1. Desirable / Feasible / Viable
Simon Thompson
19 March 2018
Desirable / Feasible / Viable

2. HOUsekeeping

3. Poster hand in
Submit your posters in PDF format
Don’t overdo the resolution: 150 dpi is fine
Submit to: \\raptor\exports\proj\co334c\poster (Note the 'c' - for Canterbury campus)
Write access to this folder will close at 23.55, Monday 26 March.
No extensions, no excuses.
You must make sure your group’s poster is uploaded.

4. Handout for the poster fair
Please prepare a one page handout for the poster fair.
Please print enough copies to give to supervisors (and other interested people).
This should concentrate on the technical contribution of your project, and could cover, for example
Which sensors you use, which Java methods etc.
How you worked on the programs as a group.
The most challenging aspects of the work.
What you would do differently if you were to do it again.
How you would extend the project if you had more time.

5. RISK

6. Importance = Likelihood × Impact
Risk management
Identify and assess risks …
Importance = Likelihood × Impact
… and plan to minimize their effects.

7. Potential mitigations
Avoid the risky activity
Reduce the likelihood
Reduce the impact
Accept the risk

8. ESTIMATION

9. Sometimes we have to make decisions on the basis of incomplete information …
… volume of a room based on “pacing out” the dimensions …
… not just a guess, but a reasoned attempt to use the information we have.

10. CAN Your project make a successful Product?

11. Acknowledgements to dschool.stanford.edu

12. Defining success

13. Desirability & Usability
Feasibility
Viability
Desirability & Usability

14. Desirability & Usability
Feasibility
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Market
Risk
Desirability & Usability

15. Desirability & Usability
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Desirability & Usability
Will the dog eat the dog food?
Does it address a major pain point?

16. Question 1

17. Who are your key customers / clients?

18. Who are your key competitors …
… and what is your “unique selling point”?

19. If it’s such a good idea …
… how do people do it with existing tech?

20. Desirability & Usability
Feasibility
Viability
Business
Risk
Market
Risk
Desirability & Usability

21. Desirability & Usability
Feasibility
Viability
Business
Risk
Will the dog hunt?
Do the economics work?
Is the risk worth the reward?
Is it sustainable?
Market
Risk
Desirability & Usability

22. Question 2

23. How will you derive income?

24. Desirability & Usability
Feasibility
Viability
Technology
Risk
Business
Risk
Market
Risk
Desirability & Usability

25. Desirability & Usability
Feasibility
Viability
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Will it work?
Is it possible?
Market
Risk
Desirability & Usability

26. Desirability & Usability
Feasibility
Viability
Technology
Risk
Business
Risk
Team
Risk
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Desirability & Usability

27. KEY AREAS

28. Desirability …  customers and USP
Viability … costs and sustainability
Feasibility … technical

29. Desirability & Usability
Feasibility
Viability
Technology
Risk
Business
Risk
Team
Risk
Market
Risk
Desirability & Usability

30. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License.