1. Developing mobile apps for businesses and brands

2. Louise Sturgess Account Director at Mubaloo Responsible for the Account Management team Worked at Mubaloo for nearly 3 years Managed and delivered over 40 projects for some of our major clients

3. About Mubaloo

4. Clients

5. App Delivery Process Solution Architecture User Interface Design Development Support & Maintenance Info Architecture Wireframes Functional Spec Technical Spec Project Plan Screenshot Design Graphics Preparation Development System Integration QA Testing Release to Market 30 day warranty Support SLA OS optimisation Device updates

6. Why planning is essential How to assemble your team How to plan your project

7. Planning is one of the most important stages It may mean the difference between winning or losing! Consider the event as two phases: Planning & Development

8. You only have a limited amount of time. Making a plan will help you to: Think about what you want to do Work out what can be achieved in the time you have Help identify risks Decide how you are going to achieve what you want Think about what you might do if some things don't work out

9. Assembling the Project Team 1. Understand people’s skill set. 2. Choose a team leader. The team leader will need to make the final decision on all activities for this competition. 3. Define a roles for each member in the team e.g. architecture, front-end dev, back-end dev, tester.

10. Planning Phase: The Project Plan Create a Project Plan, which will define: Activities e.g. IA, wireframes, development plan Timescales Dependencies Who is responsible for each activity

11. Project Plan: Example

12. Phase Two: The Development Plan Once you have completed elements of the planning you can begin to think about your development plan. List all of the high-level features and then break each feature down into small tasks. PRIORITISE – be realistic about what can be achieved. Assign a priority to each task, e.g. MUST, SHOULD, COULD, WON’T Assign each task to individual team members

13. Development Plan: Example

14. TOP TIPS FOR SUCCESS 1. PLAN!!! 2. Choose a team lead 3. Prioritise 4. Keep it simple 5. Work as a team 6. Monitor progress

15. And finally….GOOD LUCK!!!! Any Questions?