In mobile solutions it is not just the developers who have to know a lot about mobile solutions. One of the most challenging jobs is that of project manager. Not only do you have to have good project management skills (Prince 2) but you have to have a very good grasp of the technology and terminology. For me at igroup I often get involved early on in a project. This helps me not only to understand what needs to be done, but also the technology that we will be using.
One of the first things to do is to make sure that all the requirements have been gathered for a Mobile Solution project. Our Analysts will perform all the requirements gathering, including finding the business rules, user and business requirements. Making sure that the client has given us all their requirements is very important and also any assumptions the client may think we know about.
One important part of a mobile project is to manage the procurement and delivery of the hardware. The hardware is often as important as the software. Both have to work in harmony with each other. To a user, if one does not work then the whole solution does not work.
In part 2 I will talk about the aspects of project management that need more consideration in a Mobile Solution than in a normal project ……
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