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GASCA MANTILLA, Maira Cecilia; CAMARGO ARIZA, Luis Leonardo  e  MEDINA DELGADO, Byron. Methodology for mobile application development. Tecnura [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.40, pp.20-35. ISSN 0123-921X.

Abstract This paper presents: the evolution of mobile telephony services in Latin America contextualized in different technology generations, the features of software for mobile devices, and proposes a method for developing mobile applications in Latin America. This method is based on the conceptualization of contemporary telecommunications technologies and the agile software development methodologies. The main objective of this method is to facilitate the creation and evaluation of new applications and services. The method is developed in five steps: the analysis stage, the requirements is obtained and classified and the service is customize; the design stage, in this stage is defined the technological and the solution is structured by some chart or diagram; the development stage, the design is implemented in a software product; the performance test stage, the application is emulates and simulates to adjusting details in the product, the software is installs in real equipment and is evaluated the performance and success; the delivery stage, the distribution channel of the application is defined, in order to adapt the application at the same. Furthermore, the paper presents the results of developing a m-health service in Android and J2ME using the proposed method, service for patients who need or wish to have regular monitoring of measurements of blood pressure and glucose. The service has a satisfactory evaluation with test users.

Palavras-chave : Information Services; Mobile Communication; Open Source Software.

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