Martin Wrigley from the App Quality Alliance (AQuA) presented a session at ‘Mobile learning: the real deal’ about improving the quality of mobile apps. See the video of Martin's session here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHZn7W1PAzg

1. Developing quality
standards: mobile apps
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Martin Wrigley
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App Quality Alliance
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- State of the art?
- Many developers are new and inexperienced.
- The mobile environment is complex and challenging.
- AQuA is working with professional organisations like Epicentre to further
improve the quality of mobile apps.
- Providing practical guidance and help to the app developer, the app
commissioner and the purchaser of apps.
Putting mobile learning into practice
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- Some surprisingly
common errors
- Top ten mistakes to
avoid
Some common errors
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- The App Quality Alliance (AQuA) is a worldwide mobile industry not-
for-profit association, run and funded by AT&T, LG, Motorola, Nokia,
Oracle, Orange, Samsung and Sony Mobile – helping developers
further improve the quality of mobile apps and gain recognition as a
result.
- AQuA provides best practice guidelines, app testing criteria and the
Quality App Directory where developers can register their app and
gain the App Quality Badge.
App Quality Alliance (AQuA)
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A guide to developing high quality mobile applications.
Currently covers three platforms and will be extended to
cover more.
Continually revised, based on community feedback,
and forms the basis of the Testing Criteria.
The AQuA best practice document
New version was released
February 2013
incorporating
input from AT&T, GSMA
and aligned with Google’s
recommendations
AQuA is working with industry bodies and experts to
improve and align best practice and other guidelines.
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These are platform-specific sets of tests for
mobile apps, created and continually revised
by the members.
There are tests for apps that require
‘complex’ permissions, and tests for apps
that don’t , i.e. ‘simple apps’.
The tests include Application Launch,
Functionality, Operation, User Interface,
Security, Network Usage, Localization and
more.
Java and Android versions are published,
and other platform-specific derivatives are
being developed.
The Testing Criteria

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- The only online directory containing details of mobile apps that have met a
specific quality level.
- All apps need to have passed the tests outlined in the relevant TC (Testing
Criteria).
- AQuA members have access to all details of apps and developers.
- AQuA runs audit tests on apps when appropriate. If an app fails, the app is
marked as ‘failed’.
- Ability to gain a Quality Badge for your app
- Online Testing Criteria Tool
The Quality App Directory
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An AQuA member has independently tested the app and is
satisfied that it has passed the tests in the AQuA Testing Criteria
The developer has tested the app against the Criteria and has
stated that it has passed the relevant tests.
The developer has used an AQuA-approved Test House to test the
app against the Criteria and it has passed the relevant tests.
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AQuA is collaboratively setting the standards for app
quality for the industry to use to further improve apps for
all.
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Thank You
Any questions?
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