Using Tablets for the 2018 Algerian Census: Mobile Census Application Quality Assesment

Abstract

Algeria is planning to carry out its sixth General Census of Population and Housing (RGPH) in 2018. This paper mainly concentrates on ONS’ vision of census data collection through the use of mobile technology, namely 3G and 4G LTE technologies. A challenge in this method is the accuracy of data entered: the mobile applications environment has a multitude of particularities. This requires an adaptable approach for performance analysis in terms of total quality management for software projects. Thus, our paper will address the issues related to the implementation of this mobile solution through a mobile application quality estimation model that requires the identification of features (e.g. interaction time, volume of provided information, error management, data security, transaction security, …). The paper proposes to look at a set of indicators normalized on the [0; 1] interval as to measure the application quality level.

Keywords

• Census Mobile Application
• Total Quality Management
• Aggregate Indicator