Developing a multi-channel military application using Interactive Dialogue Model (IDM)

Software systems and applications developed in the modern era are created using various design techniques. These designs are specially created on specific themes and purposes. Present day military applications demand effective, efficient and satisfactory outputs in a highly portable package. Designing an efficient application exclusively for military use demands a professionally applicable design technique. In the existing literature, no specific design technique is proposed to implement a multi-channel (web and mobile version) military application. However, Interactive Dialogue Model (IDM) is a design technique specifically tailored for multi-channel (web, mobile) applications. As military applications need versatile use in multiple platforms, therefore, the objective of this paper was to assess the applicability of IDM to develop a multi-channel military application. As outcome, we developed a military software system for battlefield communication using IDM. An evaluation was carried out with eleven participants. As outcome, we found that the proposed system was effective, flexible, easy to use and supports multichannel features.