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In the current and future economic environment organizations will continue to focus on using the mobilization of business processes to achieve productivity and growth.  The one-size-fits-all model of mobile computing is not applicable for most organizations mainly because individual remote workers have unique needs and individual organizations have unique mobile business requirements. 

Our professional services and consulting practice often begins with a Mobile Needs Assessment: a structured, collaborative consulting engagement designed to reduce project risk and ensure specific business requirements.  The engagement is based upon collecting and analyzing information through an interview process that is centered on the goals and objectives of the mobile stakeholders.  Through this process, our consulting practice will gain a detailed understanding of each customer’s mobile solution requirements, and provide guidance how to optimally configure the proposed mobile solution with backend systems to maximize return on investment and improve efficiencies to mobile business processes.  Once this information is gathered, an overview requirements document (Vision Definition) will be developed that will outline the scope of the project, estimated timelines, and pricing for complete solution deliverables.

From the Mobile Needs Assessment, our team of consulting experts provides time- and materials-based consulting services to help organizations achieve mobility excellence.  These services range from requirements definition to long-term support, and range from short- to long-term engagements depending on the individual business needs of our customers.  Blue Dot’s consulting services include but are not limited to:

  • Subject Matter Expertise Full-time Equivalents
  • Implementing Mobility Framework Strategy 
  • Mobility Center of Excellence – Establish, Charter, and Execution
  • Mobile Device Workshop & Selection
  • Mobile Application Design & Configuration
  • Infrastructure, Communications, & Integration Design
  • Agile Implementation
  • Training, Go-Live, & Support
  • Use Case Workshops

Description

Responsibility

mNOW! Software Engineer

• mfLY!™ for Visual Studio 2008 software development
• .NET software engineer
• Mobile development of UI, business logic,
   SQL replication, security, validation, etc.

mNOW! Senior Software Engineer

• System design
• mfLY! for Visual Studio 2008 software development
• Senior .NET software engineer
• Mobile development of UI, business logic,
   SQL replication, security, validation, etc.

mNOW! Solutions Design Architect

• Solution architecture and design
• Multi-integration strategies
• Synchronization paradigm setup 
• Load balancing, security

Project Manager

• Daily, weekly status updates
• Manage Agile process (Daily scrums, sprints, velocity, etc)
• Project schedule, project ownership
•  Risk mitigation, escalation

mNOW! Integration Expert

• Web services integration
• ODBC database to database integration
• File-based integration
• mNOW! Integration Framework Expert

Functional Mobile Business Consultant

 • Requirements definition
• User interface and workflow recommendations

Technical Mobile Business Consultant

• Technical requirements definition
• Database/Web service mapping
• Field-level mapping
• Technical/mNOW! Certification training

mNOW! Implementation/
Deployment Consultant

• Mobile application deployment expertise
• Training and end user documentation
• Device configuration and setup
• Transition to Blue Dot support
• Hands on training and system setup

Executive Management/
Sponsorship

• Scheduled executive leadership meetings
• Vision planning
• Team reviews


As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner (ISV/Software Solutions & Mobility Solutions), our software development engineers have gained the knowledge, skills, and commitment required to meet the learning and skill development needs of IT professionals using Microsoft products and technology.  Below is a technology expertise matrix that demonstrates the wide range of skills provided by our software development engineers and supporting professional services team.

Technical Expertise Matrix

OS Versions

 

Windows Mobile 5.0 and higher

 

Pocket PC 2003 SE

 

Windows XP/Server 2003/Tablet PC

Technologies

 

Microsoft .NET Framework

 

Microsoft .NET Compact Framework

 

Windows Mobile SDK

 

Windows Workflow Foundation

 

Windows Communication Foundation

 

ASP .NET Web Services

 

XML

Tools

 

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

 

SQL Server 2005/2008

 

Internet Information Services (IIS)

Programming
Languages

 

C#, JavaScript, XML / XSL, ANSI SQL/T-SQL

Blue Dot’s Consulting Practice brings together over 20 years of experience for defining, developing, managing, and supporting enterprise-grade mobile solutions. Our team of dedicated professionals will ensure the success of your mobility solutions by applying our focused mobility knowledge to the unique requirements and culture of your business.  For more information about Blue Dot’s consulting services, please contact consulting@bluedotsolutions.com.