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Follow on Google News | How to Do a Well-Structured Outsourced Mobile Development Project SpecificationCiklum has compiled a checklist of features to help companies better structure their mobile app development specifications prior to submitting them to prospective development partners and get more value from responses to their RFQ / RFI.
By: Viktor Bogdanov - Ciklum.com Based on mobile app specification related questions we regularly receive from prospective clients as well as experiences gained from daily interaction with existing clients’ mobile project teams, we’ve compiled a brief yet comprehensive checklist to help you better structure your mobile app specifications to assist your prospective development partners to better evaluate your mobile project needs and time-frames. 1. General Information 1.1. The project idea - provide your would-be service provider with as many insights into your future mobile app development project as possible as well as ideas / details on revenue generating streams 1.2. The main goal of your application – provide a concise yet clear explanation of what major goal you’re trying to achieve with your mobile application 1.3. Mobile platforms your app is targeted for – indicate whether you need your app to work on iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, Meego, Bada, WebOS or any other mobile platform, whether or not it should be cross-platform, and / or ask a service provider for a piece of advice if you aren’t sure what platform is relevant for your solution 1.4. Devices and/or OS versions your app is targeted for – indicate specific mobile phone brands, models and particular OS version editions, if any 1.5. Graphical design – specify if the design will be done internally or outsourced (if the latter applies, indicate who will be completing design related tasks – e.g., a freelancer, a contractor…). Again, it’s a good place to ask for advice if needed 1.6. Project budget – make sure to mention your budget limitations to obtain more relative pricing information from your potential outsourcing provider 1.7. Desired timeframe for ‘Proof of Concept’ / product delivery – indicate if you’re in a hurry to get your mobile app fully developed and up and running or if there’re no time constrains so far 2. Project details 2.1. Number of screens – each screen (tab) should be described separately, with available images, presentations and other visual materials attached 2.2. Landscape mode – specify whether or not the app should be implemented to allow user’s work in a landscape mode 2.3. Social media integration– 2.4. Server collaboration – specify whether the app will have to transfer any data to / from an external server. Here provide a general description of the server part and/or specifications available: in case the server part has already been developed before, do provide specifications of the collaboration mechanism, protocols and likewise information 2.5. Offline work – do not forget to mention whether the app should be able to store any data on the device (data caching enabled) 2.6. Integration of in-app purchases – specify if your app users should be able to buy content inside the app and if yes, what type of content will be sold 2.7. Printing functionality – indicate if your app should be able to print out the information wirelessly and if yes, what types of data should be made printable 2.8. Geo-location services – specify whether or not your app should have geo-data functionality enabled 2.9. Push notifications – specify if your app should have enabled push notifications for enhanced user interaction and if yes, what types of notifications should be implemented 3. Market information 3.1. Competition – specify a detailed list of competitive products and point directly to the ones you want your potential service provider to look at prior to giving you any project assessment 3.2. Target group – briefly describe potential users of your app 4. Miscellaneous 4.1. Responsible persons in your company – indicate exact or approximate number of people in your company who will be involved in leading your outsourcing effort / outsourcing project management (no names or contact details are needed at this stage) 4.2. Communication – briefly describe your vision of how communication between your company and an outsourcing service provider should be established. The following questions may help you complete this field: Do you plan to visit your outsourced project team to foster face-to-face communication with project executors and if yes, how often? What remote communication tools will you need to control your offshore or nearshore mobile project team – Skype, VoIP, any specific video conferencing tool? 4.3. Additional information – here you may provide any other available project related details, links to inspiration sources, questions etc. This checklist will help you get a basic idea of what features need being described in the mobile project requirements specification to “squeeze” a maximum value from responses to your RFQ / RFI. End
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