ConnectX Workshop ppt deck

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1 Online Business Portal For Small And Medium Sized Enterprises Brian Makepeace Rob Bourne Carleen Walker

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Presentation to a focus group of business SMEs

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Online Business Portal For Small And Medium Sized Enterprises

Brian MakepeaceRob BourneCarleen Walker

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Workshop Agenda

Introductions and project background Overview of UEL defined requirements

– Refreshment break

Critical discussion breakout sessions Project roadmap

– Lunch

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Introductions and Project Overview

Presented by

Brian Makepeace

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Agenda

Introductions Project aim Objectives Benefits Plan

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Introductions

Brian Makepeace– UELconnect– Finance and Projects Manager– http://www.uel.ac.uk/uelconnect/staff/brian_makepeace.htm

Rob Bourne– UELconnect– Learning Technologist– http://www.uel.ac.uk/uelconnect/staff/rob_bourne.htm

Carleen Walker– UELconnect– Projects Administrator

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Project Aim

To increase UEL engagement in knowledge exchange activities by developing a networking and business resource portal for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)

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Project Objectives

Develop a system that provides online facilities for SMEs to collaborate and share best practice with other SMEs and the University of London

Incorporate relevant business resources for SMEs Link this system to information about UEL’s courses

and consulting services Provide an access point for UEL

graduates/entrepreneurs to engage with SMEs (local business contacts, job opportunities, internships)

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Project Benefits

Provide free to use business portal for SMEs to facilitate – Networking and links to other SMEs, UEL

academics and graduates– Accessing business information resources– Skills development through access to UEL course

offerings

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Draft Project Plan (09/10)

Agree Requirements July Functional Specification Aug Prototype development Aug Prototype review and sign off Sep Develop solution Oct Testing Nov Implementation Dec

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Overview of UEL defined requirements

Presented by

Rob Bourne

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Agenda

Setting the scene– Social networking principles

Potential platforms Requirements walkthrough

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Setting the scene

Social networking Six degrees of separation Social capital Wisdom of the crowd Architecture of participation The power of niche

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Potential Platforms

Linking in to existing social networking sites– Linked in– Facebook

Open source solutions– Boonex– ELGG– Drupal (CMS)– Wordpress (Blogging software)

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Requirements walkthrough (1)

Social Networking - Creation of sustainable communities– Individual networks linking in to wider networks– Private groups to knowledge share/network– Public access groups– Method to capture business information and

individual users– Identification of SMEs by physical location*– Content seeding by UEL

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Requirements walkthrough (2)

Content portal - Resources that have business benefits to the SMEs– Ideally involve low levels of manual interpretation– Identification of specific resources– Logical categorisation of content– Peer review of content e.g. amazon ratings type

system– Jobs boards to advertise positions

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Requirements walkthrough (3)

Tool kits - Either hosted and integrated or raised for awareness– IPR/copyright resources – Links to comms tools– Web conferencing and collaboration solutions– Resources for getting the best out of these tools– Blogs wikis, project management tools– CRM

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Requirements walkthrough (4)

Dissemination of job/internship vacancies– Structure of the request of internships– Mechanisms for companies to target specific

individuals – Traditional mail shot approaches

Short courses– Linking in to UEL offerings– Potential for feedback with regard to new courses

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Requirements walkthrough (5)

Work based learning– Promotion of UELconnect activities in this area

UELconnect consultancy services– Link to our consulting services– Context specific linking to our services– Focus on knowledge exchange– Showcase of developed products

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Requirements walkthrough (6)

Sustainability– Utilise feeds to refresh content– Repeat funding rounds available in terms of

Challenge funding– Promote contribution from SMEs with seeding,

link baiting

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Critical discussion

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Activity outline

Two groups facilitated by UELconnect leads Session purpose

– CRITICALLY discuss the proposed requirements– PROPOSE new requirements– DEFINE importance

Pull together the ideas– This requirements document will then be pulled in

to a functional specification for the solution

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Roadmap

Presented by

Rob Bourne

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Roadmap

Platform vision Next steps User group/focus group

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Platform vision

What do we envisage the final product to be?– Do you think this would be beneficial to you?– Any other ideas?

Is this worth doing?– Are we replicating existing systems?

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Next steps

Build– Test– Evaluate– Update requirements/spec

Build– Test– Evaluate– Update requirements/spec

Build– Test– Evaluate– Update requirements/spec

Ad infinitum

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User group

Main focus of the project is knowledge exchange

Disseminate project outcomes Form a sustainable user group of interested

parties Communications in terms of project progress