Facebook is one of the most compelling social networking sites on the Web. Facebook gives third-party software developers access to its users through the creation of applications that run within the context of Facebook.
Platform Associates provides two consulting practices related to Facebook application development: Facebook Product Strategy and Facebook Application Development.
Facebook Product Strategy
Platform Associates assists businesses with the strategies associated with the creation and management of Facebook applications. With more than 20 years experience in the creation and management of online communities and social software, our pedigree in this area is unparalleled. Our focus is on assisting you achieve business objectives while taking users' intentions and sensibilities into consideration.
All of our product strategy engagements begin with an initial consultation to determine your business objectives. From there we perform competitive analysis, product ideation, create wireframes and mockups, and discuss further with your team as needed. The final deliverables for a product strategy engagement include a meeting with your team to present our recommendations, which we also present in the form of a written document.
Once we arrive at a Facebook strategy for your business, we can, at your option, proceed to implement your Facebook application using our team of Facebook developers.
Facebook Application Development
Platform Associates develops Facebook applications on an outsourced basis for our clients. All of our application development engagements begin with a requirements-gathering phase during which we develop a plan for how to implement your vision.
We are happy to work with your existing engineering team or develop the application on a completely outsourced basis. This typically includes the creation of an online project workspace (to give you up-to-the-minute insight into the progress of the project), development/test server, and production deployment of your application.
A Facebook Application Development engagement typically follows a Facebook Product Strategy engagement, although if you've already developed detailed product requirements we're happy to work from those.
Contact us for more information regarding our Facebook consulting practices.
