The document outlines a workshop for the National Mobile App Development Awareness and Capacity Building Program, focused on addressing various societal issues through innovative mobile app solutions. Topics include traffic management, exam question leaks, sanitation, sexual harassment reporting, and health awareness among others, emphasizing the role of mentors and domain experts in the app development process. Participants are encouraged to redefine problem statements and propose solutions that consider technology limitations and practical implementations.

1. National Mobile App
Development Awareness
and Capacity Building
Program
Workshop Session for Mentors
Mohammad Zaman
Founder, CloudCamp Bangladesh

2. National Mobile App
Development
Awareness and
Capacity Building
Program
National Hackathon
Agenda
What we plan to talk about
Topic 1 Problems – Summary of Concepts
Topic 2 Role of Mentor & Domain Expert
Topic 3 Create the Problem Statement
Topic 4 Constraints and Limits
Topic 5 Must resolve issues of the Problem
Topic 6 Nice to have resolution to the Problem
Topic 7 Limitation of Technology
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Minutes

3. Traffic Jam
Dhaka Metropolitan Police has installed
some state of the art intelligent camera
and devices for tracking the vehicle and
monitoring traffic at the end part of
Dhaka metro area.
Now they want good solutions that can
use those content.
• Inform citizens the status of the traffic
jam
• Provide custom media reports
• Receive and update situation reports
from crowdsourced platforms
• Any other innovative solutions
2
Minutes

4. Question Paper
To resolve Exam question paper leaks
we rely on the honesty and judgment
of individual people to disseminate
the question papers and that in itself
bears the key to the problem
The Education Board wants a solution
where using technology this problem
can be resolved
• QR code based encoding
• Mobile monitoring and verification system
• Enhanced security solutions
• Crowd-sourced whistle-blower solutions
• The solution needs to be practical and easy
to implement in a national scale.
Leak
2
Minutes

5. Economic impact of inadequate
sanitation is $ 4.2 billion. We need
public awareness solutions promoting
behavior change through
participatory hygiene - leading to
sanitation transformation
• Games, Info-apps or Tools
• Fun and innovative approaches
• Peer education for children
Sanitation
Behavioral Change
2
Minutes

6. There are cyclone shelters all over the
country with cyclone center
management system.
They also have a central damage &
loss assessment system.
Now they need a mobile, swift and
easy to use system to complement
their existing systems.
• Easier to update, user friendly
mobile solution
• Support dissemination of early
warning
• Coordination of resource
mobilization
Cyclone Shelter
Management
2
Minutes

7. Sexual
Harassment
91% of the girls aged 10-18 years have
experienced sexual harassment. Studies
show that due to social oppression and
fear of retaliation the reported number is
far less than the real number.
We need a solution where victims of sexual
harassment can safely report the crimes
committed against them.
• Ensure personal safety
• Connects women to safety
networks
• Crowd sourced complain system
• Awareness for violence against
women
2
Minutes

8. Non-communicable diseases include
heart disease, stroke, most cancers,
asthma, diabetes, chronic kidney
disease and more. They are the
leading cause of death in the world,
representing over 60% of all deaths.
• Awareness Solutions
• Health Awareness Apps
• Fitness Apps and tools
• NCD Risk Tracking
Rise of
Non-Communicable
Diseases
2
Minutes

9. Water Transport
Water transportation sector in
Bangladesh possess deficiencies in
the safety aspect.
At least 4,420 people died in more
than 550 passenger launch accidents
in last 38 years
• Crowd sourced complain management
• Cheaper vehicular tracking solution
• Safety awareness solutions
Safety
2
Minutes

10. Corruption
Corruption is rampant in public
procurement, in tax and customs
collection and in regulatory
authorities. Awards of public and
private tenders are frequently marred
by corruption allegations.
• Crowd-sourced solutions
• Beyond the scope of whistle blowing
• Can bring in the culprits under proper
inspection
• Solutions that provide information related
to corruption-prone transaction
• Make the public aware of the pitfalls
2
Minutes

11. Sexual and
Reproductive Health
Bangladesh’s girls and boys are not in
a position to exercise their sexual and
reproductive health rights. They lack
reliable and timely information and
life skills
• Sexual and reproductive health
awareness solutions Games
• Information apps
• Health related query solutions
• easy to understand and can reach the
young adolescents
2
Minutes

12. Road Safety
Overloaded or un-roadworthy
vehicles, worsening road condition,
blind contortions, lack of awareness
of safe road use, poor traffic
management and poor driver training
are among many reasons for the high
levels of road traffic accidents.
• Traffic safety awareness
• GPS enabled accident reporting app
• Black-spot mapping
• Crowd-sourced complain app against
bad drivers
• personal accident safety apps
• Black-spot alarm
• Route declaration app
2
Minutes

13. Role of Mentors and Domain Experts
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Mentor Roles
Innovation without Barrier
Limit Nothing
“Meaningful” App
“Usable” App
(Modular for Extensibility)
Keeping the End User In
Perspective Always
Information is Dynamic
- Option for User Generation
- Option for Other Data
Integration
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14. Questions to Ask
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Questions to Ask
Paint me the
Picture…..
What prompted
you to…..
Let me share a
Data Point….. Did I just see….
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Look for the WOW Factor!! Minutes
Walk through as you are the end user of the App, Describe don’t Prescribe

15. What Not To Say
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What not to Say
I don’t think….. If you do this way…
What I am looking
for is….. In my experience ….
You are looking for extensibility at scale & looking at the
functions and visuals, Guide don’t Tell
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16. Exercise
Clarify the Problem Statement
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Problem Statement
You have seen and know the problem
statement. Each team will rewrite ONLY the
Problem Statement.
Walk through as you are the end user of the App, Describe don’t Prescribe
You are looking for extensibility at scale & looking at the
functions and visuals, Guide don’t Tell
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Minutes

17. Exercise
Constraints and Limits
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Constraints & Limits
Let’s put Constraints and Limits what you have for the
solution. (Only the MUST ones).
Examples:
1) The solution must work with current and previous versions of
Android (3.2)
2) This must provide user to send data anonymously but with GPS
location and mobile number
3) Must store data in a backend database
CONSIDER PHASE APPROACH FOR VARIOUS SOLUTON COMPONENTS
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18. Exercise
Must Resolve Issues
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Must Resolve Issues
Let’s clearly define what they must resolve for in the
solution. (Only the MUST ones).
Examples:
1) The solution must collect data from DMP traffic database and
display in small phone with overlay of the map
2) Must provide Single action (click/touch) transfer of phone number
and GPS data to Backend Database and Receive Callback.
3) Must have online-offline capabilities
4) Must use hands-free gestures/voice based actions 5
Minutes

19. Exercise
Nice to Have Resolutions
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Nice to Have
Here you can provide some your PERSONAL or OPTIONAL
elements (These are optional, but highly encouraged/carry
points).
Examples:
1) It is nice to have streaming video from the phone; it is nice to have
periodic picture taken and stored in a backend database
2) It is nice to have YouTube videos for health related topic
3) We like to see that we can have pattern matching of photos
4) We like to correlate the location data for pervious crimes 5
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20. Exercise
Technology Limitation
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Technology Limitation
Let’s clearly define what technology limitation they
potentially could have and be aware of
Examples:
1) The backend data is not currently available
2) Consider the server is in the cloud, so, internet access needs for
this app
3) Only login using facebook is permitted
4) Data will be posted in facebook with everyone to view
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21. Exercise
Potential Solution
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Potential solution
10
Minutes
Let’s create between 1 and 2 solution(s) for the problem
Examples:
1) An app will be using Android phone, allows user to send an
emergency text using hand gesture with validation; reduce falls
negative and positive by also sending phone number, GPS location,
instant photo of the location. Keep sending photos using camera
every 5 minutes without user interaction. User can stop the
process at any time. Data is sent directly to the nearest police
station and DMP central dispatch. All data is stored in a backend
database for future forensic and data intelligence.

22. Questions?
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