OIM3610 The Mobile App
2 Advanced Liberal Arts Credits
Have you ever considered building a mobile app as an entrepreneurial venture or for a firm you hope to work for? Do you have an app in process that you would like to make stronger? Are you interested in honing your skills in design thinking, agile methodology and other modern-day approaches to project management and development? Do you want to better understand what it takes to successfully move an application from idea to market? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, this course is for you!*
This project-based course will guide you and your team through the process of producing a strong app idea, assessing the feasibility and viability of that idea, prototyping your app, building a requirements list to hand off to development, entering into a successful development relationship, packaging your app for commercial distribution and marketing your app.
During each session, you will learn about your next project step. You will then apply the learnings both inside and outside of class to advance your project.
You will begin your project with a design thinking exercise. You will then move through your project applying agile principles. We conclude the course with “app pitches” to outside experts who will give you professional feedback on your idea.
*Note: This is not a coding class. Instead, student teams will create app mock-ups in preparation for development and then learn how to form and manage successful development relationships.
Prerequisites: SME2012 or OIM2000