Introduction to Requirement Gathering for Mobile Applications Training

Chapter 1 - Introduction to Requirements

• What is a Requirement?
• Types of Requirements
• Important Requirement Concepts
• Quality
• Requirement Levels
• What is Requirements Management
• The Cost of Requirement Errors
• A Game Plan for Building Quality Software
• The Rational Unified Process
• Inception Phase
• Refine the System Definition
• Examples
• Elaboration Phase
• Example Use Case Diagram
• Construction Phase
• Software Development Life Cycle with RUP
• A Requirements Capture Workflow
• Step 1. Analyze the Problem
• Step 2. Understand User Needs
• Step 3. Define the System
• Step 4. Manage the Scope
• Step 5. Refine the System Definition
• Step 6. Manage Changing Requirements
• Summary

Chapter 2 - Use Cases

• Use Cases
• Benefits of Use Cases
• Classifying Use Cases
• Levels of Use Cases
• Prefer User Goal Level
• Use Case Modeling
• Use Case Modeling Steps
• Step 1 – Scope
• In/Out Matrix to Determine Scope
• Step 2 – Actors
• Actor Notation
• Finding Actors
• Finding Actors – continued
• Step 3 – Goal List
• Step 4 & 5 – Finding Use Case
• Section of a Use Case
• Documenting Use Cases
• Use Case notation
• Action Sequence
• Use Case Relationships
• Use Case Relationships
• Limitations
• Summary

Chapter 3 - Mobile Application Development Strategies

• Mobile Applications
• Devices Types
• Smartphones
• Tablets
• Device Convergence
• Platforms
• Platform Comparison
• Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
• The Reality
• Types of Mobile Applications
• Native Mobile Applications
• Mobile Web Applications
• Responsive Web Design
• Building Responsive Web Applications
• Hybrid Mobile Applications
• The Future?
• HTML5 — 9 New Features
• Cascading Style Sheets — CSS
• JavaScript
• Libraries
• Common Features
• Mobile Web Development
• Apache Cordova (PhoneGap)
• Building with Cordova
• 10 Questions
• Summary

Chapter 4 - Mobile Device Management

• The Need for Mobile Device Management (MDM)
• MDM in Customer Facing Applications
• Mobile Device Policy for Internal Apps
• Mobile Device Policy Considerations
• MDM in Internal Applications
• Bring Your Own Device
• Commercial MDM Solutions
• 10 Questions
• Summary

Chapter 5 - Device Capabilities

• Mobile Evolution
• Form Factors
• Screen Sizes
• Example: Master-Detail on a Phone
• Example: Master-Detail on a Tablet
• Input Mechanisms
• Requirements Related to Input
• Sensors
• Requirements Relating to Sensors
• Radios
• Near Field Communications (NFC)
• The Battery
• Battery Requirements
• Functional and Non Functional Requirements
• 10 Questions
• Summary

Chapter 6 - Mobile Usability Patterns

• Introduction
• Usage Pattern Based UI Design
• Tabbed Interface Pattern
• Tabbed Interface in Android
• Vertically Scrollable List Pattern
• Master Detail Navigation Pattern
• Example Navigation
• Split View Pattern
• Device Dimension Specific UI Pattern
• Handling Orientation Change
• Toolbar Pattern
• Search Interface Pattern
• Pagination Pattern
• Detail Iteration Pattern
• Loading Images from the Internet
• 10 Questions
• Summary

Chapter 7 - Mobile Connectivity Requirements

• Mobile Device Connectivity
• Types of Connections
• Reversing a Trend
• Cellular
• Wifi
• Bluetooth
• Near Field Communications (NFC)
• NFC Tags
• Varying Connection Quality
• Connection Costs
• Data Transfer
• SOAP Web Services
• RESTful Web Services
• Websockets
• Offline Strategies
• No Offline Operations
• Limited Offline Operations
• Full Capability Offline
• 10 Questions
• Summary

Chapter 8 - Mobile Security Requirements

• 5 Aspects of Security
• Too Much Security?
• Security is a Business Decision
• Security is Security
• Transport Layer Security (TLS)
• How TLS Works
• Mobile Security Challenges
• Physical Device Security
• Lack of User Accounts
• Data Entry Challenges
• No Device Password
• Data at Rest
• App Permissions Android
• App Permission iOS
• Android App Permissions – A Cautionary Tale
• A Cautionary Tale Conclusion
• Radios
• Emerging Mobile Security Solutions
• Biometrics
• Two-factor Authentication
• NFC Tokens
• LoJack®
• 10 Questions
• Summary

Chapter 9 - Mobile Requirements Best Practices

• Mobile Requirements Best Practices
• Requirements Gathering is an Iterative Process
• Requirements Should be SMART
• Specific
• Measurable
• Achievable
• Relevant
• Time-Bound
• Subject Matter Experts Drive Requirements
• Start with the functional requirements
• Use UI prototypes
• Mobile apps have unique non-functional requirements
• Summary