Understanding Mobile Intranet Workflow

The intranet is one of the powerful technologies developed to improve communication between employees, which has often been considered a golden nugget for employee productivity. However, mobile app development with intranet workflow is a step forward in ensuring that tasks, notifications and many other features relevant to workers are always available at their fingertips.

Mobile intranet workflow

iOS and Android were the big two, with some additional support for Windows Mobile and other platforms. Many companies have adopted BYOD Bring Your Own Device policies, in which employees access company content on their own mobile devices rather than a company-issued device. This trend is clearly the main reason why mobile intranets cannot be designed for a single device the way enterprise applications were in the past.

Low budgets support partially functional mobile sites

Partly due to tight budgets and partly due to the need to support multiple platforms, most companies choose to provide a mobile intranet instead of developing a full-fledged mobile application. The vast majority of companies offered either limited functionality or other functionality aimed at field workers who rarely used desktop computers.

Design to reduce errors and increase productivity

Many aspects of mobile intranet design are similar to mobile website usability guidelines. However, the mission-critical nature of many business applications focuses on two needs preventing errors and increasing productivity.

Schedule offline viewing during connection outages 

Even in large metropolitan areas, cellular coverage is sometimes weak multinational corporations and NGOs with employees in developing countries may also face poor service quality.

Optimize load times

On mobile devices, sites need to be great and lightweight at the same time. Create workflows that minimize data input whenever possible. Allowing users to select from a list, search a set of options, or receive automatic suggestions can help them enter information more easily. 

Design workflows for common tasks 

This forces the design team to fully analyze the steps and sequence of tasks required to complete the work. Creating logical flows that guide users along the path reduces their burden. This is often easier in a restricted enterprise environment than in an open web where people can do anything.

Conclusion

When properly applied, these recommendations can help you avoid mobile enterprise app design pitfalls and meet your organization’s user productivity goals.