Requirements and application design
Translate the business process into user tasks, records and rules. Agree the first useful scope, how it will be reviewed and the responsibilities needed to deliver it.
Bespoke Business Applications · Zimbabwe
Custom Software Development
Build the application your particular workflow needs.
Develop specialised business applications, customer portals and workflow systems around a clear operational requirement and an agreed scope.
The business need
Build the application your particular workflow needs.
Some requirements need a dedicated application: a specialised process, an internal tool or a portal that lets customers work with your business. Africube starts by understanding the people, records and decisions involved. We define the application’s scope, review the user experience and develop the agreed functions with the required connections. Where a software product already covers part of the need, the discussion can focus custom development on the specific gaps or surrounding workflow.
Who it is for
- Businesses with specialised operating processes
- Teams replacing a fragmented manual workflow
- Organisations planning customer or partner portals
- Businesses extending existing systems with a focused application
Scope & capabilities
What we can help you put in place.
Customer and partner portals
Design a private workspace around the tasks your customers or partners need to complete. Requirements may include submitting requests, viewing permitted documents or following progress. Define the user roles, information boundaries and source-system connections for the proposed portal.
Internal business applications
Develop interfaces for the information and actions your staff need each day. Scope the record types, searches, forms and operational views around the process being managed.
Specialised workflows
Represent the steps, decisions and responsibilities particular to your operation. Agree how work moves between users and how exceptions are handled before building the process.
Application connections
Assess the existing systems the application must work with. Define the records, access methods and exchange rules, then include supported connections in the development scope.
Review and handover
Review the agreed user journeys with representative data and intended users. Document the application’s operation and the arrangements for deployment, administration and further changes.
The approach
A practical path through the work.
A typical workflow, aligned to the agreed scope and configuration.
- 01
Define the need
Agree the users, process, intended outcome and initial scope.
- 02
Design the experience
Review user journeys, interfaces, records and business rules.
- 03
Build & validate
Develop the scoped functions and check them with the people who will use them.
- 04
Deploy & hand over
Complete the agreed release, documentation and operating arrangements.
Project outputs
What the engagement can deliver.
Application specification
The agreed users, functions, records, business rules and acceptance criteria.
Working application
The interfaces, workflows and assessed system connections included in the development scope.
Documentation and handover
Guidance for users and administrators, with deployment and ongoing responsibilities defined for the project.
Before we scope the work
Start with your requirements.
Custom development is scoped around the business requirement, intended users and existing technology. Agree the first release, access needs, data handling, integrations, hosting and ownership arrangements in the project agreement. Delivery and ongoing service arrangements depend on that agreed scope.
- A description of the process and the users involved
- Sample documents, records and current workflow steps
- Required roles, actions and information access
- Existing systems, priorities and desired first-release scope
Useful answers
Before we get started.
When should we choose custom development over an existing product?
Start by comparing your core workflow with the available product capability. Custom development is useful where a specialised process, user experience or connection needs a dedicated solution. Africube can discuss the product fit and the requirements that need separate work.
Can you develop a customer portal connected to our business systems?
Africube can scope a portal around the tasks and information your customers need. The assessment covers who signs in, which records each user may access, what actions they can take and how the relevant business systems can support those actions. Connections are confirmed for the systems involved.
Can we begin with a focused first release?
Yes. Define the most useful initial workflow and the users it must serve. The proposed scope can separate that release from later requirements, with review criteria and dependencies agreed before development.
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