Enterprises are working on enhancing the mobility experienced by their employees, so that they can work from remote locations. Most businesses believe that there has been a rise in productivity with the entry of enterprise mobile apps.
Mobile offers an opportunity across the different verticals of the enterprise. You could be launching a single app for your enterprise, or integrating various apps performing different tasks. With good user experience, you can offer growth within the enterprise. Gone are the days when your organization worked in the silo method; today it is founded on an integrated and a centralized manner.
The enterprise app market according to Worldwide Enterprise Applications Forecast is growing exponentially, and is currently on a growth trajectory of 6.6% CAGR and will be worth $200 Bn by the end of 2019. More medium and large scale organizations have started realizing how crucial business critical systems and information is for the enterprise to grow and mature.
When you are planning on an enterprise mobile app, it is important for you to consider the budget for the app, as well as the strategy for your enterprise mobile app. This depends on the goals you aim to achieve with your enterprise mobile app. If you are looking at something that will help improve efficiency of your employees, you will strategize accordingly, and the budget will be considered thereon.
Firstly, you need to consider whether or not you should have your own enterprise mobile app. Once you have reached a conclusion on this, your next quest should be on whether this is the right time to get an enterprise app developed. A lot of questions follow, like what type of app should you consider developing, how much time should you invest in app development, and which platform should you develop the app for first.
Challenges in Mobile App Development
There are a few challenges posed by enterprise app development. The main challenge is having a good mobile strategy in place. Without a strategy, you won’t be able to build the app that works towards the goals you have set for your business.
The second challenge is the infrastructure that helps with execution of the enterprise mobile app strategy. Without the right kind of infrastructure, your strategy cannot be executed as you want it to be. For the perfect idea or concept to be visualized and the strategy to be executed, you need to have the budget that would help you go ahead with your plans.
For the strategy, you will need to get on board all the teams for whom you are developing the app, so that you know what is expected from the app. This will help build the strategy, which in turn will help you realize the technology infrastructure you are looking for, and accordingly plan for it.
The final challenge budget is dependent on the strategy and the technology you are planning. Going cheap is not the solution, but you should not choose something too expensive either.
The Platform to Develop for
It is important to choose the platform for which you want to develop the app. Most businesses choose from iOS or Android for developing their app. Let’s discuss the pros and cons for iOS development and Android development so that you can choose the platform for which you can develop the app. iOS offers enhanced security. This kind of security is what enterprises are looking for, as the loss of a smartphone does not mean loss of data in this case. The data is protected. But, when you look at the world, which is budget conscious you know that iOS devices are expensive compared to Android devices.
When it comes to development, iOS is not as flexible and customizable as the Android platform is. So, as a developer you tend to get fewer opportunities to create an app customized to the needs of a business.
While it is difficult to customize an app, it is pretty easy to use an app developed using the iOS platform. You will need to look at the needs of your business, so that you can choose a platform accordingly.
You will need to track the metrics of your app continuously to know if you need to upgrade your app, or ring in something new to your app. App strategy and development is a continuous process, which keeps upgrading with the evolving nature of your business.
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Vishal Nakum
Vishal Nakum is a tech enthusiast with a passion for exploring the latest developments in the world of technology. He has a keen interest in emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Blockchain, and enjoys keeping up-to-date with the latest trends and advancements in these fields. Vishal is an avid learner and is always on the lookout for new ways to expand his knowledge and skills. He is also a creative thinker and enjoys experimenting with new ideas and concepts. In his free time, Vishal enjoys playing video games and reading books on technology and science.