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Section 1 : Research Report Imagine you are employed as a senior software engineer in a company that designs and produces mobile software applications for healthcare providers . Your CIO has asked you to research trends in mobile software development so that your organization is prepared for the next wave of software innovation . The focus of your efforts will be on deciding whether to utilize the Android , iOS , or Microsoft tablet development approach while keeping in mind that you need to make a recommendation that will allow your company to launch its product to customers in 90 days or less using an agile methodological approach . Your research must consider all three ( 3 ) platforms with a recommended course of action on one .
1 . Write a ten to fifteen ( 10-15 ) page paper in which you :
1 . Identify trends in mobile software development and explain why they are relevant to the scenario described above .
2 . Explain how the different mobile platform will affect the different phases of requirements , design , development , and deployment of the mobile software product .
3 . Make a recommendation on which mobile platform to use and justify the recommendation .
4 . Describe the agile methodological approach that you would implement to bring the product to the market in 90 days or less .
5 . Propose a testing plan to ensure that the developed product is both valid and verifiable .
6 . Use at least six ( 6 ) quality resources in this assignment . Note : Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources .
Section 1 of this assignment must follow these formatting requirements :