1. © 2002 IBM Corporation 1 315CSC323 BIT Final Year Project “The Idea”

2. timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 2 Announcements  Submit Groups by next Monday 6 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

3. timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 3 Lecture Structure  Source of Ideas  Example projects from previous years

4. timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 4 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

5. timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 5 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

6. timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 6 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

7. timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 7 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?

8. timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 8 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

9. timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 9 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.

10. timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 10 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

11. timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 11 BIT Company Examples  Stage-MICS Full e-commerce web site for the development of a ‘local music’ community  KidzClick IT learning environment for Primary School Children  E-Technologies Provision of Wireless Technologies

12. timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 12 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

13. timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 13 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.

14. timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 14  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

15. timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 15 BIT Company Examples  Activ-Eat Interactive tool for placing orders in restaurants  Ephora ‘Equilibrium’ is a product for the purpose of fitting a horse with an appropriate saddle

16. timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 16 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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