ISSD Fall 2010 School of Information, UC Berkeley

* Assigned: September 27, 2010 (Monday)
* Due: October 6, 2010 (Wednesday) (EXTENDED)
* Instructions: Post your answers through Assignment Submission.
The title of your submission should be "A4: [your name]"

In order to refine your project concept, some amount of research and investigation is necessary. Decide among your teammates who will do one of the following (if you are more than 3 in the group, some of the activities can be repeated):

* Review related literature (For example, if your project is in the "Smart Home" area, locate and review at least 3 papers like the Intile reading [L5R4] you read a few weeks ago).  Here is a good example from last year.

* Technology review (Examples for "Smart Home" project might include sensors, solar panels, insulation materials, etc.). Standards, processes, or information models could be relevant here because they implicitly encode "good" ways of doing things that might provide ideas for new or improved services. Here is a good example from last year.

* Competitive Analysis (For example, construct a Competitor Array, create Competitor Profiles for major competitors, andanalyze news/media relevant to that market segment.

What matters is quality, not quantity.
Your goals are to:
1. Prioritize your top 3 findings or insights from your research
2. Translate these into ideas for services that you can apply to your project concept. Be sure to explain the connection or justification for your services from your research.

NOTE: See related group assignment at Group Assignment 2.