MOBILE APPLICATIONS STRATEGIC PLANNING

Mobile applications represent new application model enabled by the convergence between information and telecommunication technologies. Companies are becoming aware of the importance of mobile technologies and there is a progress noticed in the area of the introduction of mobile applications to information systems. The first part of the paper briefly introduces mobile applications through introducing classical mobile application model and context-aware mobile application model. The core of the paper introduces our mobile applications strategic planning methodology. The mobile applications strategic planning methodology is a result of our research on information systems strategic planning with some successful test projects which are already finished. The results of test projects have proven that only strategic planning approach leads to mobile applications wh ich are fully integrated in information systems. 1