Web and Social Media applications are comparatively limited in respect to their scope, complexity when compared to Enterprise level applications. For the same their success rate is usually higher compared to the later, however, managing and successfully rolling out such new breed of projects is an art, attained by constant evaluation and evolution of conventional software engineering practices.

Our firm employs agile software engineering model as our base methodology. Enabling us to break project components and modules of a project into finer granularity, for which cost and time metrics can be evaluated with fair precision. This allows us to segment a project into practical milestones, which can be delivered in a SCRUM cycle and delivered to the client for reviewing and sign-off.

Unlike enterprise projects, where clients are involved and reported of project statuses weekly or bi-monthly, Social Media projects require a great deal of client collaboration, which makes ‘you’ an imperative stakeholder in the entire SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) from start to finish.

With our knowledge and experience we have formulated a milestone based model which
segments a project lifecycle into phases. These are:

• Scoping: Upon project commencement all stakeholders of the team are invited for a project kick-off meeting, as a formal introduction of the people provisioned for the project. This follows a set of meetings of the project manager(s) and the Business Analyst(s) with the client. BA’s collect all the information exchanged prior to project commencement (Proposal Document & any documents receipt from the client earlier) to formulate an official Scope of Work document (SOW). Once complete the SOW document is sent to the client for reviewing. Any changes/ revisions in the document are welcomed, and the SOW revised. Once the iterative revision process is complete,
  and the SOW document accurately details the functional specifications of the project, the client is required to sign-off, ending the scoping phase of the project. Our Project Management Office (PMO) takes full charge of the operations of the project to formulate supporting tools such as Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Weekly Sprint
  Schedules, Quality Assurance Test Cases etc.).
  
  
• Design: At the start of the design phase, clients are sent a Design Requirement
  Document (DRD). The DRD is a set of questions targeted to acquire the clients’ creative
  direction towards the aesthetics of the project. Our graphics designer(s) then prepare
  the first mock-up of the application interface and are sent to the client for reviewing.
  The clients may either approve these or ask for further revisions. Upon the final
  revision of the designs the clients are requested to sign-off, to officially close the design
  phase of the project. Designs are then implemented into their respective formats (web
  pages/slices) and sent to our development unit(s) for the next phase.
  
  
  
• Development & QA: At GetSocialApps, Development & Quality assurance is a single
  project phase, as projects are delivered in small ‘chunks’, modules, that need to be
  tested and integrated with other modules of the system. Our project managers will
  report back to the client on project updates on a routine basis throughout this phase, in
  order to test certain functionality and send feedback. The final output of this phase is a
  BETA version of the product. Like we say, during this phase, our clients are witnessing
  the development of the project themselves. We provide our clients access to our
  development test beds for reviewing.
  *While developing Facebook applications, the application is setup for the project team
  and the client for reviewing. Please note that these applications would be live on
  Facebook in Sandbox mode. Applications in Sandbox mode are only accessible to users
  who have been explicitly granted permission to access the app. This eradicates any
  possibility of leakage to users during development.
  
  
  
• Deployment: Upon delivering the BETA version of the project, our QA team
  collaborates with our clients in order to identify, fix and deliver any post-BETA
  bugs/issues herein until the final version of the application is developed. Our team at GetSocialApps will deliver the project to client s in the form of project deliverables, and
  also upon requirement volunteer to deploy the project on client’s server(s).
  
  
• Support & Warranties: Post deployment, our company provides all our clients with a
  90-day bug warranty. During this period, if any issues with the application, in the form
  of any bug(s) are identified, our company will make fixes on critical priority without
  incurring any additional charges, in accordance to our SLA. Additionally if the client
  requires any additional warranty coverage for a period beyond the warranty covered in
  the SLA, this can be furnished for a monthly fee.
  

Tentative Project Team, Designation & Roles:

To get started, call +1 650.488.8245

Or email us at sales@getsocialapps.com to learn how we can help you connect your products and customers on the social web.