Application developers versus Smart Phone developers In this new mobile platform world, app developers are the new kingmakers. Not a day goes by when someone doesn’t introduce their own app store. As the world of mobile apps continues to gain importance in our lives, the space will continue to be ruled by app devlopers . In many ways, it’s a good way of moneymaking opportunities for independent app developers as well as big companies. Software developers make effective software. It is an engineering endeavor that cannot be extracted from the context and systems with which it interoperates.
The heart of a good software solution is not in turning the functional specification into code but rather in the use of available resources such as time and money to create desired outcomes for stakeholders, while satisfying constraints such as legal requirements through purposeful design. 1. Who has more power and how they got? Recently there is an amazing growth in the mobile app development domain. Resourceful apps like iPhone business applications are popular due to the ubiquity of web browsers, and the convenience of using a web browser as a client.
The ability to update and maintain web applications without distributing and installing software on potentially thousands of client computers is a key reason for their popularity, as is the inherent support for cross-platform compatibility. This opens up a new marketing and brand-building channel for marketers and organizations looking to interact with mobile users on a one-to-one basis. Downloaded directly to the phone, mobile apps leverage and interact with the unique features of the operating system to give consumers a richer experience thereby adding more value to the field of smartphone application development.
Plus, the ability to include Location Based Services (LBS) and user preference settings ensures a more personal experience. Software developers flocked to the larger Windows PC market, which in turn attracted more customers, which attracted still more software developers to Windows. For the better part of last two decades, Microsoft held the allegiance of software developers, relegating the Mac to the periphery of the computer business. Choosing an OS used to mean taking a bit of a plunge: since software was anchored to it, a choice of, say, Windows over Mac meant a long-term choice between different available software collections.
Even if a software developer offered versions of its wares for each OS, switching from one OS to another typically meant having to buy that software all over again. It was that one reason we ended up with a single dominant OS for over two decades. People had Windows, which made software developers want to write for Windows, which made more people want to buy Windows, which made it even more appealing to software developers. With the venture of iPhone and other tablet devices, a flowering of innovation has started in app development. The App development has boomeranged the PC software development.
The transformation is happening from product to service. Activities are clumping around a handful of portals: two or three OS makers that are in a position to manage all apps. A rising number of mobile, lightweight, cloud-centric devices don’t merely represent a change in form factor. Rather, we’re seeing an unprecedented shift of power from end users and software developers to app development. 2. How a group with lesser power can put more focus? Stay ahead with the latest trends and technology driving innovation is one of the key areas where a group with less power needs to focus on.
Lesser power group needs to take Initiative and that leads to innovation. It leads to new ideas and it is a necessity for all organizations today to keep innovating, but it is also a cornerstone of confidence. People need to be able to feel that they are supported in being active, in making contributions. Setting up an environment in which people can even take small steps where they feel that their small steps make a difference is critical to creating a highly productive and confident system.
Keep An Open Mind: For continuous improvement of a group/division of a company, the leader of an organization must be open to new ideas. Ask for opinions and feedback from both customers and team members and your group/company will continue to grow. Meet Obligations: Regardless of the circumstances, do everything in your power to gain the trust of past customers and clients, particularly if something has gone awry. Reclaim any lost business by honoring all commitments and obligations. Establish action development teams: Action development implements the organization’s strategy while developing leadership culture nd talent. Teams of senior and high-potential leaders tackle mission-critical, complex challenges identified by the business strategy. They learn to work across boundaries, with explicit sponsorship and coaching, while developing new and better ways of working together. Become Community Involved: Remain involved in community-related issues and activities, thereby demonstrating that your business is a responsible community contributor. In other words, stay involved. 3. How power can gain and lost?
As everyone knows Apple lost the PC wars to Microsoft, and only nominally understands that when Apple created the iPod and then the iPhone, the company started to go in a new direction. How does Apple get ahead of other competitors? It’s their creativity that helped them to stay at least two years ahead of their competitors. Also, Apple only makes a product if Apple can do it better. Power can gain and lost for a group if they do not match to the leadership culture to their operational need. Second, you have to understand the drivers and core capabilities needed for your business strategy to succeed.
By choosing the right level of leadership culture that an organization absolutely requires for its future, leadership talent as a collective can advance to new levels of organizational capability that secure success. When the level of leadership culture aligns with the business strategy, performance will be stellar. Confidence is the expectation of success. When you expect success, you are willing to put in the effort to achieve it. It’s confidence that attracts investment–not just money but time, energy loyalty and commitment.
When people have confidence, they are willing to invest and it is the investment that leads to action that creates high performance. Does this mean companies should stop making windows based software and turn to App development? Unfortunately, no. Until the bubble bursts, apps are the only mobile game in town. And without a doubt the future of digital is the ubiquitous, pocket-sized screen. What’s needed are apps tied to real business models that have real ROI. And, companies should build apps with their eyes open about what they should realistically expect to accomplish with what they develop.
Having an app for an app’s sake is not enough to gain the market. Tablet computing is leading the charge and forcing nearly everyone in the industry to relearn what they knew about personal computing and its future. The iPad, and tablets in general, simply represent an evolution of the form and function of a personal computer. If we look at the computing history, the first era was the birth of computing. During the first stage of computing, computers were quite large and normally filled a room mostly and in the form of mainframes then eventually minis. Desktop Computing was the next era.
Computers become smaller and were able to now fit on desks as well as become more affordable. The next era was the generation of portable computing. This was the era of notebooks. Now we are entering into the era of smart phones and tablets. The Tablet market is growing, and it is growing so fast that it will soon overtake the PC market. So the future will be mobiles (phones/tablets) and PCs (laptops/desktops) that can transparently exchange data and work according to their form factors. Apple appears to be moving toward that model while Microsoft is moving away from it.
