This client wished to provide a mobile application that would enable consumers to review, schedule, track and pay for services in an easy-to-use mobile application environment. The client also wished to provide easy-to-use, dependable tools to its internal administration and field staff to coordinate and track services.
I’ve got a friend who is often frustrated by vendor services and his frustration does not come from the fact that his expectations are unreasonable. His frustration comes from the fact that the vendors his business engages often misunderstand the needs of a public sector company or a government agency type of business. Private business is one thing! Public sector and government agencies is quite another thing. There are different compliance issues, regulations and standards and these are not negotiable!
Moving to a mobile app is not just a matter of making sure that information can be accessed on a smart phone. When your company decides to build a mobile app, it must acknowledge that launching this app will be a game changer!
If your business is like most, you probably find that your IT staff is overwhelmed with maintenance and support activities and the endless stream of projects that inevitably arises from enterprise growth and change. When it is time to develop an application or a software product for market, your IT team may not have the time or the skills to do the work.
Every application must be mobile if it is to be successful with business users or consumers. Every user has a smart phone, a tablet, a smart watch or a laptop and every user expects mobile application design to support user needs, no matter what device they are using.
This Australian business provides digital rewards and products to a customer base that exceeds 6 million members. Customer business subscribers use these services to offer loyalty and reward programs to employees thereby improving employee satisfaction and expanding employee benefits.
I attended a conference where my colleagues were arguing over the benefits of hybrid, cross-platform mobile applications vs. true native mobile applications. For my part, I stayed silent and just listened. In my mind, there is no one right answer. The choice really depends on what you want to do and PLAN to do in the future, and on your performance requirements. Like many technology topics, there are way too many factors to consider for a short blog post like this one but a few things do come to mind.
The enterprise is a large manufacturer of CPVC pipes and fittings with factories located across India. The client serves millions of residents and contractors, providing quality plumbing products and services with production facilities across India, supplying plumbing systems, drainage systems, agricultural plumbing products and industrial and electrical conduit pipe products. The client needed an application to track security guards employed at various facilities, and to mitigate ongoing theft issues experienced at these facilities. Every security guard is assigned a specific route and route frequency to ensure that all key security points are covered during the shift.
You know, mobile application development services are not the same as that old business app designed to run on your desktop or even your laptop or notebook. If you think you can approach the design and development project the same way, you are mistaken. That dynamite new mobile app has to run on every smart phone, no matter the brand or screen size.
If you haven’t already figured it out, I am here to tell you that your business can’t succeed without mobile apps. We live in an increasingly mobile society and mobile applications are vital to your employees and to consumers who need (and expect) access to products, services and information anywhere, at any time, on any device. Let’s not forget that your users will also want access on every one of their devices (laptops, tablets, desktops, smart phones) and that access should be seamless, with solutions that work no matter the size of the screen. They are going to want rapid response time and high performance and intuitive navigation that meet their expectations.
