Smartphones combine the functionality of a mobile phone with PC functions such as sending and receiving email, document viewing, web browsing and other Personal Information Manager (PIM) features. All major mobile network providers in the US and Europe now offer a variety of Smartphones with varying degrees of sophistication. The rapid evolution of Smartphone technology means that the choice of devices and device capabilities is wide and often bewildering. This article provides a brief history of the major Smartphone types and their respective capabilities.
Introduce yourself to Smartphone technology in our article, Introduction to Smartphones
In this article, we very briefly describe a number of different management frameworks in existence today.
The procedures presented here are those generally accepted and adopted by the industry. However, the key point to any procedural implementation is that published procedures are generic and must be tailored to the business. Every published procedure will need review and modification in order to meet the needs of the business.
The choice of framework is very important although, as will become apparent, the frameworks are broadly similar and cover different areas of the overall IT solution. As the cliché goes, the devil is in the detail. Although the end goals and high-level requirements of the procedures are largely identical, they require different levels of effort to implement and maintain. The procedures vary in the requirements for people, costs and timescales.
Read about Development Management standards in our History of IT Management Frameworks
