Welcome and thanks from MDSP Project Team for taking our survey!
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"Mobile Developer Survey Project" is a research project by Carnegie Mellon CyLab Mobility Research Center. Our main research goal is to provide a decision framework to mobile application developers; we want them to succeed when they make decisions about both market and technical issues.
You can help us filling precisely this survey: it takes about 15 minutes and counts nearly 20 questions. If you can't complete it right now, please save the link and come back before Jan. the 15th: your opinion is really essential for us! Participating our survey you'll be eligible to be rewarded with a 50$ Amazon gift card. Please note that only completely filled and submitted survey will be taken into account. Be sure to fill in your e-mail so that we can send you a summary of the survey results and possibly a Prize!
Thank you very much for your valuable time and support. To learn more about our project visit our open wiki.
Privacy Policy: we'll use data received through the survey only to accomplish our research goals; all data will be summarized for reporting, and no individual information will be disclosed to other parties.
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* On which mobile platform are you developing now? If you are developing on more platforms at the same time list them using "other" option. |
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* On which mobile platform(s) have you ever developed (or worked)? Mark all applicable. |
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Have you ever written an open source mobile application? |
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PART TWO: Decisions and issues about mobile platforms INSTRUCTIONS Suppose that you have a great idea for a mobile application: before going to the market you have to make several decisions about target platform(s)/device(s)/carrier(s) and about your architecture. How do you decide on the steps to follow? What are the critical factors affecting your decision? |
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* What is your primary concern before starting to develop a mobile application? |
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Market: How important are each of the following in choosing your target platform(s)?
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| Other decision drivers that you believe important: | | |
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| How (if at all) does the network operator influence your decisions? | | |
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Technical: how do the following affect your choice(s) of target platform(s)?
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| Other decision drivers that you believe important: | | |
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* Which mobile application architecture have you ever used? |
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* What factors are most important in choosing your application architecture (native or middleware or web or widget based)? Select at least 1 and up to 4 best choices |
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* What platform's features are most important for you? Select at least 1 and up to 4 best choices |
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Was it important if the platform was open source?(required)
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* What device's features are most important for you? Select at least 1 and up to 5 best choices |
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* Suppose that you have already deployed your application on a specific platform for a set of devices and now you want to release your application for different platform(s). What is your approach? |
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* How many years of experience in Mobile Application Development do you have? |
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* What types of development have you primarily done in the past? Check all that apply. |
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PART THREE. Effort: metrics and costs
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* Do you have historical data tracking your development effort and cost? |
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| Which metrics do you use to measure software quality and/or costs? Please be as specific as possible. | | |
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| Do you use any tools to forecast your development effort and so schedule your activities? Please be specific. | | |
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How do you mainly test your applications for different platforms\devices? |
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In wich size range are your mobile applications? Please provide estimates in term of SLOC (Source Lines Of Code) and\or in term of Function Points (number of functionalities)
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How much time do you spend for these activities? (sum should be 100%) |
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In January we'll start the second step of our investigation with a new survey.
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* Are you willing to help with the next stage of our research? If so, fill in your e-mail |
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| Comments and suggestions are very much appreciated: | | |
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IMPORTANT: DON'T FORGET TO PRESS SUBMIT, otherwise you miss the chance to be rewarded with an Amazon GIFT CARD and to receive a free summary. |
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