CIM302 Team 9 Presentation

WEB PLATFORM FOR SPECIAL NEEDS ORGANIZATIONSTeam 9: Ilko Dimitrov, Bud Fisher, Hafiz Javed, Olu Orebajo

CIM320 – Projects & Risk Management

Assignment 1

Situation Overview

Special Needs Organizations (SNO’s) use the internet to inform and engage special needs users and their supporters

SNO websites don’t have robust online community infrastructures

Small to medium-sized SNO websites are usually poorly organized and unpolished

Small to medium-sized SNO’s have limited budgets and technical teams to implement online strategies

SNO Website Landscape

Organization Name Content & Functionality AccessibilityRank 1-10 Notes

National Autistic Society

Donations, membership, content pages, event schedule, surveys

5 color settings, 3 size settings, Browsealoud 5

Lots of content but could be more engaging. Design and organization could use improvement as well.

Autism Independent UK

Guest book, membership, discussion forums, content pages, shopping, donations Language translation 3

Really messy and difficult to navigate. Member forum is pretty dismal and not user friendly.

Royal National Institute of Blind People

Donations, RSS, volunteer sign up, content pages, shopping, Web Pals, search None 7

Slow to navigate. Decent design but surprisingly limited accessibility tools. Bad content organization. Good donation tool.

Action for Blind PeopleDonations, links, content pages, shopping, site search

3 color settings, 2 size settings 7

Really nice design and good navigation. Content could be better organized. Limited vision usability assistance. Separate kids section.

Down's Syndrome Association

Donations, membership, shop, tag cloud, content pages

3 size settings, talking text toolbar 7

Well done design and easy to navigate. Good information but poor engagement. Shows that there is a desire for well-done sites.

The national Society of Epilepsy

Donations, discussion, shop, content pages, site search 2 size settings 5

Nice design and navigation with poorly organized information. Good donation page.

National Deaf Children's Society

Donations, discussion, RSS, site search, membership, content pages Discussion board 6

Good design, very user friendly navigational menu. Good donation page. Have to sign up in order to access some information on the site

British Deaf Association

Membership, donations, site search, content pages, feedback

Donations (using third party) 2

Easy to navigate menu but very poor design. Not much of features with no forum or discussion board.

Surrey Association for Visual Impairment

Donations, site search, e-Newsletter subscription, content pages 3 color settings 5

Not top design but nice and fast with well organized information. No forum or discussion sections.

National Blind Children's Society

Donations, site search, content pages

4 color settings, 4 size settings, text only option 5

Simple but nice design with good color scheme and well arranged and navigational menu.

Aims, Objectives & Proposal

Aim: To enable special needs organizations to better serve their communities in the online environment. 

Objectives   Create a reliable web platform with a content management system. Develop the system which will provide discussion forum to facilitate users with

social engagement. Develop the system with donation collection functionality. Develop a highly customizable web platform so that non-technical staff can

also customize its contents, layout, style and any add-ons easily Create training and maintenance documentation for non-technical personnel so

that they can manage their website seamlessly. License the platform to at least ten clients in the first year for 2,000 pounds

each. Proposed Solution

Inexpensive and customizable website platform Designed for easy implementation by B2B client users Designed for accessibility by B2B client end user audience (special needs

people and their supporters)

Scope & Strategy

Project Scope Design and development of relevant pages Ability to customize contents Training and marketing materials

Project Strategy Target audience

Small to medium-sized SNO’s in the UK SNO’s with minimal budgets & IT resources

Project Approach Engage a talented and nimble team of freelancers managed by team

members/business owners Utilize PRINCE2, remote teams and wiki to thoroughly manage a budget-

minded project Track progress and evolving solution against the WBS, PBS, and other

PRINCE2 project management tools and documents Consistently engage with external SNO’s and special needs users to ensure

prototype success

Iterative Prototype Enhancement

Poster Prototype Final Prototype

Full Demonstrable Prototype

Homepage Prototype Detail

Flexible primary and secondary navigation

6 accessibility options Website search functionality Premium placement for logo Prominent image placement Easy online community access Accessible button format and

placement Flexible tables for accommodating

text, images, ads, etc Footer with tertiary navigation

and copyright

Full Demonstrable Prototype

Content Page Donations Page Community Page

Primary content area Various formats for

secondary content areas Flexible tables to

accommodate content variety

Consistent use of site header, footer, and column structure

Donations area for the collection of donation and donor information

Flexible fields to collect details

Same framework used for both discussion forums and global chat

Primary content display area

Secondary area for content input

Selection of ten forums

Project Potential & Benefits

Expected Sustainable Benefits Revenue when the platform is licensed Revenue for ancillary services like deeper website customization and

on-going maintenance Revenue for client-requested enhancements Building of a qualified client base for future products and services Positive contribution to the special needs community Partnership opportunities with other market players

Measures of Project Success Completing project on-time and on-budget Reaching first years' sales goal  Increase in key website performance metrics over client's previous site

(or exceeding forecasted performance metrics if it's client's first site) Continued sales past original sales goal Continued client engagement after first sale 

Web Platform for Special Needs Organizations

Team 9: Ilko Dimitrov, Bud Fisher, Hafiz Javed, Olu Orebajo

CIM320 – Projects & Risk Management

Assignment 1

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