Things.info - how to create a WEB platform representing all man-made objects and their relationships
Date
2013
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TÜ Viljandi Kultuuriakadeemia
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The research question is how to create the appropriate (highly usable, rapidly scalable, modifiable by all internet users) web and mobile platform for Things.info - visualised interactive database of world’s man-made physical objects and their relationships?
Thesis covers theoretical background, poses underlying assumptions and critical success factors to accomplish the task in question.
Two critical success factors – early adopters and high usability - are studied experimentally. Possible early adopters are identified through qualitative interviews. User experience testing is carried out based on lean UX theory and using interactive prototype.
Overall, lean startup and agile software development methods are recommended to develop the platform in question.