Mobile application development feasibility studies: A case study in Universiti Teknologi MARA

Abstract

Mobile application is trendy and receives high demand in marketplace. Thus, mobile technology has been identified as a potential delivery alternative since it is able to provide services anywhere anytime. Basically, most of the university's services are provided through web-based systems, including Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). However, due to the increasing demand from the students and university, mobile application is proposed as an alternative channel for these services. Therefore, the feasibility studies are needed before continuing the mobile requirement engineering and development process. This study aims to delineate the guidelines for mobile application development from feasibility studies in terms of technical aspect and integration issues of web services from the existing systems. A case study in UiTM, which is an alternative mobile service for student portal, is carried out. The feasibility studies in terms of technical aspect are derived in detail and the architecture of the mobile application is examined to get better understanding. Technical aspects include mobile type application, mobile operating system, web services, mobile application architecture are analyzed to be a guideline in any future mobile application development in the future in UiTM.