The 5 Essential Stages of the HokuApps RAD Model

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The 5 Essential Stages
of the HokuApps RAD Model
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The 5 Essential Stages of a RAD Model

• An application is, of course, a crucial asset for
  the competitive existence of a business in the
  present times.
• If you want to launch your application quickly,
  then Rapid Application Development methodology is
  very much a relevant subject for you.
• Rapid Application Development (RAD) model focuses
  on developing an application as a modifiable and
  reusable prototype, shortening the time-to-market
  considerably.

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The RAD Model

• Rapid Application Development (RAD) involves the
  production of a complete application in the form
  of prototypes.
• Each prototype actually serves as a basic version
  of the final product that is to be developed.
• Depending upon the complexity of the application,
  there can be a single prototype representing the
  final product or a number of prototypes
  representing various modules of the required
  application.
• The prototypes are built especially in such a way
  that they can be easily modified and reused as
  required.
• Each component of the application is built as a
  standalone prototype so that various modules of
  the application can be developed parallel.
• This breaking-down of a whole application in
  smaller components expedites development,
  testing, and modification.

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Stages of a RAD Model
Business Modelling In this stage of RAD, all
sorts of relevant information is collected
through all relevant channels. The obtained
information helps in determining how it is used,
when is it processed, and what makes it a
potential success factor for your business. Data
Modeling The data modeling stage involves a
thorough analysis of the data collected and
collated in the business modeling stage. The
information is categorized into various groups so
that you can easily use them as and when
required. Each group is carefully named in
accordance with the type of data is categorized
in it. This stage also concerns establishing the
relationship between the groups and its
usefulness defined in the previous
stage. Process Modeling Process Modelling is
the stage where the scope of change and
optimization can be defined, and the data sets
are further refined accordingly. The criteria for
addition, removal, and modification of data
objects are also created at this stage.
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Development As the name indicates, this is the
stage where the purpose of the previous three
stages is realized. The coding is done in this
step, and a system defined to be adopted for
building the prototype. Testing All the
prototypes are tested and validated individually.
Testing each module, therefore, takes less time
in comparison to the traditional testing process.
Once all the modules fully pass the testing
phase, they can be integrated into a single
application as intended in the requirement
specification.
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Options and Opportunities

• No drastic change to the existing infrastructure
  and resource-pool in order to implement this
  model is required.
• This development methodology is applicable to all
  such application that can be broken down into
  smaller units that tend to have mostly
  independent functionality.
• Implementing RAD model has become extremely easy
  today with the innovation of rapid application
  development platforms (RADP).
• There are a number of options available in the
  market for you to choose from. HokuApps low-code
  RADP is an example of the same.
• The ultimate beneficiary is you as these RADPs
  facilitate a seamless transition to the rapid
  application model.

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