Concept and Implementation of a Mobile Interactive Floor Plan

The relocation of a company facility always comes with great strategic and organizational challenges. The new site needs to be found, employees need to relocate to the new location, the workplaces need to be assigned to the employees, conference rooms need to be added to the conference room reservation system and the staff needs to be introduced to the new building. This process can cause high financial costs as well as a reduced employee performance during the time of acclimatization. To minimize the additional stress created through these changes, a lot of effort needs to be put in informing the employees about news concerning the relocation. Guided tours through the building need to be organized, regular appearing newsletters need to be created and events to integrate new hires into the company culture need to be held. New technologies and the wide coverage of mobile devices provide a great opportunity to support the employees and can offer a modern and intuitive assistance both during the time of adjustment and every day work. This thesis covers the development of an interactive floor plan, designed to help the employees find a certain person or conference room in the building. It discusses the challenges during the design and development and gives an overview of the future development goals of the project.