Creating user stories is one of the first mobile or web app development tasks. If you are a digital health researcher building an app for the first time, the term ‘user stories’ may be new. In short, an app’s user stories are the primary medium of how its design and functionality are specified, developed, tested, …
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Developing a mobile or web app is uncharted territory for most researchers, making planning for the required time and resources challenging. In line with our mission of empowering health researchers to take on more leadership in developing health promotion apps, we’d like to shed some light on an often-overlooked development step: testing. Proper testing is …
The promise of digital health interventions is partly rooted in their flexibility and convenience. While traditional, face-to-face modalities (e.g., group sessions, individual counseling) often have a set, prescribed exposure (e.g., 12 weekly sessions), mHealth interventions (e.g., apps, websites, chatbots) are accessible 24/7 and are used within the context of participants’ daily lives. User engagement with …
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Why develop an app or web specifications document? One of the first questions that comes to mind when planning a website or app build for a digital health intervention is: ‘how much will it cost?’ There’s no simple answer because development projects come in all shapes and sizes. The cost will depend on your intervention’s …
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