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315CSC323 BIT Final Year Project

“The Idea”

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Announcements

Submit Groups by next Monday6 members

Times Allocation will appear on web

Tutorial/Business Meetings will commence next week in the Computer Science Committee Room (Ground Floor)

Groups should meet before hand

http://www.cs.qub.ac.uk/~B.McCollum/csc323/csc323.htm

 

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Lecture Structure

Source of Ideas

Example projects from previous years

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The Starting Point

Groups of educated and motivated individuals

Interest, knowledge and understanding of modern IT, business processes etc..

Frustrations and Ideas

Capture all of this within a Business Context

The next step is Idea Generation

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Creativity – Turning ideas into a project (business)

Initiate A point on which to nucleate ideas

Imagine How could this be improved?

Invent IT must be in the solution

Implement Give thought to design and ‘rollout’

Context

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Idea Generation

Where are the Problems / Opportunities?

What are you aware of?

How do you find out?

Potential Areas to Focus on e.g.

Health, Economy, Environment, Education, Entertainment, Business Processes, Travel, Community, Retail, Family, Fashion and Beauty, Food, Gaming, Holmes and Housing, Security, recreation, Marketing and advertising, Non Profit Social Cause, Telecom and Mobile, Transportation, Style and Design

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Idea Generation - examples

Work experience

areas of problems, high demand, customer complaints,

frustrations and waste identified.

Patterns and Trends e.g. Demographics

Family size, divorce rates, exercise habits, perceptions, aging of population, work patterns

Money available?

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Idea Generation

Talk to people

Family / Friends / Relations / Neighbours

“why has someone not invented…..”

“why could something not exist that….”

Copy someone who is already successful

Many ideas come from customers - so find people with a need or a problem.

Read Magazines/Watch television

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Ideas Generation

Look to the USA for ideas emerging there. They tend to be several years ahead of us.

Financial Times newspaper for identification of business trends and results.

Professional services or products - make available to a wider market.

Sell a complete package. Pull a range or products and services together to fully solve a specific problem.

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Key issues

Team ‘buy in’

Understanding of Team Strengths

Initial background research

Enthusiasm

Attitude and belief

Management of Team

Looking for opportunities which separate your team from others

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BIT Company Examples

Stage-MICSFull e-commerce web site for the development of a ‘local

music’ community

KidzClickIT learning environment for Primary School Children

E-TechnologiesProvision of Wireless Technologies

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BIT Company Examples

AlumIT

Delivery of a full ecommerce Alumni service targeted at the UK University Sector

Digi-Dress

A closing Kiosk incorporating a whole body digital scanner to allow for visualisation of various combinations of chosen catalogue clothes

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BIT Company Examples

Palm quest

The development of a hand held device for use within the survey industry.

Preliminary aimed at the Housing association market used during the process of tenant surveys

Secure IT

Development of products to improve security and road safely for road users within UK

Product ‘eyeTsecure’ is an iris scanning device placed in a vehicles to ensure you are the owner and are fit to drive.

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DBS Limited

Digibar – the product provides a service whereby customers can order and pre-pay for drinks from their table

MedNET

Development of a customer relationship management communication tool designed to improve the relationship between GP’s and patient

BIT Company Examples

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BIT Company Examples

Activ-EatInteractive tool for placing orders in restaurants

Ephora‘Equilibrium’ is a product for the purpose of fitting a horse

with an appropriate saddle

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BIT Company Examples

EasiLEARN

Development of a range of interactive CD-ROMS

Designed as complimentary learning and revision programmes

Health Direct

“The provision of customer health IT and information through intuitive software design that enables customers to participate in the management of their own health”

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