Characteristics of Mobile Application Development

In contrast traditional desktop applications, mobile apps demand service every month to provide an immersive user experience to valuable customers. Here is a list of challenges posed for top mobile app development companies while using Agile approach:

• Short life cycles
• Short development cycles
• Limited hardware
• Frequently changing user demands
• Must be easily updateable
• Must download quickly

All of these characteristics collectively bring more tension for top mobile app developers to carefully choose an approach which can reduce wastage of labour & time while bringing a sign a relief for both clients and development agencies. But how it would be made possible to build high-quality mobile apps across such mayhem around development approaches? The answer is Agile development.

What is Agile?

Agile application development is the approach of developing a product where the whole process is divided into a series of development cycles. In fact, when using Agile for mobile app development, the entire array of tasks is divided into multiple sub-tasks, each of which is a separate mini-project for the development team.

Assignments are distributed to the concerned team of experts as well as teams are also divided to follow the agile methodology. Each assignment is a piece of job and treated as a unit of an independent project. Under the influence of the agile approach, companies successfully reduce the scope of development risks, including errors to a great extent.

Agile applications development also accounts for regular communication within and between groups; constant interaction, both in project development environment and between customer and contractor. This means that if a customer or project leader suddenly raises new demands to the product, it bears virtually no effect on the time spent and app marketing. Changes that are commanded, as a result, are further assigned to one of the teams which do not slow down the project as a whole.

Why use Agile?

When choosing a development approach, it is equally important to understand the advantages. With the Agile methodology, below are the following qualities :

• Constant supply of valuable client software;
• Ability to make changes to the project and to put forward new demands to it at any stage of development (even before the release);
• Constant close contact between the customer and developers at all stages of the project;
• Regular delivery of the project’s software elements;
• Comfortable working conditions for both developers and the customer;
• Priority information exchange method is a personal conversation, which gives opportunities for all participants of the project;
• The main indicator of Agile implementation success is the high-quality working application;
• Developers, customers and sponsors have the opportunity to control and maintain a constant pace of work;
• Constant contact and control gives possibilities for permanent improvement of the product at the design stage;
• Usage of self-organizing teams to minimize the extra work;
• Self-organizing teams performing particular tasks, often give better results than a large team dedicated to everything at once;
• The presence of individual units that perform individual tasks is a guarantee of rapid adaptation to any new conditions to the project.

Developed and formulated in 2001, Agile Approach has been in use for 15 years to the day, during which it proved to be functional, effective and relevant. The method was used in the development of many projects, including most successful and well-known. Today, the Agile method is the basis of productivity in many prosperous IT companies.

How we follow Agile?

When we begin a mobile app development project at BrainMobi, we break down functional requirements into user stories, which then become the foundation of our app development schedule. We usually work within the framework of two-week sprint sets and iterate continuously until we reach substantial milestones on the mobile app. Sometimes this includes an incredibly large number of business requirements. We’ve worked on projects with as many as 3,500 requirements. Agile development makes it possible to break down all these requirements into smaller, manageable chunks.

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Nowadays both app development service seeker and top mobile app developers prefer to choose NDA for a smooth transition of an idea into a mobile app. It is a complete manuscript of obligations, terms and conditions that the either end has to meet while being covered under the NDA contract. It’s an enclosure that marks down all possible consequences relevant to any kind of security loopholes or indigence in guaranteed quality.

In this blog post, we have tried to address some of the well-sorted questions that receive maximum traction from user around the world. Along with surrounding aspects, let’s hit the cord and explore more about the terminology and the importance across a mobile app development project.

What is a non-disclosure agreement (NDA)?

Also known as a proprietary information agreement (PIA), confidentiality agreement (CA), confidential disclosure agreement (CDA) or secrecy agreement (SA), Non-disclosure agreement is a legal contract between at least two parties that outlines confidential material, knowledge, or information that the parties wish to share with one another for certain purposes, but wish to restrict access to or by third parties in the course of their relationship. It is a contract signed by the parties for the proprietary information protection and maintains business’s competitive advantage. A Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) is signed to protect trade secrets, from getting into the wrong hands. As such, an NDA protects nonpublic business information.

Get it in writing before sharing any confidential information, so both parties understand their duties and privileges. There are three types of agreement you can choose from as per your project.

Types of Non-Disclosure Agreement 

A non-disclosure agreement (NDA) may be classified as unilateral, bilateral, or multilateral. These are described below in detail.

1. Unilateral NDA

A unilateral NDA involves two parties where the disclosing party anticipates disclosing certain information to the other party i.e; the receiving party and requires that the information is protected from further disclosure for some reason. For instance, limiting disclosure of information, maintaining the secrecy necessary to satisfy patent laws or legal protection for trade secrets, or simply ensuring that a receiving party does not use or disclose information without compensating the disclosing party.

2. Bilateral NDA

When you choose a bilateral NDA, both the parties anticipate disclosing information to one another that each intends to protect from further disclosure. This type of NDA is popular among businesses where some kind of joint venture or merger happens.

3. Multilateral NDA

A multilateral NDA eliminates the need for separate unilateral or bilateral NDAs between only two parties. It involves three or more parties where at least one of the parties anticipates disclosing information to the other parties and requires that the information be protected from further disclosure. This type of NDA
A multilateral NDA can be advantageous because the parties involved review, execute, and implement just one agreement. However, this advantage can be offset by more complex negotiations that may happen to reach a unanimous consensus on a multilateral agreement.

What are the advantages of a non-disclosure agreement (NDA)?

There are many advantages of Non-disclosure agreement which makes it a crucial part of any app development project. Developers and clients prefer to sign NDA to avoid any sort of discrepancies during the transition phase. It makes sure that both developer and client complement each other and make profit inevitable. Here are some listed benefits:

• A non-disclosure agreement depending on their particular circumstances allows the parties to tailor their confidentiality obligations, terms and conditions on when those obligations are applicable till the contract terminates etc.
  
• A non-disclosure agreement enables the parties to define “confidential information”.  For example, confidential information may include trade secrets or any information or document about, or in any way relating to the disclosure in, any media or form that is acquired by, or made available to, the recipient in the course of the relationship between the parties.
• A non-disclosure agreement can include provisions dealing with the consequences of the recipient breaching the non-disclosure agreement.  In addition to damages for breach of the non-disclosure agreement, the disclosure will likely be permitted to apply to a court to seek injunctive relief preventing the recipient from further disclosing the confidential information in breach of the non-disclosure agreement and the recipient will be responsible for any costs incurred by the disclosure in seeking any such relief.
• A non-disclosure agreement can be entered into by parties for the purpose of their undertaking due diligence or to protect confidential information during preliminary discussions, which could later lead to the parties entering into an agreement containing confidentiality obligations.
• A court is unlikely to protect as confidential a trade secret, document or information that the owner of that confidential information has failed to protect by entering into a non-disclosure agreement.  A court would also be more likely to grant relief to an owner of confidential information in circumstances where the owner has attempted to protect that information from being disclosed.

When should you sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA)?

NDAs are commonly signed when two companies are considering doing business with each other and need to exchange information to benefit the partnership. For instance, when presenting a business idea to an investor or lender, outsourcing services, in the manufacturing process, treating personal data or several other similar situations, being the non-disclosure contract signed together with any other business, labour or service contract signed between entities and/or individuals.
A mutual NDA restricts both parties in their use of the materials provided; alternatively, an NDA can also exclusively restrict the use of material by one of the individuals or groups involved.

Employers often request that an employee signs an NDA or a similar form of contract when he or she commences employment, or a new assignment, in order to maintain confidentiality.  

At BrainMobi, we prefer to sign NDA for mobile app development services under minimal rates. Apart from security factors, we make sure that agreement also holds great clarity about all the terms and conditions which can be checked at any instance during the development process.

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