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Assignment
1: Project Proposal
Problem
Statement:
The
21st century gold rush is in China. As the country emerges as
both the world's largest consumer market and as a major business
contender, increasing numbers of foreign companies are seeking
to cash in by establishing value chain relationships, joint
ventures or regional offices in China. Other individuals are
moving to China to start up companies. To better prepare for
the competition and better understand the situation for their
industry in China, these prospectors need a multitude of resources:
books, industry analyst reports, online news, and newgroups.
Users must contend with information overload and outdated information
Internet portals are currently the best solution for consolidated,
recent information. However portals on China (e.g. Sina.com,
China.com, Sohu.com) tend to follow the newspaper paradigm,
presenting text-heavy information which is therefore time-intensive
for users. Many such portals try to be all things to all users,
offering news as well as games and dating services. Other portals
simply aggregate links to articles that are no longer accessible
(e.g. ChinaSite.com).
Our
Solution:
We
are designing a graphical, interactive portal application that
supports market research and business development activities
relating to China. Our project leverages various resources --
such as news stories, weblogs, newsgroups and databases -- regarding
consumer and business trends in specific cities in China. Students
studying China, people and companies interested in working in
China or with Chinese companies will be able to quickly view
trends for specific industries over time. Users can also track
industry-specific news in China and related commentary, view
the growth of their industry in the major booming regions in
China, and research newsworthy companies in China.
| Team
Members: |
email |
Major
areas of responsibility |
| Kari
Holmquist |
karih
AT sims.berkeley.edu |
Information
architecture, GIS implementation, project management,
documentation |
| Xiaoyuan
Cecilia Jiang |
xjiang
AT sims.berkeley.edu |
Systems
design, back-end implementation, functional and performance
testing |
| Pauletta
Pan |
pipa
AT sims.berkeley.edu |
UI
design, usability, documentation, business analysis |
| Hong
Qu |
hong
AT sims.berkeley.edu |
Web
Implementation |
| Ashley
Tan (Project lead) |
atan
AT sims.berkeley.edu |
Back-end
implementation, database administrator |
| Team
mailing list: |
MappingChina
AT sims.berkeley.edu |
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