Peculiarities of creating mobile applications

Peculiarities of creating mobile applications for making doctor's appointments

Nowadays, people are much more comfortable doing everything using their phone. This even applies to making an appointment with a doctor. Agree, doing this through a special mobile application is much easier and faster than by phone or at the hospital reception.

This is why many clinics have already used the services of riseapps.co/ or another similar company and are now using such programs. And if your clinic is just thinking about this, then this article is just for you.

The process of creating a program for making an appointment with a doctor

Of course, the first thing the customer will need to do is decide on the developers of the future application. Having made a choice, he and the chief developer discuss all the details of the future product and draw up a technical specification. Then the team starts developing it:

1. Preparation of a database of doctors. First of all, you need to collect all the data required for the application and format it according to the compiled specification.

2. Prototype development. A prototype of a future mobile application based on technical specifications is being developed. This process consists of 2 stages: UI design and UX design. It is better to change anything in the product at this stage, because later changes will cost much more.

3. Programming. This is the process of writing application code. It is divided into two parallel working areas: Front-End (responsible for implementing the interface and all its elements, as well as for reviving it using animation elements and specifying all transitions and relationships) and Back-End (developing the functional part of the application for doctors).

4. Testing. In fact, this stage begins much earlier. Almost everything is tested: layouts, mockups, prototypes, code, parts of the program and the entire program.

5.  Maintenance. After successful testing, the finished application is released to the market: uploaded to application stores or another platform for further promotion. Also, in the first weeks of its life, guaranteed maintenance is always carried out to eliminate various failures.

Cost and time frame for developing a mobile application for making appointments with a doctor

At first glance, the formula for calculating the cost of developing such an application is very simple: the price is equal to the number of hours spent multiplied by the cost of one hour.

The cost per hour is the price per hour of work of one specialist. For each of them it is different depending on the country of development and the level of qualification of the employee. To calculate the cost of 1 hour, you need to separately calculate the hours of work of each team member, then multiply them by his rate and summarize the data for each employee.

The number of hours spent on development depends on several factors:

● developer experience;

● complexity and scale of functionality;

● preparation and participation in the customer's development process.

The time frame for creating the product will depend on its future structure and complexity of functionality.