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Application design, architecture and platform reccomendation (ID:5439)

Project Creator: bboy2001
FC Member For 5987 Days
Credits 20
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Budget: Not Sure/Confidential
Created: 2/16/2009 2:42:55 PM EST
Bidding Ends: 3/3/2009 2:42:55 PM EST
( Expired )
Development Cycle: 15 Days
Bid Count: 4
Average Bid: 595.25  
Project Description:

Deliverables
1. System Design & Architecture
2. Technology, Platform and Tools Recommendation
3. Cost and Delivery Estimate

Goal: To develop a commercial customer/product community network for product feedback targeting software product managers. The SW will leverage many of the common social networking features with additional industry specific customizations. Using crowd sourcing techniques - PMs will gain insight to drive innovation and prioritize product development.

HIGH LEVEL REQUIREMENTS
- Member Profile Space - Users can add a photo and create a detailed profile
- Personal Home Page
- Ideas - Users post ideas
- Collaboration & Votes - Others comment, expand and vote on ideas. Highly rated and expanded ideas automatically ??ubble" to the top
- Group Functionality & Threaded Discussions
- Media File Sharing - Post documents, rich media and links that can be searched
- Support Point system - points (points for posting ideas, points for voting and points for commenting on other ideas)
- Leader board (e.g., top 10 power users)
- Support idea attributes and track changes
- Multilingual
- Notifications (RSS feeds and email)
- Configurable branding
- Security - SSL
- Authentication - Single sign-on
- Scalability - Micro networks (no more than 1000 users)
- Import/Export (e.g., users, ideas, etc.)
- Hosted - Single code base
- Transparent upgrades
- Targeted Messaging Platform - Used to get the right message in front of the right people
- Revenue-Generating Sponsorship Engine
- Integrated keyword search

Users will access the app at least 3 ways
1. Embedded in app (product)
2. Company website (may have existing customer portal)
3. Embedded in email

Key Personas (separate log-in and views etc.)
- End user (power product user)
- Product /Marketing Manager (moderator and some admin)
- Admin (Internal - manage advertising, business intelligence (usage) etc.)

Integration
- Various CRM systems (in an out)
- User data, customer data

Possible Platforms
- Joomla, SocialEngine, KickApps, many others.

Technology
- OpenSource PHP etc. .Net option would be nice.

Expectation:
Provide a written report complete with recommendations (be sure to support your position) and diagrams/schematics as necessary (e.g., architecture). The bidder must be prepared to defend their position (Q&A) and possibly present it as well. The document must be professional grade written in English.


Newly added descriptions:
PLEASE NOTE: The application is likely to be hosted on Salesforce.com, Nsuite, Amazon, Azure, or another existing SaaS platform. Please consider this in your estimations and design documents.

BIDDERS: Experience developing social networks is an asset. In your response, please highlight your experience (examples etc.).


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