# How to build software in 3 steps

- Link: https://www.andreidraganescu.info/2016/02/25/how-to-build-software-in-3-steps/
- Published: 2016-02-25T22:39:40+03:00
- Author: Andrei Draganescu

#### 1) First create an UX (user experience)

a) What is the experience?

b) Who are your users?

 * personas
 * market research

c) What do your users want?

 * user stories
 * customer journey

d) How are you going to give them what they want?

 * communication design
 * information design
 * funnels design
 * UI design

#### 2) Second engineer the IA (information architecture)

What will you build?

 * core product functionality (aka MVP)
 * product features
 * support features
 * tooling

How does it work?

 * software entities
 * information flow
 * database design
 * application design

How will you build it?

 * technology stack
 * conventions

#### 3) Third handle the PM (project management)

Who will do this?

 * team assembly
 * team management

What do we need?

 * critical path
 * resources
 * budgeting
 * effort allocation
 * vendors

When will it be done?

 * product roadmap
 * product and work breakdown structure and/or backlog
 * agile and/or waterfall procedures
 * velocity and/or man-hours estimates