5 tips for building engaging, data-driven mobile apps
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Whether you’re building a native mobile app or a mobile-friendly website, users demand an engaging, high-performance experience. Check out our infographic 5 Tips for Building Engaging, Data-Driven Mobile Apps below for a short list of considerations as you embark on your own mobile odyssey.TRANSCRIPT
Use mobile-friendly microservicesReleasing several different mobile apps is simplified and accelerated with reusable backend components.
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Tips for Building Engaging, Data-Driven Mobile Apps5
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Invest in QA automationTesting quality assurance (QA) over such a proliferation of devices and software is an overwhelming task
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5minutes testing
4000+Android devices
333hours testing
Capture & use data to refine the app experienceThe multitude of sensors produce a massive amount of data that provides an unprecedented, 360-degree view of your customer and users
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The latest smartphone
models boast
17or more sensors
Be prepared to iterate frequently, at scaleHigh-frequency releases require a development environment that supports continuous integration, delivery, and automated deployment
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Brands with highly rated
consumer mobile apps release
8-12times per year3
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3. Forrester Research, “CIO’s: Organize for Mobile Success”, October 2014
Engage design and development expertsNative mobile applications require different, hard-to-find skills
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...an internal IT organization’s
capacityto deliver them through 2017.2
The market capacity for
mobile application
development services...
2. Gartner, “How to Choose a Mobile App Development Partner” August 2014
...will grow at least
5X faster than...
plan to increase spending on
mobile development by
36%
Users demand engaging, high-performance mobile app experiencesAccording to Gartner, next year...
79% of organizations surveyed
and sourcing options1and many will explore new technology
1. Gartner, “Survey Analysis: Enterprise Mobile App Development Spend is Increasing, While Platform Choice Remains Tactical”, October 2014