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About
M-commerce is a self-sustaining mobile commerce system that empowers the poor and illiterate to make informed decisions about purchasing daily necessities. Unlike the legacy system, which is inefficient and error-prone, M-commerce will use a user-friendly and innovative mobile interface.
Proposal
- Understand user needs on the ground and analyze them to develop system requirements.
- Design and Develop a user-friendly mobile user interface that would enable “Bandhus” and villagers to browse and order goods using mobile phones.
- Do thorough business analysis of the viability of such a system and provide recommendations to prove long term sustainability.
Partners
Project Team
| ROLES | TEAM MEMBERS |
|---|---|
| Students | Anastasios Dimas Michael Gordon Dev SenGupta Anonymous MIT student |
| Video journalists (from Emerson College) |
Sarah Berkovich Kady Buchanan |
Project Documentation
Slides are presented courtesy of the students, used with permission. Videos are from nextlab on Vimeo, and are not covered by our Creative Commons license.
| DELIVERABLE | VIDEOS AND SLIDES |
|---|---|
| FINAL PROJECT | |
| Summary |
M-Commerce final video Fall 2008 from nextlab on Vimeo. |
| Demonstration |
M-Commerce demo Fall 2008 from nextlab on Vimeo. |
| Final Class Presentation |
United Villages M-Commerce Final Presentation from nextlab on Vimeo. |
| MILESTONE PRESENTATIONS | |
| Milestone 1: Elevator Pitch | |
| Milestone 2: Needs Assessment | |
| Milestone 3: System Design and Initial Implementation | |
| Milestone 4: Sustainability |
M-Commerce Milestone 4/Sustainability Plan from nextlab on Vimeo. |