In recent years, under the influence of informatization, digitization and 5G, management software has also increased rapidly year after year, which has also led to the innovation of management software development methods.
As a result, this kind of no-code development platform like "cloud watch" came into being. Compared with traditional development methods, no-code development has a wider range of application scenarios, which provides more possibilities for the development of management software. However, due to the long cycle, high cost, and inability to meet the changing business needs of enterprises, more and more enterprises are beginning to seek better software development methods.
1. The necessity of using management software
1) Understand the trend of corporate human, financial and material information, and make timely management decisions
2) Make business processes more streamlined and standardized, and improve work efficiency
3) Break down the barriers of information transmission and departmental cooperation, and optimize the use of corporate resources
4) Digital transformation and upgrading need to improve the market competitiveness of enterprises
2. Introduction to the management software industry
The management software we often say generally refers to enterprise management software. As the name suggests, it is an enterprise-oriented information management system that can help enterprise managers optimize work processes and improve work efficiency.
The most common enterprise management software systems include ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems, OA (office automation) systems, HR (human resources) systems, CRM (customer relationship management), inventory management systems, project management systems, etc.
According to the data of China Industrial Information Network, the scale of China's management software market is expanding year by year, which also shows that the demand of enterprises is also increasing.
2.1 Management software development model changes
Self-development
For companies with relatively rich IT resources, it is a way for many companies to develop their own management software systems according to their own needs.
General enterprise management software development requires the following six steps:
(1) Task plan
Clarify the management problems that need to be solved, explore the solutions to the problems, count the resources available in the development process, and formulate plans to complete the design and development tasks according to the actual situation.
(2) Demand analysis
In the initial stage of any software or system development, it is necessary to analyze the user's needs first, so as to facilitate the subsequent process to determine the function development, and the relevant personnel can also design the plan according to the user's needs.
(3) Development and design
The main task of software development planning is to decompose software into modules. Modules refer to data and program descriptions that can complete a certain function, and program units that can perform programs. The planning content can be functions or subroutines, or functional units that can be combined and decomposed.
(4) Coding development
Software coding development refers to the conversion of software design into a program that the computer can withstand, that is, to write a "source program list" expressed in a certain programming language. A full understanding of software development language, tool features and programming style will help to select development tools and ensure the quality of software product development.
(5) System test
System testing means that the software system is put into trial operation in advance. The purpose is to find as many errors as possible at a small cost to ensure that the system problems are reduced after normal use in the later period. The key to achieving this goal is to design a set of excellent test cases.
(6) System maintenance
System maintenance refers to some software engineering activities of software products after software development (analysis, design, coding and testing) is completed and delivered. That is to say, according to the operating conditions of the software, make appropriate modifications to the software to meet the new requirements, correct the errors found in the operation, and write software problem reports and software modification reports.
For many companies, it takes a lot of time and manpower to complete only these six steps, not to mention a problem with one of the steps, and it is a waste of time and resources to start over. Therefore, this method is not feasible for companies with limited budgets and weak IT resources.
Outsourcing development
The custom development of traditional enterprise management software usually adopts software outsourcing. In this mode, companies often need to compete with outsourcing service providers for software system requirements (the company hopes to develop a system that can meet the functional requirements of the company, and the service provider hopes to invest less resources to complete the development work). Delays due to unclear goals or temporary changes in needs.
Purchase standardized software
Standardized management software on the market is often based on the commonality of a certain profession's business scenarios, summarizing a set of standardized processes, and then developing a relatively basic management system based on the characteristics of the corresponding scenarios.
If your business needs are simple and standardized, this is a good way to choose software. But the actual situation is that each company has its own management personality and special business scenarios, and has its own characteristics in the management philosophy, style and work style of employees, which cannot be satisfied by standardized software.
Therefore, the system software selected in this way often cannot meet the actual needs of the enterprise; when the business of the enterprise changes, the system cannot be adjusted with the change of the business.
2.2 Comparison of different development models
As a result, this kind of no-code development platform like "cloud watch" came into being. Compared with traditional development methods, no-code development has a wider range of application scenarios, which provides more possibilities for the development of management software.