Microsoft Windows Phone Development
Microsoft's Windows Phone platform is a natural mobile extension to Microsoft's .NET platform and that an excellent choice to extend existing applications into mobile scenarios. The Silverlight-based development approach makes Windows Phone an extremely productive mobile development platform, and the Metro User Interface paradigm enables a productive and integrated interaction model.
We can help you build Windows Phone applications no matter whether you are building a new product, or want to add a mobile version to an existing application. We can help with applications of any size and handle engagements of any scale, no matter whether you just need a little bit of help or whether you need us to build the entire product soupt-to-nuts.
These applications can be stand-alone applications, or applications that extend existing systems, giving users access to data they otherwise access through Windows or Web applications. Of course mobile apps are not just device apps, but they also often need to connect to a server back-end, which we can help you with as well.
Often, individual mobile app projects are small in size and are feasible to do in low-risk fixed-price projects.
Starting a Windows Phone Project
Like most mobile projects, Windows Phone projects start with a short Vision & Scope Workshop to determine overall goals of the project, the size of the effort, and best approach. Based on the findings of this process, we decide on next steps together with the customer. Many mobile application projects are small, individual projects (often even larger systems are broken down into smaller "Apps"). For this reason, a common next step is to create a first version of a mobile app on the most important platform. This is similar in some ways to our Proof of Concept or Prototype projects, although with more emphasis on polish, to ensure that the first version created is a complete, user-ready application.
Often, mobile projects are small and well defined in scope, making it possible to engage in fixed-price projects.
Project Lifecycle and Development Approach
In general (although not always), mobile projects are relatively small in scope and complexity. Even larger mobile projects often tend to be broken down into smaller individual apps or versions. This generally enables us to use a small and efficient team with little overhead. Often, mobile projects allow for a very lean and nimble variation of an Agile software development approach, with an emphasis on productivity and reduction of overhead.
Marketplace Deployment
Windows Phone apps do not run in a vacuum. They have to be deployed using Microsoft's Marketplace infrastructure, and we can of course help you with that.
Purchase Options
Mobile projects are often (but not always... depending on size, complexity, and definition of the scope of work) good candidates for fixed-price engagements. When this is possible, it is great for the customer, since it means little uncertainty and no surprises. One major risk-element that is common to all software development projects is thus removed (or at least offloaded to us).
When fixed-price is not an option (due to complexity or unknown scope, or simply because we are only part of a larger team), then we of course offer our standard time & materials projects and also our hourly blocks (pre-paid and service agreement options are available).
Purchasing Our Services
We offer our services in a variety of ways to meet every possible need. Options range from plain time and materials setups, to hourly blocks and montly service contracts, and sometimes even fixed price setups (especially for mobile "apps"). Contact us for more information and for a Schedule of Fees.
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