Workshop 1

With an increasing number of sales for smartphone, more researchers are interested in utilizing the mobile app in their domain to solve certain problem or do some research to find out the effectiveness of the mobile app. It includes using the mobile app to show the food and health information, keep track the nutrition intake, calculate the calories and many others. However, the mobile app development is a new area for the non-IT background researcher and it is difficult for them to develop a new mobile app to serve their purpose.

The popular and easy approach is to outsource the development work to other parties such as mobile app developer or software development company. Even though the development work can be done by the other party, the researcher is still required to participate throughout the mobile app development process. Researcher needs to understand the key process and then supply the required information to the mobile app developer in order to develop the mobile app. It will make the development process running smoothly and the outcome will meet the expectation of the researcher