Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services. 4th International Conference, MobiCASE 2012, Seattle, WA, USA, October 11-12, 2012. Revised Selected Papers

Research Article

mConcAppt – A Method for the Conception of Mobile Business Applications

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-36632-1_1,
        author={Steffen Hess and Felix Kiefer and Ralf Carbon and Andreas Maier},
        title={mConcAppt -- A Method for the Conception of Mobile Business Applications},
        proceedings={Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services. 4th International Conference, MobiCASE 2012, Seattle, WA, USA, October 11-12, 2012. Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={MOBICASE},
        year={2013},
        month={2},
        keywords={Mobile Business Applications User Experience Interaction Design Method Requirements Engineering User-Centered Design},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-36632-1_1}
    }
    
  • Steffen Hess
    Felix Kiefer
    Ralf Carbon
    Andreas Maier
    Year: 2013
    mConcAppt – A Method for the Conception of Mobile Business Applications
    MOBICASE
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-36632-1_1
Steffen Hess1,*, Felix Kiefer1,*, Ralf Carbon1,*, Andreas Maier1,*
  • 1: Fraunhofer IESE
*Contact email: steffen.hess@iese.fraunhofer.de, felix.kiefer@iese.fraunhofer.de, ralf.carbon@iese.fraunhofer.de, andreas.maier@iese.fraunhofer.de

Abstract

Mobile business applications (mobile business apps) bear huge potentials for increased work productivity, work comfort, and even sales if they are of high quality. Usability and user experience, in particular, are among the key quality attributes. The high quality requirements of mobile business apps require them to be thoroughly engineered. Unfortunately, today’s software engineering approaches are often too heavy-weight to allow developing high-quality mobile business apps in the context of mobile projects, which often face small budgets, extremely limited effort, and short time-to-market requirements. This paper presents mConcAppt, a user-centered and lightweight conception method for mobile business apps. It provides guidance for requirements engineering and interaction design for mobile business apps and provides interfaces to other activities, such as visual design, architectural design, implementation, and testing. The adoption of mConcAppt in various industrial contexts indicates that it enables organizations to elaborate a concept for a high-quality mobile business app in 2-4 weeks.