10 Tips for Kickass Enterprise Mobile Apps

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1. ConnectJS – October 17, 2015 for Kickass Enterprise Mobile Apps 10 Tips
2. Patrick Seda @pxtrick •  Independent Mobile App Architect •  5+ Years in Mobile Development •  25+ Years as a Software Professional •  Apps: Enterprise to Children’s games
3. Agenda - The 10 Tips - Responsibility - Perspective
4. Enterprise Apps ? •  Enterprise internal •  Customer-facing “Mobile apps used in the business world to solve the problems of an enterprise”
5. Core Tip Business Focus on
6. Core Business •  Add value •  Improve strategic advantage •  Increase user efficiency •  Utilize mobile capabilities Make your app:
7. Tip UI / UX Amazing
8. UI/UX •  Look and “feel” amazing •  Have intuitive usability •  Have responsive design •  Respect users’ brand expectations Make your app:
9. Multi- Tip Platform Offer
10. Multi-Platform •  Respect BYOD •  Usable on the market leaders •  Adhere to the design paradigms of target platform Make your app:
11. User Tip Feedback Accept
12. User Feedback •  A mechanism for feedback •  More than app store reviews •  To appropriately respond to real-world user issues You absolutely need:
13. Timely Tip Updates Provide
14. Timely Updates •  Development is alive & active •  Moving towards “bug-free” •  You care about the user Promotes the perception:
15. Performance Tip UX Amazing
16. Performance UX •  Back-end web services •  Caching •  UI diversion techniques •  Offline capabilities Optimize and Fine-tune:
17. Tip Security Killer
18. Security •  Data: At rest, in use, in motion •  VPN needs •  EMM (MDM / MAM) •  Public vs. private app store Appropriately handle:
19. Architecture Tip & Design Robust
20. Architecture & Design •  Focus on extensibility •  Focus on maintainability •  Be disciplined •  Time travel! You absolutely need to:
21. Tip Debt Low Technical
22. “Badly designed, unnecessarily complicated, or unwanted code” - Oxford Dictionary Cruft: “The single contributing reason you’re going to rewrite your app from scratch, i.e. unmaintainable garbage” - Patrick Seda Technical Debt
23. Technical Debt •  Avoid Cruft! •  Define & adhere to standards •  Keep your peers in check •  Keep technical debt LOW You absolutely need to:
24. Tip Analytics Collect
25. Analytics •  A useful feedback loop •  Functional usage insight •  Business usage insight •  Funnels These data provide you:
26. Responsibility Who owns it? Who is accountable?
27. Development DEV Responsibility - Mobile Application - Legacy Backend Systems - Web Services
28. UI / UX Responsibility - Platform Guidelines - Brand Consistency - Pleasant Usability - Logical App Flow UI / UX
29. BUSINESS Responsibility - Traditional BA - Product Owner (Scrum) - Business Interface with the Client/Customer Business
30. Core Business DEV UI / UX BUSINESS BUSINESS UI / UX DEV UI / UX BUSINESS UI / UX Multi-Platform DEV UI / UX BUSINESS DEV UI / UX User Feedback DEV UI / UX BUSINESS BUSINESS Responsibility
31. Timely Updates DEV UI / UX BUSINESS DEV BUSINESS Performance UX DEV UI / UX BUSINESS DEV Security DEV UI / UX BUSINESS DEV BUSINESS Architecture & Design DEV UI / UX BUSINESS DEV Responsibility
32. Technical Debt DEV UI / UX BUSINESS DEV Analytics DEV UI / UX BUSINESS DEV BUSINESS Responsibility
33. Arch & Design Developer POV Multi-Platform Technical Debt Analytics User Feedback Timely Updates Performance Security UI / UX Core Business Importance to Developer
34. Arch & Design Multi-Platform Technical Debt Analytics User Feedback Timely Updates Performance Security UI / UX Core Business DEV DEV DEV DEV BIZ DEV UI / UX BIZ UI / UX BIZ DEV BIZ DEV BIZ Developer POV Importance to Developer
35. Importance to Developer DEV DEV DEV DEV UI / UX BIZ UI / UX BIZ Developer POV DEV BIZ DEV BIZ DEV BIZ
36. User POV Importance to User Multi-Platform Arch & Design Technical Debt Analytics User Feedback Timely Updates Performance Security UI / UX Core Business
37. DEV Multi-Platform Arch & Design Technical Debt Analytics User Feedback Timely Updates Performance Security UI / UX Core Business DEV DEV DEV BIZ DEV UI / UX BIZ UI / UX BIZ DEV BIZ DEV BIZ User POV Importance to User
38. DEV DEV DEV DEV BIZ DEV UI / UX BIZ UI / UX BIZ DEV BIZ DEV BIZ User POV Importance to User
39. POV Comparison DEV DEV DEV DEV BIZ DEV UI / UX BIZ UI / UX BIZ DEV BIZ DEV BIZ Importance to User Importance to Developer DEV DEV DEV DEV UI / UX BIZ UI / UX BIZ DEV BIZ DEV BIZ DEV BIZ ! The most interesting things for you … are the least important to the end user!
40. Multi-Platform Arch & Design Technical Debt Analytics User Feedback Timely Updates Performance Security UI / UX Core Business Recap
41. Thank You
42. Patrick Seda @pxtrick patrickseda@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/patrickseda speakerdeck.com/pxtrick techmatters.fm