Mobile Phones for Data Collection data sheet 23409 Views
Author:
Melissa Loudon
Abstract:
Mobile data collection and reporting projects are abundant now that mobile use for development is taking off. Unlike bulk messaging and general information services that are targeting the general public as recipients of standardized messaging, mobile data collection tools are often used internally in an organization, customized to fit with existing organizational processes.
This may mean using services or applications that are not part of most people's day-to-day experience of mobile use. Add a liberal sprinkling of jargon (and the mobile world's plague of acronyms) and you have a recipe for much technical confusion!
This article looks at choosing a mobile data collection solution, from defining the information requirements to choosing the most appropriate technology strategy for a specific organizational context and communication environment.
We also review a selection of commercial and non-commercial tools.
Introduction
Mobile data collection and reporting projects are abundant now that mobile use for development is taking off.
Unlike bulk messaging and general information services that are targeting the general public as recipients of standardized messaging, mobile data collection tools are often used internally in an organization, customized to fit with existing organizational processes.
This may mean using services or applications that are not part of most people's day-to-day experience of mobile use. Add a liberal sprinkling of jargon (and the mobile world's plague of acronyms) and you have a recipe for much technical confusion!
This article looks at choosing a mobile data collection solution, from defining the information requirements to choosing the most appropriate technology strategy for a specific organizational context and communication environment.
We also review a selection of commercial and non-commercial tools.
