Development of Custom Enterprise Workspace Management Mobile App
The client
Imagine a company moving into six thousand square metres of unfamiliar office. Beyond the organisational and logistical work, there is a period where productivity drops simply because people are spending time working out where anything is.
The client wanted that move to go smoothly, and chose to build an enterprise mobile app using beacon technology to help employees navigate the space.
The challengeWhat the teams actually needed
Two goals sat behind the project at once: a workplace people are happy in, and an office that actually gets used.
Challenge 01Navigating a large floorplate
In a space that size, finding a room or a colleague becomes a genuine drain on the working day.
Challenge 02Employer branding
A modern work environment was meant to make employees happy, which is a branding objective as much as a facilities one.
Challenge 03Productivity management
The other goal was getting people to use every part of the office they had just moved into.
What we did
An interactive office map, built on beacons
Native apps for iOS and Android give employees the information they need about their workspace, with a fully interactive map of the office at the centre.
Where you are, and where they are
Employees find their own position quickly and get to the right people and places from it.
Size, seats, equipment, occupancy
The app carries how large a room is, how many seats it has, what equipment is in it and whether anyone is using it — all of which matter for a meeting nobody scheduled.
Navigating to a colleague
The app routes to people as well as places, which is the part that saves the most time in an unfamiliar building.
Native on both
Native applications were built for iOS and Android rather than a single cross-platform build.
Netguru quote
Meeting the future users of the app on-site and understanding their everyday struggles has allowed us to get a deep insight and build a product that meets real needs. We helped employees reach the right spaces, people, and information more quickly via a mobile app to make them feel more confident in the office space. The project itself has been a huge test of our ability to collect data, draw conclusions, as well as design processes user flows. That is why we are especially happy with the results we achieved and the positive feedback we received.
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