How we work
Our software development process
Six steps, six deliverables. AI does the groundwork at every step, people make the calls.
BigIn runs every project through the same six steps, from planning to evaluation. Each ends with something you can see, so scope, budget and risk are settled before anyone writes a line of code.
The process
Six steps, start to finish
- 01
Planning
Break the project into steps and get every resource ready on time.
- 02
Analysis and design
Turn requirement specs into a design every discipline has signed off.
- 03
Development
Design documents become source code, component by component.
- 04
Testing
Defects go back to the developers, then retest and regression test.
- 05
Staging environment
A live-like environment you can work in without touching production.
- 06
Evaluation
We review the deployed build before the final version ships.
80+ projects delivered for 40+ clients, reviewed on Clutch.co and Trustpilot.
In detail
Every step, and what comes out of it
- 01
Planning
Planning turns your idea into a backlog with a price and a date on it.
You geta scoped backlog, an agreed budget and a timeline
Roles and responsibilities
We talk directly with you to learn what the project needs, then assign the right person to each role.
Budget and timeline management
We plan the work to your budget and launch date, and adjust the scale as your needs change.
Set and prioritize goals
We break the objectives into goals and tasks, then prioritize them by scale, importance and dependencies.
Risk management
We name the risks during planning and decide how to handle each one, so they don't surprise anyone later.
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Evidence, in hours
Research synthesized in hours, so scoping starts from evidence.
- 02
Analysis and design
This is where requirement specs become a design the team can build from.
You geta signed-off design and technical spec
Every discipline involved
Business analysts, technical leads and the UX/UI lead work on it together.
Continuous discussion
Decisions are talked through with you as they come up, throughout the stage.
Feasible before it starts
Whether the product is feasible, practical and fit for purpose is settled before development starts.
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Options in parallel
Options explored in parallel instead of one at a time.
- 03
Development
Development starts once the design is signed off.
You geta working build with every designed component in place
Starts from the design documents
Nothing is coded before the design documents are signed off.
Translated into source code
Each part of the design becomes source code, so what gets built is what was agreed.
Every component built
Every component of the software is implemented in this step.
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Faster review, human calls
Review and scaffolding accelerated, decisions still human.
- 04
Testing
Every build is tested before it moves on.
You geta regression-tested build and its defect report
Defects go back to developers
Each defect found is assigned to the developer who owns that part, and fixed.
Retesting and regression testing
We retest the fixes and run regression tests until the software meets your expectations.
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Coverage from the spec
Coverage generated against the spec, edge cases surfaced early.
- 05
Staging environment
Tested builds move to staging before anything goes live.
You geta staging environment you can log into and work in
Software reaches its users
Deployment is how software reaches its users, and staging is the last step before it.
Multiple environments before launch
Each client project runs in more than one environment before its official launch.
Yours to work in
Staging is both where we test and a platform our clients can work in without interfering with anything in the live environment.
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Gates from the diff
CI/CD gates written from the diff, rollback ready.
- 06
Evaluation
Before anything is handed over, we evaluate the deployed build.
You getthe final build, checked against the spec and ready to hand over
The deployed demo is reviewed
We review the deployed demo version.
Then we deliver
Once it passes our evaluation, we hand over the final version.
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Checked against the spec
The demo build is checked against the spec before sign-off.
Start with step one
Tell us what you want to build. Planning ends with a scoped backlog, an agreed budget and a timeline, before anyone writes a line of code.
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