Postponement Strategies for Mobile Application Development ) A Framework
Sze Ling Yuen · Journal of the Association for Information Systems · 2003
Rapid developments in the field of mobile applications, as well as the miniaturization of computing devices, are substantially changing the landscape of organizational computing (Lyytinen and Yoo 2002).Nevertheless, current methods of application development and models for process improvement are not effective for mobile applications development (Baskerville et al. 2002).There is a need to find an approach that does not only facilitate fast cycle time application development in a cost effective way, but also help to reduce risk.This paper proposes that the use of postponement strategies will meet the demands.This paper identifies four postponement strategies for mobile application development: Labeling, Place, Time and Periphery.The choice of strategies is based on a careful examination of previous literature and the nature of mobile application development.Thus, incongruent strategies are identified and excluded.A decision framework is proposed.The framework can be used to assist developers to choose the right postponement strategies, which can then result in a more rapid time to deployment, a reduction in technology risk, and lower operating costs.A case study at the end of the paper endeavors to illustrate the usefulness of the framework.