This post outlines the cost estimation details with regards to marketing the application. Furthermore, the options chosen have the maximum associated cost and hence indicate the amount of money that would be required to guarantee financial stability. For example, a TV campaign is an optional expense. These are rarely employed by application start ups due to their audience being easier… Read more →
After the Easter break, the group met to discuss progress. Nearly all work is completed, with each member still having one remaining task to complete, with a week remaining until the blog deadline.
With the idea now concrete and the survey results in, a requirements document has been constructed. It contains all the functionality that the system should exhibit. It should be used to guide the design process.
This post outlines the cost estimation details with regards to developing the application. It should be noted that these estimations are based on full development and deployment of Scene. They should only be considered once market research has indicated a need for the application and the expenditure can be justified (for example, advanced contracts with potential advertisers). Furthermore, the options… Read more →
The author collected the number of downloads/installations observed for some of the most similar applications on the market (through the iTunes store and the Google Play store). It is observed that there are two primary players in this area: Foursquare and Yelp. These two sites have roughly 50 million downloads each (on Android alone). If Scene is to succeed, it… Read more →
The Competitor Analysis was performed utilising the current trend of social applications. To this end, many websites have compliled lists, such as http://appadvice.com/applists/show/beef-up-your-social-life and http://www.buzzfeed.com/chelseypippin/17-apps-that-can-actually-improve-your-social-life#.avMEaRlYO that span 30 applications between them. Many in particular seem to have very similar premises, honing in on the idea of local searching to find the perfect destination. However, none of them seem have the points aspect that Scene… Read more →
After some deliberation, the team settled on an Initial Gantt Chart. The observation to be noted is that the majority of the work is scheduled during the Easter break. This is because of deadlines etc. consuming many people’s times as well as giving the team some flexibility with contingency time. In this manner, the team should return after the break… Read more →
Scene was the final iteration of a number of ideas that were floated during our Initial Meeting. Our first suggestion was completely different and this conveys the journey the team went through. Report-it was proposed as a browser add-on used to report malicious comments/users from any website/forum etc. (Nic Fair – Report-It). Users would have a global profile that would… Read more →