Reach your audience
with a SharePoint
mobile app
May 22, 2013
Hello
brian edwards

Director, Portal Offerings

mallory o’connor

Practice Lead, Customer and Member Portals

mark bice

Solution Architect, Front End
About Habanero
We are passionate about helping
people and organizations thrive.
Employee
Portals

Customer
Portals

Member
Portals

Connecting parents to their children’s schools.
About the Habinar
#habinar
Reach your audience with
a SharePoint mobile app
Goals for today

review
approaches

case
study

things
to consider

for mobile experiences

SchoolLink

insights
Let’s refresh on approaches
to mobile experiences
Selecting a mobile approach

Anticipated
user
scenarios

Business
objectives

Nature of
content /
functionality

Development
/ sustainment
capacity

Delivery
timelines

Available
budget
Mobile decision tree
Mobile Requirements

Mobile Web

Dedicated
Mobile Site

Mobile App

Responsive
Site

Native App

Hybrid App

PhoneGap

iOS

Android

Windows

iOS 5, iOS 6

Gingerbread,
Ice Cream Sandwich

WP7, WP8

OS 5.x , OS 6.0+

Smart Phone Devices

Tablet Devices

- iPhone
- Android smartphone
- Windows smartphone
- Blackberry smartphone

- iPad& iPad Mini
- Android Tablet
- Microsoft Surface

Hybrid Devices
- Galaxy Note

Blackberry

Titanium
mobile web vs. mobile app
Mobile experiences
consumed via a local
device browser

Mobile experiences consumed
via specific app downloaded
from an OS marketplace

(i.e. Safari)

(i.e. App Store, Google Play,
SharePoint Store)
Mobile development approaches
1. Dedicated mobile site
2. Responsive site

Mobile Web

3. Native app
4. SharePoint 2013 native app
5. Hybrid framework app

Mobile App
Dedicated mobile site
Responsive site
Desktop

Tablet

Phone
Native apps
SharePoint 2013
native apps
Hybrid framework app
Wrap your
app with an
open source
framework

Deploy to
multiple OS
platforms
Case study:
SchoolLink
A little background:
Surrey School District
Vancouver
Vancouver

Surrey
70,000
Primary, secondary and adult
education students
130 +
Schools, learning centres and
programs
328 km

2

Largest school district in
British Columbia
900+
Content authors across school
and district staff
Why a mobile app?
Sources:
ICD Report: Always Connected: How Smartphones and Social Keep Us Engaged March 2013
Smartphone usage

181.4

In 2013
million
smartphone users in the United States

57.3%

That’s
entire population

Sources:
ICD Report: Always Connected: How Smartphones and Social Keep Us Engaged March 2013

of the
Smartphone usage
By 2017, that will increase to

222.4
67.8%
million

Or
population

Sources:
ICD Report: Always Connected: How Smartphones and Social Keep Us Engaged March 2013

of the entire
Mobile traffic to the District
Mobile traffic to the District

87%

of mobile traffic
Crumpled notice syndrome
Good existing content
How we got started
Establish
scope

Identify
audience

Technology
choice

Design
principles
What’s relevant to me?
What do I have to know
about? What would disrupt
my day?
— Parents at the Surrey School District

Credit:
iStockPhoto
Goals:
Improve communications with parents
Goals:
Establish a first step into mobile (iOS)

Today
Goals:
Leverage existing SharePoint content and
authoring process
Goals:
Use existing skillsets for design, development
and maintenance
Goals:
Build for extensibility and growth
Demo
Considerations
Same content, new context
Coach authors on the
mobile experience
Be mindful of notifications
Plan launch strategies
Soft launch: until June

th
30
Official launch: Sept 2013
Technical
considerations
Working with an
existing solution
Abstracting/extending
SharePoint
Working with PhoneGap
Device/OS considerations
iOS ecosystem
• Urban Airship: for push notifications
• TestFlight : for app distribution during UAT
3 things to take away
Complex landscape – but
there’s a just right approach.
Mobile second can be ok too.
You can extend SharePoint
content to mobile apps.
Educate. Plan. Pilot.
Questions?
Wrap up
•Survey and feedback
•Next webinar: responsive web design in July
•Follow up questions are welcome!
Get in touch
brian edwards

Director, Portal Offerings
bedwards@habaneroconsulting.com
604.709.6201 x117

mallory o’connor

Practice Lead, Customer and Member Portals
moconnor@habaneroconsulting.com
604.709.6201 x114

mark bice

Solution Architect, Front End
mbice@habaneroconsulting.com
604.709.6201 x119
Reach your audience with a share point mobile app

Reach your audience with a share point mobile app