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We are in the decade of mobility. Smart phones are driving Mobile Internet and App usage. Since the introduction of iPhone in 2007, smart phone penetration has been growing significantly. According to report released by ZentithOptimedia, smartphone penetration in the world’s top 19 digital markets is expected to double from 35.5% last year to an average of 71.7% in 2015.
Not only are smart phones getting more prevalent, consumers are spending more time on them. According
to Flurry Analytics, about 81 minutes per day are spent on smart phones compared to 74 minutes on desktop internet. Businesses need to adapt to this changing consumer behavior and consider mobile as one of the key strategic channels for the future.
Despite increasing prevalence of mobile teams and initiatives, the field is relatively young and best practices
are hard to come by.
Having worked on over 100 engagements and countless interactions with our customers over the past three years, we have put together a set of key considerations for navigating your mobile roadmap. These considerations will help you identify opportunities and also avoid major pitfalls while trying to implement mobility projects. We have categorized these considerations into Three phases – Assess, Build and Deploy based on the activity timeline and a series of steps within each phase.
Creating a mobile enterprise application business case.DMI
Enterprise mobility is one of the most exciting opportunities within the workplace these days because of all the change management opportunities it provides organizations. There is a real paradigm shift occurring in terms of how organizations are looking at their business processes and how they can change – really CHANGE – them with mobile enterprise applications.
This 3 part series will guide you and your enterprise through:
1. Developing an actionable mobile enterprise application
strategy
2. Creating a mobile enterprise application business case
3. Choosing the right Mobile Enterprise Application Platform
(MEAP) partner
Build a successful enterprise mobility strategyAjit Gokhale
Build a sustainable , scalable and fail-safe mobility strategy for your enterprise. Mobien Technologies helps companies create a robust, ROI driven mobility strategies.
IBM Digital Experience offers integration excellence
Empowers marketers to deliver
individualized messages & offers for
growing revenues across the customer
lifecycle
Optimizes marketing activities & increases
response rates by personalizing digital
dialogues driven by segments and
campaigns
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Are you looking to build new capabilities or extend capabilities of existing business software to enhance productivity and profitability.
Key performance metrics are:
1. application scope management
2. project status and dependencies
3. prompt action for defect containment and defect resolution
4. schedule variance and budget variance analysis
Follow a well-defined and mature application development process based on business case analysis.
Who Manages a Project?
Highly-trained Project Managers at
CodeMyMobile manage the complete
application development lifecycle with a
focus on efficiency. Our experienced
project managers lead planning,
coordination, communication and control
of activities pertaining to technology
initiatives, ensuring that project outcomes
are in line with our customers’ business
objectives and comply with overall time,
cost and quality success criteria.
Responsibilities of the Project Manager:
Manage the project goals, scope and project
teams to ensure overall project success,
including customer satisfaction.
Develop and proactively manage project plans,
including scheduling, identification of risks,
contingency plans, issues management, and
allocation of available resources.
Project Control & Risk Management:
Monitor progress against the overall project
plan, leading the team toward successful
milestone completion.
Identify, communicate and manage project
issues and risks, notifying and/or escalating
appropriately to the customer or internally.
Creating a mobile enterprise application business case.DMI
Enterprise mobility is one of the most exciting opportunities within the workplace these days because of all the change management opportunities it provides organizations. There is a real paradigm shift occurring in terms of how organizations are looking at their business processes and how they can change – really CHANGE – them with mobile enterprise applications.
This 3 part series will guide you and your enterprise through:
1. Developing an actionable mobile enterprise application
strategy
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3. Choosing the right Mobile Enterprise Application Platform
(MEAP) partner
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response rates by personalizing digital
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campaigns
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Key performance metrics are:
1. application scope management
2. project status and dependencies
3. prompt action for defect containment and defect resolution
4. schedule variance and budget variance analysis
Follow a well-defined and mature application development process based on business case analysis.
Who Manages a Project?
Highly-trained Project Managers at
CodeMyMobile manage the complete
application development lifecycle with a
focus on efficiency. Our experienced
project managers lead planning,
coordination, communication and control
of activities pertaining to technology
initiatives, ensuring that project outcomes
are in line with our customers’ business
objectives and comply with overall time,
cost and quality success criteria.
Responsibilities of the Project Manager:
Manage the project goals, scope and project
teams to ensure overall project success,
including customer satisfaction.
Develop and proactively manage project plans,
including scheduling, identification of risks,
contingency plans, issues management, and
allocation of available resources.
Project Control & Risk Management:
Monitor progress against the overall project
plan, leading the team toward successful
milestone completion.
Identify, communicate and manage project
issues and risks, notifying and/or escalating
appropriately to the customer or internally.
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put together a set of key considerations for navigating your mobile roadmap. These considerations will help you identify opportunities and also avoid major pitfalls while trying to implement mobility projects.
Mobile app delivery has unique considerations that cannot be addressed by utilizing a generic digital delivery framework. To build, manage, and maintain mobile apps requires specific processes and skill sets layered into a traditional Agile-based project approach to ensure success. With Gartner stating that “many organizations are asking what skills and tools to adapt to successfully deliver mobile apps,” it is critical that organizations build their understanding in this area.
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http://www.mobileapptelligence.com/mobile-application-development-services.html
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Kevin Benedict, Senior Analyst for Digital Transformation and Mobility at Cognizant, and Susan Miller, Chief Strategy Officer at AnyPresence, explore the ways companies can achieve an information advantage through digital and organizational transformation.
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put together a set of key considerations for navigating your mobile roadmap. These considerations will help you identify opportunities and also avoid major pitfalls while trying to implement mobility projects.
Mobile app delivery has unique considerations that cannot be addressed by utilizing a generic digital delivery framework. To build, manage, and maintain mobile apps requires specific processes and skill sets layered into a traditional Agile-based project approach to ensure success. With Gartner stating that “many organizations are asking what skills and tools to adapt to successfully deliver mobile apps,” it is critical that organizations build their understanding in this area.
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http://www.mobileapptelligence.com/mobile-application-development-services.html
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Our Mobile Application Development Services include following –
Android App Development
iPhone App Development
iPad App Development
Mobile Website Design
Windows App Development
HTML5 Development
Titanium Mobile App Development
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Native App Development
Hybrid App Development
Game Development
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Comparison between Old and New Trends in Web Designing
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Benefits of using Latest Trends in Android in Interface Design
Comparison between Older version Android and Android Kitkat
2014 iOS Design Trends
Benefits of using Latest Trends iOS UI Design
Comparison between iOS 6 and iOS 7
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In this user group meetup, Arul, a practicing Xamarin architect will share his experience, insights and best practices on building apps using Xamarin.
Agenda
---------
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The following slides have been presented at the Google Campus as part of the Secret Sauce Conference "How to hack your business to success", and they offer a brief overview of User Experience, and how to achieve the best mobile experience with minimum resource.
http://www.secretsauceconference.com/#speakers
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As we transition from desktop to mobile devices, our behaviors evolve and we adapt to accomplish tasks quicker than ever before. With such a finite amount of screen space, yet infinite possibilities, it is time to evolve the way we present content, thus ensuring a pleasant user experience.
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John will cover items such as:
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Options for building mobile websites, landing pages, blogs, and more
Best practices for integrating mobile with other distribution channels, such as print and email
Considerations regarding building a mobile App vs. a mobile website
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The major advantages of Slack include all team communication in one place, integration with various services, one to one and private groups, the ability to integrate various bots or apps to your slack channel depending on your needs.
For more information on testing visit: https://www.rapidvaluesolutions.com/software-testing/
Automation Testing with KATALON Cucumber BDDRapidValue
This article is a step by step guide on how to create BDD Cucumber tests in Katalon Studio. Many Agile teams have implemented successfully the Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) method to their testing process using Cucumber tool. Cucumber is a tool used to run automated acceptance tests created in a BDD format. One of the most outstanding features of the tool is its ability to carry out plain-text functional descriptions as automated tests. This incredible feature of Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) approach has many advantages. For more details visit: https://www.rapidvaluesolutions.com/software-testing/
How to Implement Micro Frontend Architecture using Angular FrameworkRapidValue
Micro-frontends are small applications mostly divided by subdomain or functionality working together to deliver a larger application. Sometimes your frontend app might be a small part of another big application or your app consists a lot of sections and features which are developed by different teams or your app is being released into production feature by feature with developed by separate teams. If you are in one of these situations then you need to think about Micro Frontends. For more information visit: https://www.rapidvaluesolutions.com/
JMeter JMX Script Creation via BlazeMeterRapidValue
Apache JMeter is an open source load testing tool that enables you to execute performance tests on your app or website. To run a load test, you need to create a script that will detail the steps of your testing scenario and then run it. You can run your JMeter script locally on JMeter, or in the Cloud or from behind a firewall on BlazeMeter. This article will take you through an overview of running a JMeter test on BlazeMeter.
Migration of Extent Report version 4 will definitely be helpful as you obtain more detailed and customized information on test automation executions. Try to migrate your Extent Report 3 versions to 4 series and feel the difference.
The Definitive Guide to Implementing Shift Left Testing in QARapidValue
In today's digital world, even though most of the projects are following the Agile methodology, often testers might not get enough time to quantify the problem scope and test the product effectively. Even if a sprint lasts for two weeks, the QA team would get the complete functionality for testing, only two or three days before the sprint completion. Eventually, the QA team would have to rush the testing, struggle for test completion and even end up with improper test coverage and bugs being leaked into production. So the testing phase is often considered as a bottleneck for the release by the management.
Studies done by analysts suggest that the maximum number of defects occur during the requirement
and design phase of the software development life cycle. More than half of the defects occur during the
requirement and design phase of the SDLC, i.e 56% of the total defects. Out of this 56%, 23% occurs during the design phase, 7% in the development phase and 10% defects emerge during the other phases. 2019 witnessed test automation going mainstream with 44% of IT organizations automating more than 50% of
all testing and these figures are expected to go up in the upcoming years. Thus it becomes highly necessary to step up the testing game and ensure that it is done quite efficiently and this is where Shift Left Testing comes into play. Detecting defects early in the software development cycle can prove to be very crucial in regards to cost and efficiency.
This whitepaper discusses how shift left testing could help you reimagine the entire QA testing process.
Data Seeding via Parameterized API RequestsRapidValue
A quick guide on how to data seed via parameterized API requests. Parameterization is very important for automation testing. It helps you to iterate on input data with multiple data sets that make your scripts reusable and maintainable. In few scenarios, you can still manage with hard coded request but the same approach will not work out where sheer count of combinations is to be validated. By implementing the right solution, you can keep your code base and test data size at ideal range and still savor the benefits of optimal coverage.
How to Perform Memory Leak Test Using ValgrindRapidValue
Recently we came across a performance issue in our network test device wherein the device performance was comparatively getting slower when a particular module of the application was being load tested. We also observed unexpected application behaviors and application termination as well and while debugging the code, it was identified that the root cause was a memory leak. Fixing the memory leak resulted in better performance. A memory leak is the loss of available memory when a program fails to return memory that it has obtained for temporary use. For a program that is frequently opened or for the one that runs continuously, even a very small memory leak can eventually cause the program to terminate. A memory leak is the result of a programming bug and hence it is very important to test it during the development phase. Therefore it is important to start considering memory leak testing as part of QA testing to avoid any such memory-related issues, which could cause production disruptions. This blog post sheds light on performing a memory leak test using Valgrind and the other various options that are available in the market.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf
Best Practices For Building Your Mobile Applications - A Whitepaper by RapidValue Solutions, best practices to build native apps, best practices to develop mobile web apps
1. Authors: Rajesh Padinjaremadam & Ron Guida
BEST PRACTICES FOR BUILDING YOUR
Mobile Applications
A RapidValue Solutions Whitepaper
2. The Mobile Roadmap
We are in the decade of mobility. Smart phones are driving Mobile Internet and App usage. Since the
introduction of iPhone in 2007, smart phone penetration has been growing significantly. According to report
released by ZentithOptimedia, smartphone penetration in the world’s top 19 digital markets is expected to
double from 35.5% last year to an average of 71.7% in 2015.
Not only are smart phones getting more prevalent, consumers are spending more time on them. According
to Flurry Analytics , about 81 minutes per day are spent on smart phones compared to 74 minutes on
desktop internet. Businesses need to adapt to this changing consumer behavior and consider mobile as one
of the key strategic channels for the future.
Despite increasing prevalence of mobile teams and initiatives, the field is relatively young and best practices
are hard to come by.
Having worked on over 100 engagements and countless interactions with our customers over the past
Three years, we have put together a set of key considerations for navigating your mobile roadmap. These
considerations will help you identify opportunities and also avoid major pitfalls while trying to implement
mobility projects. We have categorized these considerations into Three phases – Assess, Build and Deploy
based on the activity timeline and a series of steps within each phase.
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ASSESS DEPLOYBUILD
3. A three-phase approach ensures your mobile
project is highly effective
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This phase ensures that an ROI-driven business case has been built for
the mobile project. And technology roadmap to fit business requirements
and overall strategy has been identified.
ASSESS
BUILD
This phase consists of User Interface creation as well as iterative build
and test of application. The objective is to ensure value creation in an
incremental fashion, within short time-frames.
DEPLOY
The third and final phase includes app approval and distribution,
training, maintenance, upgrades and measurement. This phase is key
to delivering and measuring ROI.
4. Establishing a business case prior to starting
your mobile initiative is critical to the project
success
It is important to build a business case prior to investing in mobile. This helps in ensuring a systematic
investment with measured ROI, instead of building an app for the sake of market presence.
Some of the benefits to be considered for ROI calculation are:
Some of the costs that need to be considered are:
– Enhanced revenues – Increased number of purchases via mobile, higher number of store visits and so
on.
– Lower costs – Higher efficiencies in operations, saving on printing and postage charges, saving on
higher cost equipment.
– Customer Satisfaction – This may be hard to measure quantitatively. However, can become a
differentiating factor in the long run.
– Enhanced market presence and visibility.
– Development costs – External vendors, Internal team effort.
– Support and Upgrade costs – Apps will need to be upgraded on a regular basis, both in terms of new
technology as well as functionality.
– Marketing costs – Spend needed to get end-consumers to use the app.
– Training costs – Typical mobile/tablet apps do not require as much training as the web applications.
However, it is prudent to allocate for training time, especially for enterprise applications.
“Marriott.com’s website built specifically for mobile
devices. Marriott Mobile generated more than $1.25 million in
gross revenue in the first 100 days after introducing direct
mobile Internet bookings.” **
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**Source: Marriott News, Dec 23, 2008
Assess
Example – Marriott Mobile Web App
5. And so is identifying the right technology
choice.
Mobile enabling technologies are evolving fast. It is important to select the right technology, from the
perspective of end-user usability as well as long-term scalability.
Typical choice to be made is between native apps and mobile web. Native apps can be built with OS specific
technologies like iOS, Android etc. or leveraging cross-mobile platforms like PhoneGap, Appcelerator and
Rhomobile. Mobile web apps can be built using technologies like HTML5, JQuery Mobile and Sencha Touch.
The right approach and technology has to be evaluated and identified after thorough analysis, considering
factors such as:
– Business Objectives
– Usability
– Platform
– Cost
– For retailers, a mobile website may be of a higher priority than an app as a large part of search traffic
will be generated through web-based searches.
– For a hospital management application, a cross-mobile platform may be better suited, as it provides
the right combination of usability along with the ability to deploy apps on multiple devices.
– For a highly consumer centric music application, a native application is a better choice, as it provides
the best user-experience.
Examples
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6. Kick-off the project by setting up a
cross-functional team
Mobile engagements need a co-ordinated team assembled from cross-functional departments. Some of the
roles that are needed for an effective mobile team are:
– User Experience designers: For designing the end-customer experience and navigation.
– UI Graphic designers: For graphics and branding.
– Marketing & Sales team: Especially for customer focused apps in order to ensure effective way to
market and sell the concept.
– Business team: Provides scope for the project as well as user acceptance criteria.
– IT development team: Team that is primarily involved in the development of the engagement. Usually
this team may need multiple skills especially when developing applications for different platforms like
IOS, Android, Blackberry etc. If the application being developed uses cross platform tools like
Rhomobile or PhoneGap or HTML5, then skills required for each of those tools will also be required.
– Quality Assurance team: It is highly recommended to have an independent testing team for device
testing which provides both manual testing and automated testing support.
– Compliance team: These skills are needed where the application needs to adapt to compliance
requirements like HIPAA.
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User
Experience
Designers
UI
Graphic
Designers
Compliance
(where
needed)
Effective
Mobile Project
team
Sales &
Marketing
Quality
Assurance
Developers Business
Build
7. Creating a compelling user experience is the
next step
Building the right user experience is the key to a successful mobile engagement. Traditional software
development did not give this aspect too much importance. Most developers still focus on “functionality”
rather than end customer experience leading to functional but non-sticky applications. “Experience
Engineering” is the new paradigm in the mobile world.
Users in the mobile world have a lot more choice now and will pick the product that gives them the best
overall experience. Building stickiness and wow factor is very important. Mobile design should take care of
aspects like screen size, connectivity, bandwidth, designing for a variety of devices and creating the best
navigation experience.
Mobile has some unique features compared to desktop. For example, smart mobiles have cameras, they can
determine your position using GPS, detect motion, scan barcodes etc. These features can be used
innovatively to enhance user experience to increase customer stickiness to your app. For example, delivering
the right coupon when a user walks into his favorite store will significantly increase customer satisfaction.
In short, mobile projects should be driven by customer experience and UX designs rather than software
functionality alone.
Example – Flipboard iPad app
“Though there many news aggregation apps available today,
one of the applications that creates a unique experience is
Flipboard. What differentiates Flipboard is the clean and
simple UI coupled with a reading experience uniquely
designed for the iPad. Users have chosen this application
over most other news reader apps though Flipboard did not
have the first mover advantage.
Users get to chance upon new content in such an easy way
thereby increasing the stickiness of the application making
users to browse more than what they initially started to
read.”
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8. – Split overall scope into small chunks of functionality.
– Identify quick wins.
– Group functionality into multiple iterations prioritizing on quick wins.
– Launch the first version of the app.
– Take customer feedback and launch new functionality in six to eight weeks iterations.
– Benefits-focused development approach rather than features.
– Better customer satisfaction due to constant feedback and delivery of functionality.
– Increased flexibility to customer needs or changing requirements.
– Early iterations expose and mitigate risks.
– Management can make tactical changes to the product.
Build your projects in an iterative way to
deliver incremental, measurable value
Mobile development is best accomplished using an iterative development approach. This approach is what we
call a “Self-Funded Model” and typically uses an eight to ten weeks iteration cycle. The benefits of the first
iteration partly fund the cost of development of the following iterations and if the app is successful can even
fund the full costs by the third or forth iteration.
Main advantages of this model are:
Following are the key steps to this model:
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9. RapidValue has helped a US based women’s accessories retailer build a catalog application using its Xcelerate
methodology. This retailer has over 150 stores across the US. The key benefits to consumers and employees
were identified and the first version of the app was released in just six weeks. This was rolled out to all
stores in the first version. The second version of the app was rolled out to consumers.
Every subsequent release brought new features and incremental benefits. Six months after the launch of the
first version, the app is currently in its fourth version.
Example – A Large Accessories Retailer in US
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SPRINT 1
Build - Release 1 Build - Release 2
SPRINT 2
SPRINT 3
SPRINT 1
Code lagging
Final Release
SPRINT 2
SPRINT 3
TESTING AND
BUG FIXING -
RELEASE 1
TESTING AND
BUG FIXING -
RELEASE 2
DESIGN, BUILD & TEST (FOR EACH PHASE)
Build
10. “For one of our customers, a US based retail chain, we are currently building an innovative and unique
m-commerce application that helps provide the wow factor to customers and increase usage. This
application’s UI can be controlled from the backend by an admin and can be changed frequently to keep the
novelty factor. In order to ensure that this application works to meet the dynamic requirements , it had to be
integrated for various functions like product management, inventory management, user management,
shipping, tax, order management, payment integration, Facebook and Twitter.”
Example – Integration within Mobile Commerce application
And do not under-estimate Integration effort
Most mobile engagements need integration with cloud
applications or enterprise legacy applications for them to work
smoothly. Moreover, integrations are not one big bang to be
done at the end of the project. Leaving integration decisions to
the end, results in a lot of rework and this can be as high as
40% of the overall effort.
In order to avoid this, Integration design should be taken up in
parallel to mobile application design and should be given a
higher priority. Also all APIs needed for Integration should be
developed earlier to the mobile component development that
needs it. Therefore, effective project planning with dependencies
is required.
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11. One of our clients, a $ 4billion education provider in the US, needed continuous testing efforts for their
mobile initiatives. We set up a dedicated mobile testing lab for both manual as well as automated testing.
The independent testing lab provides a validation and quality assurance service and ensures that the
product that is launched in the market is bug free. This lab also certifies the app for various devices.
Example – A Large Education Provide in the US
Plan appropriate amount of testing effort
Mobile testing can take considerable amount of time even
though the development timeframe may be short. This is
because of the unique nature of mobile and fragmentation of
devices.
For starters, testing should be not only planned on simulators
but also on physical devices. Also, there may be multiple devices
from various manufacturers for operating systems such as
Android and Windows Mobile. Each device may have a different
screen size and features.Your application may not work as
intended on all devices. Therefore, the application should be
thoroughly tested for any issues and defect-fixes before
implementing it.
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Moreover, in-house testing teams might not have all the devices and hence tools like DeviceAnywhere or
Perfecto Mobile can be used for remote testing on actual devices.
Mobile testing may also need in-field testing for applications that use GPS, maps etc. This means that
someone has to travel to a few locations and test the application, especially features like serving coupons or
deals when user is near a shopping area.
In-field testing is also needed for testing under various network conditions like 2G/ 3G and network
switching.
Since most mobile projects tend to be iterative in nature, automated testing can help in reducing overall
testing effort. Some of the automated testing tools that can be considered are SeeTest, TestPlant, Robotium,
Android Monkey and Selenium.
Build
12. Deployment of native mobile apps for
consumers will require you to understand
App Stores and approval processes
Native apps are typically distributed to end-users
through an App Store process. Mobile web applications
do not need to go through an approval process.
Some of the key store-fronts are Apple App-Store,
Google Android Market, Windows Marketplace,
BlackBerry App World and Amazon Appstore. In
addition, there are a number of other App Stores that
can be used for distribution.
Some of the app-stores require an approval process for the apps to be made available to public. Where an
approval is required, it is important to pay attention to the approval process.
Apple Store has a manual review and approval process, while Google Store does not have an approval
process. It is imperative to understand the approval guidelines and timelines involved, to ensure that you
have a launch process as planned.
– Apple guidelines indicate that apps which do not have significant native features may be rejected. It
is therefore advisable to have only those applications that have significant native components to be
built as native apps. Apps that have only links to videos etc. may be better built using HTML5 or
mobile web frame-work.
– Typically, Apple approval timeline ranges from one week to three weeks, therefore at least two
weeks timeline need to be planned to ensure that apps are ready to be launched (For example - If
you want to show-case an app in an event, you need to complete the app development and testing
at least two weeks in advance).
Note: You can always reach out to Apple for an expedited approval with a valid reason.
Examples
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13. While enterprise apps would require you to be
familiar with enterprise distribution methods
One of the key challenges associated with an enterprise app is to deliver the app to all/relevant employees.
One of the ways of distributing an application intended for the employees of an enterprise is to distribute the
app on App Store, but requiring credentials, so that only employees can access with the right login. However,
this may not be considered safe for apps involving information requiring high security.
An alternative mode of distribution without going through the App Stores is an enterprise mode of
distribution in case of Apple. Apple provides an enterprise mode of distribution to distribute applications to
employees of an enterprise. In this case, an app is hosted on the server and an email or SMS with the
webpage link is sent to the target device.
Another option to deploy applications within enterprises is to use a Mobile Device Management software like
Zenprise or AirWatch. Most leading MDM providers provide an ability to setup enterprise app-stores which
can then be used to distribute apps to enterprise users.
– For an in-store catalog application that we deployed for a retailer, we used an approach of getting
the app on the App Store with authentication. The app was also made available to users in the
public domain, but with different content.
– For a sales catalog app deployed for a medical device manufacturer, the approach was to go through
enterprise distribution mode, as the app content was more sensitive, as well as there was no
information that was relevant for general public.
Examples
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14. And of course, enterprise mobile security
cannot be left open
Mobile Device security should be a key consideration while deploying
enterprise mobile apps, especially the ones accessing corporate documents
or corporate data. Security has been important in the laptop world as well,
but in mobile world, security assumes paramount importance just because
the device is “mobile”, with a higher possibility of losing the device.
Some of the leading Mobile Device Management players like Zenprise,
Sybase Afaria and AirWatch handle mobile security aspects as well. However,
a careful mapping of your enterprise security requirements will have to be
completed to ensure that the right solution is implemented, that suits your
needs.
– CIO at a large financial organization wants to ensure that the enterprise data that is accessed on
user's mobile phone is secure, and is wiped off if the device is lost.
– IT organization wants to ensure that the apps that are installed on the employee's device can be
controlled and managed centrally.
– Ensure that users abide by password policies to ensure that the password cannot be broken.
Examples
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15. Training should not be ignored for enterprise
mobile apps
Mobile and tablet apps are normally much more intuitive and user-friendly than traditional web-based
applications and hence require less user training.
However, for an enterprise app, it is prudent to budget cost and effort for training to ensure that you obtain
maximum results. Especially for apps requiring data entry (e.g. by service technicians or sales people in the
field), planned training sessions would eliminate any potential for errors and maximize overall returns.
– While deploying an in-store sales catalog system for a retailer, RapidValue conducted training
sessions and workshops for a key set of field sales people at their annual conference. These sales
people in turn acted as trainers for the store sales people. This ensured that the app was used by
the in-store sales people in an effective way, resulting in high level of customer satisfaction.
– While deploying a mobile hospital management mobile system, training videos were created
and sent out to all the key personnel using the system including pharmacists, specialists and
practitioners. A systematic training and tracking program ensured a smooth deployment without any
surprises.
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16. It is always useful to plan and budget for on-going maintenance and upgrade costs in advance as part of
your planning exercise, as that will ensure a better ROI realization.
Plan for ongoing maintenance & upgrades
In most cases, mobile and tablet apps require constant
updates due to multiple reasons –
– Constant changes to technology – new releases of
Operating Systems and new features
– User feedback – As mobile is an area that is evolving
quickly, new features as well as different ways to use
and navigate the apps are always brought in by the
users. Of course, the best mobile app is built by
listening to your customers continuously, and
improving on a regular basis. Most of the mobile
apps ecosystems have built-in mechanisms for
feedback, and this provides a great source for
improvement opportunities.
– A mobile shopping app that costs about 200K to develop (and integrate with the retail/ecommerce
system) could potentially cost about 50K per year for subsequent functionality upgrades and
changes. However, the incremental effort may bring the maximum ROI, ensuring customer feedback
is incorporated.
– Moving an app to another platform (from iPad to Android tablets for example) should be considered
as an independent project. The effort itself may be only about 50-60% of the original project as the
integration aspects have already been addressed, but this still needs to be looked at as a separate
effort with independent planning.
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17. And last but not least, measure the app
effectiveness
As they say, ‘you cannot manage what you cannot measure’ –
This is true for mobile apps as well. As this is an emerging field,
measurement of user behavior is the key to obtaining relevant
insights. Having the right data on user behavior also puts you in a
position to monetize your apps, by providing relevant information
to your advertisers.
Once the app starts getting used, it is important to monitor key
data parameters generated by the app. Valuable information on
the app usage including time spent on specific pages and
advertisements can be obtained and charted, if the app has been
designed with this in mind. A lot of valuable information to
finetune the app, can be obtained by closely monitoring this data.
– In one of the end-to-end iPad based magazine publishing solutions that we built for a leading health
care publisher, we built an analytics module that was able to track a lot of good information, like the
total time spent by the user per magazine issue, time spent on each page, time spent on each ad
etc. The client was able to use this information to effectively sell advertisement space and was also
able to identify the sections of the magazine that generated maximum interest.
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About RapidValue
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experts in mobility consulting and application development, along with experience delivering over 200
mobility projects, we offer a range of mobility services across industry verticals. RapidValue delivers its
services to the world’s top brands and Fortune 1000 companies, and has offices in the United States and
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