MOBILE APP DEVELOPMENT
First Floor, Mariner House
62 Prince Street,
Bristol,
BS1 4QD
+44(0)117 226 2000
www.calvium.com
[email protected]
An Introduction...
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ABOUT CALVIUM
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ABOUT APPDEV
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APPS FOR ENTERPRISE
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APPLIANCE CONTROL APPS
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METHODS AND TOOLS FOR
RAPID PROTOTYPING
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CALVIUM TEAM
ABOUT CALVIUM
Calvium provide software development, tools and services for the exploration and
creation of mobile applications. We have a passion for working closely with our clients
to create beautifully designed and creatively engineered apps, we call this process
co-creation. We’ve worked with clients from a range of industries using an agile
approach to meet their needs.
An agile project is about creating fast iterations of products based on the feedback
of real users. It means that you learn quickly and don’t invest too much at the outset.
As experts in User Experience our design approach always starts with the user. We
identify user stories in order to focus our design and to ensure that the end result is
intuitive and delightful to use.
Our four main services are:
GPS sound
walks, street
stories and
tours
Custom
native
iOS and
Android app
development
In this document we describe our
approach to App Development or
AppDev. We show how we apply
the approach in three areas: Apps
for Enterprise, Appliance Control
Apps and Rapid Prototyping.
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DIY app
development
for creative
professionals
User-led
indoor
navigation &
wayfinding
ABOUT APPDEV
Our AppDev service helps you introduce
innovative mobile apps into your organisation.
Our process and methods help you to
realise ideas quickly and rapidly prototype
to demonstrate feasibility. We’ve worked
with a variety of prestigious brands such
as The Guardian, Rolls-Royce and the Royal
Shakespeare Company to create street stories,
games, engineering apps and app development
platforms. Our technical background working on
cutting-edge mobile and pervasive technologies
at Hewlett-Packard research laboratories, means
that we are able to co-create mobile systems
with companies working on new products,
complex engineering and industrial research.
All projects are a journey from discovery to delivery, and beyond.
We believe that the best work is a result of collaboration and co-creation.
To facilitate this, we follow a three step process:
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DISCOVERY – Understand the brand, business, content and technology
to define objectives. Identify personas and user stories
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AGILE DEVELOPMENT – Design the User Experience, develop initial
concepts, rapidly prototype them and test with users. Refine and test
again until satisfied.
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DELIVERY – Fully develop the app for public or internal distribution.
Manage and maintain it.
OUR CO-CREATION
JOURNEY
Our Co-creation Journey
Agile
Development
User
Stories
User
Testing
Experience
Design
DISCOVERY
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AGILE DEVELOPMENT
Mobile
App
DELIVERY
APPS FOR ENTERPRISE
With the increase of mobile devices being used in the workplace; there is a new,
untapped opportunity to develop “enterprise” mobile apps to assist your organisation
in solving enterprise problems.
Mobile apps can provide focused, user-centred tools for commonly undertaken
activities within organisations. Good indicators for a potential app include:
đ tasks that require access to multiple, complex systems
đ tasks that have a preferred, but difficult-to-remember process
đ tasks that would be made easier by guidance and helpful instruction
Case Study: Rolls-Royce, CONGA
Calvium worked with Rolls-Royce on their Configuration Optimisation of Next
Generation Aircraft (CONGA) project, exploring innovative capabilities for future
products. Together we identified the potential impact an internal mobile app
could have and Calvium delivered a prototype app to support their product
design processes.
The app was developed through a user-centred design process, focused on key
engineering roles within Rolls-Royce. The activity enabled Rolls-Royce to:
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clarify and refine the concepts underlying their design processes
demonstrate and test an app for managing their product design process
understand the requirements for connection to back office systems
provide a compelling demonstration of the potential
value of deploying apps across Rolls-Royce
“Working with Calvium
to produce apps that
our design engineers
can test in their own
work environments has
been revolutionary. Now
we have a great way to
develop new Knowledge
Management capabilities
independently of our
core IT systems.”
Jonathan Barrass,
Knowledge Management
Specialist, Design Systems
Engineering, Rolls-Royce plc
The project was a finalist for the Rolls-Royce Presidents award for Innovation
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APPLIANCE CONTROL APPS
The ability to use smartphone apps to control appliances either directly or via the
internet, is an increasingly important trend. Calvium have decades of technical expertise
in designing and writing software that can communicate with sensors and interpret
data from them. We have worked with a number of companies who are designing new
products for monitoring homes or creating smart appliances. From interpreting LED
flashes on washing machines, to controlling the heat of your shower, we have developed
apps that change the way device manufacturers can do business.
Case Study: Danlers – ControlZAPP
Danlers Limited manufacture a vast range of energy-saving controls for lighting,
heating, ventilation and air conditioning. Calvium designed and developed an app to
control lighting in working spaces such as; offices, warehouses, retail units, hospitals,
schools and leisure parks. The app communicates via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE),
so that devices can be programmed on site. A clear, simple to use, convenient and
flexible set-up and programming procedure enables both end users and installers to
configure the ControlZAPP-enabled product to suit their requirements to save energy.
“At Danlers we found the app making process easy with the help of Calvium. They took
the time to properly understand what we wanted to achieve with the app, and the result
of that was something that very much looked like a Danlers product; the interface and
graphics reflected the unfussy, clear ethos of our brand. Ben’s firm grasp of the technology
plus his clear understanding of our aims resulted in a sensical product. It was a joy to work
with Calvium and we very much look forward to continuing our relationship with them.”
Julian Kay – Managing Director
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METHODS AND TOOLS FOR
RAPID PROTOTYPING
The agile approach adopted by Calvium is one that is recommended by the UK Government’s
‘Digital by Default Service Standard’. Unique to Calvium however, is the ability to use our own
rapid development platform, AppFurnace, to explore ideas with our clients.
AppFurnace Ideation Workshop
The Calvium Ideation Workshop combines idea generation with practical hands on learning.
We work with key personnel in an
organisation to:
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discuss mobile strategy
evaluate good ideas to explore further
sketch and prototype those ideas
summarise the findings in a
practical plan of action
“A big thank you to all for the enlightening day. I'm very excited about the possibilities of this
new media and how it can benefit my clients as well as the additional revenue stream. It really
has opened a whole new world...”
Anonymised feedback
AppFurnace for Business
from an attendee
AppFurnace for Business enables
business professionals to create their
own apps for internal distribution or for
their customers without having to win
high-level management support or
gain access to an over-stretched IT
department. They can explore the
potential of an idea through DIY
prototyping, progress it with in built
business-specific resources and
expertise, then complete the job
themselves. Throughout this process
Calvium will be available to help.
Just as spreadsheets historically
empowered employees to organise
their own data, AppFurnace for Business
can empower business professionals
to create their own simple apps that
streamline their working processes.
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THE CALVIUM MANAGEMENT TEAM
Calvium have sixty years collective mobile experience and have pioneered location-based
apps in Europe and the USA. Leaving Hewlett-Packard Laboratories to found Calvium,
they have continued their passion for helping industries succeed with mobile.
Jo Reid (MBA, BSC)
– Creative, Sales and Marketing Director
Jo specialises in site-specific experience design and
running AppFurnace Ideation workshops. With a
background working for such tech companies as Xerox
and Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, her clients benefit
from her comprehensive knowledge of mobile apps and
user journeys. Working closely with clients such as Rolls-Royce, The Royal Shakespeare
Company and The Guardian to name a few, Jo forms the close working relationships
vital to Calvium’s co-creational process and ultimately, project success. This passion has
resulted in Jo being a finalist for Brand You’s Award for Client Services 2014 and the
Everywoman Innovator of the Year 2012.
Tom Melamed (MSc, BSc)
– Accounts and Strategy Director
Tom is responsible for ongoing Account management with
our app development clients. Tom has worked with clients
such as E3, Bristol 24/7, Fatbrain and Rockpool. Having
written both apps and technical research papers, Tom has
a strong and well established technical background. Tom
delights in blending this technical knowledge with a genuine interest in his clients, the
problems they are trying to solve and the experiences they are trying to create. Tom works
with and supports his clients throughout the process; from early brainstorming to helping
the app flourish once it’s in the public eye. This holistic approach to app development
has resulted in him winning the Brand You Awards Apps and Games category in 2014
and one of the apps he managed winning a nationally recognised Digital Impact Award.
Other members of the management team at Calvium are:
đ Ben Clayton (MEng) – Technical Director.
Ben specialises in native app development and design.
đ Richard Hull (DPhil) – Managing Director.
Richard specialises in system architecture, AppTrails Designer tools
and mobile technologies.
MEDIA INNOVATION
AWARDS 2014,
Finalist
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BRISTOL POST BUSINESS
AWARDS 2014,
Finalist
APPSTERS AWARDS,
INNOVATION CATEGORY,
Finalist
Find out more about AppDev on our website.
www.calvium.com
BRAND YOU AWARDS,
GAMES & APPS,
Winner
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www.calvium.com
[email protected]
+44 (0) 117 226 2000