Software product development is tough. Studies show that 75% of businesses and IT executives anticipate that their software product projects will fail, and we think this number is being quite generous – the actual number is likely much higher! There is a better way; you don’t have to go into software development expecting to fail. There’s a system and a platform built upon timeless first principles that can help your existing team build your software product right, build it fast, and build it to last. With Modularis and PlatformPlus®, you will be able to get your software products to market fast enough to beat the competition while meeting or exceeding consumer expectations.
What Makes PlatformPlus® the Right Choice for a Software Product Company?
The quality standards for a software product are distinctly higher than the needs for a software application for internal use. The difference between building a piece of software for internal use to automate a business process, versus a software product designed to do so for customers to generate revenue for your business, is that the product has to be built to last.
It has to be built to last so that it can be sold, and ultimately maintained and kept relevant and modern for years, so you can recoup your investment costs and then some. In other words, profit motive is a key differentiator.
PlatformPlus® was developed with your ROI in mind. We know that when you are building enterprise software products you need to consider:
- Long-Term Maintainability
- Supportability
- Scalability
These types of enterprise qualities are absolute necessities when it comes to building software products as opposed to software applications. Delivering on these enterprise, commercial-grade qualities generally requires:
- More Experience
- More Effort
- More Necessary Complexity
Setting the bar higher means the need is even greater for a platform and tech leadership like you get with PlatformPlus®; this all-in-one system enables you to deliver software products with a significantly lower risk profile using significantly less effort and labor. PlatformPlus will fill the gaps in your organization that you know you have; not just in terms of technology, but also in terms of experience, leadership, and hard-to-find skill sets.
The Four Stages of Software Product Development with Modularis: A Software Development Guide
What happens in the first 30 days of engagement with Modularis? We start by learning about your business and your technology to ensure we understand it. Next, we remove roadblocks to efficient development, identify gaps in your teams, processes, and organization, and help you create or fine-tune a technology roadmap that will ensure your software product is commercially viable and ready to sell.
The First Two Weeks
During the first two weeks, we will perform a Product Design Review. There are three main components:
- Design an effective technology roadmap directly aligned with the strategic business milestones you’ve defined for the next 12-18 months.
- Deep dive into your existing technology assets and team.
- Perform a gap analysis and come up with a plan of action to help you successfully execute on the roadmap.
After the first two weeks, it’s on to TEAM INTEGRATION. We will begin onboarding our team and your team; filling in gaps in leadership, skill sets, etc. so we can start delivering. As a unified team, we will all work at a much higher velocity as we prepare to start the next phase.
The First 30 Days
In order for us to effectively help your business build your new software product, we need to understand it. So, we become experts and come along with you as true partners – to understand your business and your technology.
- We look for friction points that occur in your current process and current team.
- We come up with a plan that can be executed immediately to remove those bottlenecks.
- We help your team with the software development accelerators, architecture, and world-class PaaS that will speed up the development process; we look at automation of delivery and start planning your market launch.
We operate in lockstep with your people as a single unified team, where we can provide knowledge, guidance, and heavy-lift assistance when needed to expedite your software delivery.
Days 31-60
We’ve positioned your team for success, we’ve created a technology roadmap, and now we start executing the plan. In this phase, you can expect higher development velocity, more output, and better outcomes than you’ve ever seen before. You’ll FEEL the acceleration!
You want PlatformPlus® because what you need is speed; speed will sell. We can help you to experience software development the way you wished it always was, that’s what we deliver in the second 30-day chunk.
Days 61-90
At 90 days, you may very well have a commercially viable product ready to sell. The first deliverable to market can be within the first 90 days. You’ll start earning revenue and seeing ROI.
Who Might Not Benefit from PlatformPlus®?
- If you’re building a product that’s not integral to your revenue generation or profitability strategy, PlatformPlus won’t help.
- If you’re looking for a software outsourcing company, this isn’t for you. We integrate with your team as supportive partners and empower your team with a world-class PaaS with prebuilt components and advanced automation to help them go faster.
- We don’t know how to act like a vendor and we’re not interested in selling you bodies or bots – if that’s all you want, we’re not for you.
Who Benefits the Most?
If you’re a mid-sized North American software product or service company, and you’re not putting new products or features into the market every 90 days, PlatformPlus is the answer to your revenue and EBIDTA woes.
If you’re a sizable chunk of your 5-100 million in annual revenue because of your software products or platforms, and you’re dissatisfied with the results you’re currently getting, then PlatformPlus is a bullseye for you.
Check out these Success Stories
Some of our biggest success stories have come from customers who were facing abject, total failure. They were put in a no-win situation, and we helped them find a way. PlatformPlus® is what you need when failure isn’t an option – because it’s not an option for us, and it shouldn’t be for you.
truDigital
truDigital partnered with Modularis to revitalize a platform that was impeding their sales team from bringing in new revenue. We helped them put a proper development system in place and they got back to selling within just 60 days.
SmartWitness
Modularis helped SmartWitness launch a completely new cloud-based IoT platform in 90 days that achieved ROI in six months. They needed a solution that was scalable, flexible and secure and that’s exactly what they got.
Just Say No to Failure
Because the failure rate for software product development is so high, people have resigned themselves to it, but we say NO. We think that you should not only expect more, but that you should get it. When the pressure is there from the board, the market, your CEO, financially; when failure isn’t an option, that’s when you call Modularis.
Schedule 15 minutes with A.J. to get your next software product to market in 90 days!