App development for enterprises, more than just good looks
It sometimes looks like everybody can develop an App or website these days as the entry barrier is relatively low. Everybody with some rudimentary knowledge on software development can produce a simple App. This combined with a huge demand in the market for Apps, has resulted in an explosion of vendors which try to get a piece of the cake. And subsequently pressure on price. Besides labor cost is the number of functionalities one of the key drivers of the development price. And with App development being a relatively new area, are many client companies finding their way in defining the right scope. Building a App which is supposed to unlock business rules and data from internal (back office) systems is not something you do on a rainy Sunday afternoon. App vendors and client companies should be aware of the impact (and risk) of building a proper B2C or B2B App. I have seen client companies picking the cheapest vendor and finding out after three months that a large part of the funct