IMPLEMENTASI METODE RAPID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT (RAD) PADA PERANCANGAN APLIKASI BERITA BERBASIS MOBILE (Studi Kasus : KIM Bulangan Haji)

One of the information media currently available is news, news is an interesting fact or something important to know that is usually conveyed to the public through media.Existing delivery and access methods still use methods in the form of notice boards, delivery via mosque towers, and oral delivery methods. An application media is needed as a forum for agencies to manage news information and for the public to access that information.This research uses the rapid application development (RAD) method in developing its application. This method is used from the analysis to implementation stages and continues with testing.In this research, requirements are collected to find out what stakeholders need in the application being built.Iteration of the design stage is carried out using Figma software to create an application design plan until the desired design is obtained and approved by stakeholders.Implementation of the application uses Flutter so that the application created is compatible with Android and iOS.The results obtained from implementing the rapid application development (RAD) method in this research are that the RAD method can be applied for application development that requires involvement and feedback from stakeholders who have not yet mastered the application requirements.The Berita KIM Application was successfully built using Flutter and a Firebase database which has the main feature of accessing uploaded news information.Based on the results of testing carried out using the black-box method, the Kim News application that has been built can be tested well and produces a score of 100% in accordance with the results expected by stakeholders.This testing was carried out using functional testing techniques which were carried out on anggota KIM user testing and Pembaca user testing.