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Is an iPhone app the answer?

28 OCT 2010 | Posted in Apple, apps, charity, iPhone, membership organisation, mobile | Author Rob Smith | 2 Comments

We are seeing an increasing demand (or more accurately desire) within membership organisations and charities for the development of iPhone apps.

Although apps offer organisations a potential marketing coup, this is probably not the best way to meet member and stakeholder needs.

Based on the fundamental roadmap for Lean software development, as developed by Mary and Tom Poppendieck:

Based on the fundamental roadmap for Lean software development, as developed by Mary and Tom Poppendieck:

Train Team Leaders / Supervisors - give your team leaders and supervisors the guidance and training they need, along with the freedom, to be able to implement Lean practices in their working environment.

Move Responsibility and Decision Making to the Lowest Possible Level - allow your team members to think and decide on things for themselves, as they will know best how to implement state of the art developments and algorithms.

Based on the fundamental roadmap for Lean software development, as developed by Mary and Tom Poppendieck:

Abolish the Notion that it is Good Practice to Start Development with a Complete Specification - unlike traditional methods of development, Lean will allow you to update and revise the spec as you go along, based on changing circumstances.

Break Dependencies - the individual components of the development should be linked together loosely, to allow for development and implementation in any order.