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6 Strategies for Effective Software Development and Rollout

Nikola Sekulic / 6 min read.
February 20, 2022
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The SaaS industry is growing rapidly around the world, and its important to note that the demand for new software solutions is constantly prompting dev teams to come up with innovative products. Even if you don’t have a brand-new idea, you can always develop an in-demand software solution that brings new features and quality-of-life functionalities to the table.

This will require you to conductthorough business research and examine your competition, of course, but it will also require you to assemble an expert team of developers, operations managers, and marketers. Today, though, let’s focus on the problems of seamless development and market rollout.

Here are some key strategies to get your software product out on time and make an impact on the market from day one.

Ensure cash flow and asset allocation

First things first, money. Cash flow is the single most important element of a successful SaaS development cycle, followed closely by rollout. Without cash flow and smart asset allocation, you can’t move forward and you can’t prepare your product to hit the market successfully with proper branding, advertising, and marketing.

While money is not the only thing SaaS leaders should worry about, it’s definitely the first thing. With that in mind, you need to secure funding for your initial cash flow needs, take steps to ensure the onlinesecurity of your business finances, and line up future backers and investors.

You can use advanced payment security solutions and transaction tools for cash flow security, but when it comes to backers, consider:

  • Angel investors
  • Small business loans
  • Crowdfunding
  • Recurring independent backers
  • Investment groups

Likewise, make sure you have several monetization tactics lined up for when the product rolls out, so that you can pay off your debts (you will have debt) quickly and start profiting within the first year.

Leverage DevOps to make incremental progress

There are many reasons why it’s important to utilize the DevOps methodology in modern software development. For one, DevOps aligns operations with the development team to minimize setbacks and improve automation,and doing so helps keep your finances in check.

When you’re looking to roll out your software product efficiently and effectively, and not miss your deadline, thenDevOps becomes instrumental in your success. The DevOps approach relies heavily on process standardization, automation, and the mindset of daily, incremental progress.

DevOps teams will make sure to automate anything they can to eliminate the risk of error, minimize financial waste, and prevent project stagnation. The DevOps approach will also standardize communication between operations and the dev teams to ensure nothing slips through the cracks.

The key benefit here for you and your software development process is that DevOps will make sure the project moves forward. That means small, daily progress to justify your development spend and ensure you reach your rollout date with a polished product.

Align operations and development with agile metrics

Tying directly into the previous point, it’s tough to ensure incremental progress if your operations and DevOps teams are not using the right metrics and monitoring the right data. Agile is generally the way to go when it comes to software development, and usingagile metrics is one of the best ways to keep track of all the variables, understand how the process is unfolding, spot roadblocks early, and prevent common pitfalls.

So, what are agile metrics, exactly? Agile metrics are data points that measure a team’s productivity, progress, and effectiveness across the entire software development project. Using agile metrics means that you get constant feedback as to how the process is developing, it helps ascertain the quality of the dev team’s work, and it helps manage resources several steps in advance.


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Rather than reacting to project developments, you’ll be able to predict certain outcomes, sense the demand for resources, and prepare for the next stages of the development lifecycle.

Build a rollout website for your product

We talked about the importance of funding and operations management for the development process, now let’s talk about marketing and rollout. For one, you should focus ondata-driven marketing and demand sensing in order to optimize your product and your marketing strategy for your target demographic prior to release.

But before you invest in your marketing campaigns and building hype for your product, you should have a polished, optimized website. Much like software development, thewebsite development process is a lengthy one, and you should start it months prior to the rollout date to ensure you have enough time to change the design, the visual guides, and any content on the site.

Likewise, just like you need to test your product rigorously before launch, you need to test your website in a private cloud environment. Host your website on internal servers so that it doesn’t rank on Google, but keep optimizing to have a polished site in time for rollout.

Start your marketing campaign early

Continuous software development, website development, and marketing are three crucial elements of a successful rollout strategy. When it comes to marketing your product, you need ample financial resources as well, so all the more reason to manage your finances and cash flow wisely. Apply the same financing strategy to your marketing as you do to your development.

That’s because digital marketing, which requires a substantial budget to be successful, is no longer a luxury. To succeed, particularly in the SaaS field,your marketing efforts must take a fully modernized digital approach, from social media to personalization to video events, and more.

Now, to market your SaaS product effectively, you can’t kick-start your campaigns on the day of the rollout, or a week before. Even a month before the big day is too late, because you need time to build interest, engagement, visibility, and true demand for your product.

With that in mind, start organizing your marketing strategy at least six months before the projected rollout date. Assign financial parameters to each marketing tactic, and make sure to consistently run marketing campaigns to build hype across the web.

Test rigorously before D-day

The rollout can make or break your SaaS product. Sure, there’ll be opportunities to improve and optimize when you get consistent user feedback, but you have to make sure that the initial product delivers on the users’ expectations.

To that end, you need to conductrigorous internal testing every step of the way (choose your testing level and again, use DevOps), and generate closed user feedback. This means running focus groups and beta testing for UX and UI, as well as the key functionalities of your product.

After all, there’s only so much your developers can do with their own testing without leveraging real-world users. You can also make beta testing public and invite users from around the world to give your product a try to collect as much user feedback as possible.

Wrapping up

Software development entails months of hard work and collaboration between development, operations, marketers, and business leaders. During that process, there are a lot of roadblocks you may encounter, all of which can set you back financially and strategically.

Don’t let that happen, instead, use these tips to seamlessly take your development cycle forward, minimize errors and setbacks, and enter the market in an efficient and effective way in 2022.

Categories: Strategy
Tags: development, DevOps, productivity, Software Development, User Testing
Credit: Photo by Rami Al-zayat on Unsplash

About Nikola Sekulic

Hi there, I'm a seasoned brand developer, a writer, and a storyteller. Over the last decade, I've worked on various marketing, branding and copywriting projects '' crafting plans and strategies, writing creative online and offline content, and making ideas happen. When I'm not working for clients around the world, I'm exploring new topics and developing fresh ideas to turn into engaging stories for the online community.

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