (POC) and get market acceptance for Idea. Full scale projects need more time and money. For startup both are precious. Since solution is customizable, it is always good to go with multiple releases.
4. Selection of right technology: Many of the time startups end-up selecting wrong set of technology just because of easy to start and cheaper cost. It is always good to discuss with technology experts before selection of technology for strength and weakness of technology.
5. Cost versus function : People tend to complete all project without knowing customer scope
6. Lack of good content and images : Usability is always the key. Technology companies are good in technology and not content. It Is always good to do the prototyping with right content and Images before starting technology development.
7. Lack of Post-development support: Average of project life is 5-8 years. In this life cycle we spend 20% time in building project and rest 80% time in enhancing and supporting the project. Make sure your technology partner is having right support structure in place.
8. Focus on usability and performance : Many of the project are failing on scalability. Make sure proper support in pace.
9. Right selection of cloud provider : Do the datacentre selection where your target customer located. This add value in performance. also make sure your servers are stable and have good up-time.
10. Right project tracking : Always have good project tracking mechanism in place, so that you will be aware of any changes in go to market dates.