| |APRIL 20259Ensuring Scalability & Agility of ApplicationsEvery client comes to you with their own specific requirements in terms of developing their application. Once the application goes to & fro between business and IT teams, it becomes mature and the number of users starts increasing. This will result in the company getting a clear idea on what further expectation that the end users have and are able to make the necessary changes to the application. There are two parameters that are very critical in this regard, namely scalability and agility of the application to be capable of catering to any kind of business requirement. While scalability is the ability of the application to be ramped-up as per increased load, agility refers to the ability of application to accommodate changes as per varying customer or business demands. Cloud has been the true enabler for almost every enterprise who have applications with varying loads because every application that is hosted on cloud offers enhanced scalability and agile capabilities.Aligning Application Development with Overall Business GoalsIt is paramount for organizations to ensure that the application development process is structured in accordance to the users who are going to use the application. Also, it is important for the companies to understand that whatever applications that their internal IT teams are developing are for end users and not for themselves. Thus, companies must first consider user experience at the base, identify who will be the primary users and accordingly define the application to successfully cater to the demands of that user group. Secondly, you must understand the goal that the business will achieve by building that application, be it operational excellence, customer experience, cost reduction, quick service or training & awareness. Developing the application by keeping these objectives in mind will ultimately result in the company achieving optimized business outcomes.Security & Integrity of ApplicationsIn earlier days, security was the last aspect that was considered and implemented in the application development process. But today, due to the increased number of security related incidents and the increased frequency at which they are occurring, security has now become the first and foremost strategy right from the initial stage of the application development process. There are many tools and platforms that are available such as DevOps and DevSecOps, which if used effectively, will help enterprises to ensure that their applications are secure right from the starting stage of the application development process. Once the application is developed, the internal security teams can also conduct various threat assessments and vulnerability & penetration testing to ensure that the application is secure and has no vulnerabilities. It is paramount for organizations to ensure that the application development process is structured in accordance to the users who are going to use the application
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