Mobile Apps the Smart Way

Joe Keuler Innovation Center

1) Envision the need for

mobile
Use cases

2) Practical ways to implement mobile

Business Side considerations
Development considerations
Architecture
Toolset

3) Demo of mobile application for govt

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Citizen Use Cases for Mobile

Happy Holidays!

Citizen Use Case

Growing up mobile

Citizen Use Case

Mobile is moving toward becoming a
primary computing device

Mobile Markets
Facebooks Mobile Moment

Digital Govt Use Case

Government Service
Home Energy Plus Program: heating
assistance and bill pay
Complex program requirements
Use Case: A loss of independence and onsite customer service

Practical Ways to go Mobile

Business Side
Identify use cases for mobile prior to new
development
Design concurrently
Best if treated if NOT an after-thought

If adding mobile, modernize the entire solution

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Practical Ways to go Mobile

Development Side
Architecture
Fitness of platform: COTS, aPaaS, Traditional (ntiered) Development
Avoid developing the mobile and desktop pieces
as two disparate projects

Practical Ways to go Mobile

Development Side
Toolset
Current Architectural framework(s): MVC
Allows you to develop data and logic as one
project and then different screens
With Bootstrap and other tools design is inherently
responsive

Current Example Projects: Energy and

Charitable gaming
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Practical Ways to go Mobile

Development Toolset Continued
aPaaS: application Platform as a Service
Has all of these practical mobile strategies bakedin

Concurrent design process

Concurrent mobile and desktop development
Conforms to best practices
Immediate App deployment

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Application Platform as a Service

(aPaaS)
Definition: a cloud-based application development
ecosystem to support rapid application development
Capabilities: provides the full technology stack to support
modern applications: deployment, security, database,
integration, mobility, analytics, social components, scalability
Benefits: accelerated delivery, higher application
development capacity, support of iterative development,
reduced costs, quicker ROI, reduced TCO
Shift Cost from infrastructure to delivering applications in a
subscription based, pay-as-you-go model
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Market Leaders

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Demo
Use Case: Energy Assistance worker
visits assisted living facility to take an
application
Worker gathers basic data
Name, DOB, annual fuel costs, 3 month income,
family size

Data is used to determine program eligibility

A benefit is immediately calculated on-site
after the data is saved
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But wait theres more

(These programs can be complicated)
If they make too much money their application
is denied
If their income is too low, further investigation
is warranted and will need supervisor
approval (to prevent fraud)
Otherwise, theyll simply get a benefit
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Govt programs require customization

In aPaaS, the simple things are simple
(and fast)
but the complex and highly customizable
things are possible while using all of the
modern web standards and best practices.

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aPaaS can handle complexity

Benefit formula = (1-(3 month income/max income
limit(family size))*(fuel cost/fuel cost coefficient)
Higher income; lower portion of fuel bill paid

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Welcome
Screen

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Navigation
Window

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Recent Apps

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App Entry

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App View
Sent for Approval

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NOTIFICATIONS!

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MORE NOTIFICATIONS!!!

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Approve or Reject
within the App

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Communication

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Communication

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Mobile Dashboards

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Pre-made functionality

User creation
Customizable email templates
Complex logical workflows
Mobile app deployment
Mobile browser experience
Dashboards and Reports
Field and object level security
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Time taken to develop

Data-model:
Permissions
App Configuration:
Business Logic:
UI and Reporting:

1 hour
2 hours

TOTAL:

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7 hours

3 hours
1 hour

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Summary
There is a desired and a need

aPaaS is a tool to quickly create mobile

applications that adhere to modern
standards and development best practices

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