Frustrations of client collaborations
Development companies are locking in clients by moving to more interactive, responsive, and precise discussions of weekly deliverables.
Boston, MA and Vienna, Austria (PRWEB) March 30, 2016
Nearly 1,000 agencies, development & design companies responded to a survey by Usersnap and Assembla. The findings released today are filled with insights about how agencies and developers actually serve clients. The survey uncovered how client collaboration and communication has changed over the years, and how it still needs to change.
Get the full results in a graphical report on the State of Client Collaboration in Web Development.
Key findings include:
- Scope creep and client communication are the biggest pains for agencies and developers: Scope creep is listed at the top of the frustration list (56.6%), followed by unclear client communication (52.3%) and project delays (45.3%).
- Waterfall is being replace by Agile and Scrum: Agile (66.4%) and scrum (41.9%) are leading the development methodologies, while Waterfall is only ranked 4th on the list of used frameworks.
- Web development is a global operation: Clients partner with development & design companies based on criteria which are more important than location.
“We are thrilled to see more companies blurring boundaries set by geography and finding solutions to create the best team that will deliver the best product quickly,” said Florian Dorfbauer, CEO at Usersnap. “With global development teams and streamlined communications, wonderful things are possible.”
"Distributed agile is here!" exclaims Andy Singleton, CEO of Assembla, "Survey participants show how far they have come in using the Internet to work with clients in a responsive and agile way. They also identify the next areas for improvement. We see them locking in clients by moving to more interactive, responsive, and precise discussions of weekly deliverables. We also seeing them improving profitability with automated billing and progress reporting."
About Assembla:
Assembla Portfolio is a SaaS tool that provides one home for working with clients on web development, uniting teams, tasks and code into one conversation. Find out more: assembla.com/portfolio
About Usersnap:
Usersnap makes bug reporting & collecting feedback through visual communication fun again. With Usersnap, annoying email threads are replaced by screenshots allowing everybody to immediately understand each other. Find out more: usersnap.com
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