The use of enterprise apps has become a norm these days where every employee irrespective of being a field staff, marketing team, or in-house team prefer to use apps as per their convenience. The varied employee work nature calls for the strategic mobile app development. It is quite obvious that all the employees expect the same ease-of-use and simplicity as that of a consumer app. Moreover, the consumerization of the enterprise invites the workforce to enhance the connections and collaboration at their workplace. In brief, the employee expectation is shaped under the influence of the consumer experience and social media on their mobile devices.
Therefore, the enterprises today are bound to device the program that would nurture their digital champions and witness a transformation success. A well-designed enterprise app development would truly alleviate the ease of tasks as it solves the real-world problem. It is expected to be simple in navigation, use and help the employees to be more productive.
Let us look into some of the perspectives by which an app should be developed at an enterprise level.
Know the Brand: It is important to consider the brand you represent, the group of employees for whom the app has to be designed. A free discussion and study of the department culture is essential so that one may not miss out the nuances of the field and thus make their life easier. It is essential to figure out the need of the employees so that they would get inclined for its adoption as their daily routine.
Aesthetics of the app build: The app design must be clutter-free, simple and user-friendly. Consider and compare the consumer apps’ simplicity, regular usage, and it is recommended to apply similar concepts to bring in the familiarity of usage. The apps must be exciting and engaging so that the employees use it as a regular one and not as something alien from their routine activity.
Platform choice: Every employee is comfortable in their own way when it comes for platform choice. A few may be comfortable with iOS, and a few more will be with the Android OS. One cannot force the use of a platform that they are not ready for. Thus, it is better to opt for iOS or Android app development. It is also recommended to opt for web based app as it may become cost-effective with certain aspects, and is easily accessed across the devices. It is better to remember that if an app is not easy, the employees are going to abandon it for sure.
IT on board: It is recommended to involve the IT department when developing the enterprises rather than totally getting dependent on third party service. They are the one who would host and run them once they are designed and deployed. When they are involved, the company would become more competent and also earn a team who are focused to create innovative technology within the organization at a faster rate.
The bottom line is that while creating an enterprise app, the concern should be its usage, and participation of the teams. Henceforth, the app should be engaging, user-friendly, and the employees must be excited to use it.
