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What Makes a Great Business App?

Appian Contributor
March 27, 2015

What's your favorite app?

Why?

We all have apps we love. Me? I couldn't live without Pandora. It's easy to use, and it meets a need, helping me more pleasantlynavigate my daily Washington, DC metro-area commute (which has to be near the top of the worst commutes in the world...but I digress).

But, what about business apps? It's true that mobile has consumerized the workplace. We all have expectations at work these days that have evolved from our new mobile mindset. We need that immediacy, the ability to work unfettered on any device we choose at any moment of our days (or nights). Business apps have to help me get moredone anywhere, and obviously, they must be secure.Attributes Cover

Work is not all fun and games, like my Pandora app. Apps for the workplace are serious business. Certainly, they have far more requirements than keeping drivers entertained on their commutes. They must, right?

Embracing custom apps can propel an organization ahead, especially as everyone's expectations continue to evolve thanks to our mobile mindsets. So what are the attributes that make a great business app great?

Take a look at this eBook for the three you should not ignore.

Then, go find a great station on Pandora! May I recommend 'Michael Franti & Spearhead' Radio?

-Zach Messler