6 key roles to develop a high-quality software.
Business analyst
The business analyst is involved in the project from the first stage, immediately after the project is started, and sometimes even before that. The main responsibility of a business analyst is to communicate with both the client and the development team. BA collects customer requirements for the desired product, analyzes how it should look and what features should be included during the development, as well as how final product should be done.
Project manager
When customer requirements are defined and correctly interpreted, the project manager is included in the development process (PM to be short). Like a business analyst, a project manager can also be included in communication with the client, but the main task of PM is to work directly with the software development team. PM ensures that the development process goes according to plan.
UI / UX designer
This is the man from whom most of the creativity in the project comes. The main responsibility of the UI / UX designer is to create a pleasant interface and an excellent user experience. The designer uses wireframes created by a client or a business analyst to “draw” mock-ups and create a mobile application interface (UI) design according to current guidelines and trends. He also creates prototypes that reflect the behavior and appearance of the future product, allowing the client to see the model of the application, on the other hand, the development team will need a prototype to write the code accordingly.
Developers / programmers
This is the core of the team, people with a specific area of expertise. Programmers are like magicians who make things happen.
There are various levels in the software development team (junior, middle and senior level developers) which depend on work experience and areas of expertise. For example, a standard mobile application development project requires the participation of at least Android, iOS, and backend developers.
QA
QA (Quality Assurance) specialists are needed for each development process and to ensure a high-quality product. They test it, go through the entire application, and identify bugs and errors and then provide a report to the development team that will fix them. It is necessary to identify errors before the product reaches users to provide a positive user experience. Test it before you publish. That is the main idea of QA
Marketing specialist
Developers have created a great product, but what's the point if no one will know about it?Marketing specialists conduct market research at the first stage of the project, determine the target audience and study its needs and preferences, as well as prepare and launch marketing campaigns after product launch, search for distribution channels, do marketing in social networks, write texts and articles, product descriptions (content marketing), etc., to ensure the promotion of the product and its success.
