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Feature Matrix Prioritization Scorecard
                                                                                                                                                                                                Business Drivers                                                                                                                                                    User Value                                                                                Technical
                                                                                                                                                                                                      weight: 40%                                                                                                                                                    weight:                                                   40%                             weight:  20%




                                                                                                                                               Increase brand affinity, visibility, WOM/viral

                                                                                                                                                                                                Conversion of site visitors to members




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Increase bookings, reservations
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Increase traffic to main website




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Meaningful in other context
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Easier to complete tasks




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              out-of-box/available tech
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Share cruise experience




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     complexity (1 is high)



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          time/effort (1 is high)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Better Experience
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Feature                     Description                                                                                  Priority   Status     Score: 1-5, 5 being most positively aligned with goals                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      SCORE
Photos                      Features related to member photos
 Uploading                  User can browse computer, select photo and upload to their member profile                    High       Phase 1           5                                                   5                                      5                                  5                         5.00      5                       5                         5                               5                  5.00      4                           4                        3                       3.67    95%
 Add Flickr photos          User can select photos from their Flickr account and add to their member profile             High     Phase 1             3                                                   4                                      3                                  4                         3.50      3                       3                         3                               3                  3.00      3                           4                        4                       3.67    67%
 Photo moderation           NoWN administrators can review and approve/reject member photos                              High     Phase 1             2                                                   2                                      2                                  2                         2.00      5                       5                         5                               5                  5.00      3                           3                        3                       3.00    68%
 Comments                   Users can comment on photos                                                                  Med-high Phase 2             3                                                   4                                      2                                  4                         3.25      1                       1                         1                               1                  1.00      4                           4                        3                       3.67    49%
 Tagging/Categorization     When photos are submitted user can select categories (ship, activity) and add tags           High       Phase 1           5                                                   4                                      5                                  5                         4.75      5                       5                         5                               5                  5.00      4                           4                        3                       3.67    93%
 Social Sharing             Users can bookmark a link to view a photo on social bookmarking sites                        Low        Phase 2           2                                                   1                                      1                                  2                         1.50      1                       1                         1                               1                  1.00      4                           4                        3                       3.67    35%
 Embed Photos               Users can copy embed code that allows them to post a photo on another page                   Medium     Phase 2           2                                                   1                                      1                                  3                         1.75      4                       4                         4                               4                  4.00      4                           4                        3                       3.67    61%
 Email Photos               Users can email a link to a specific photo or photo set                                      Med-high Phase 2             3                                                   3                                      3                                  3                         3.00      4                       4                         4                               4                  4.00      4                           4                        3                       3.67    71%
 Favorite Photos            The ability to create a collection of photos (eg Flickr favorites)                           Med-high Phase 2             3                                                   3                                      3                                  3                         3.00      2                       2                         2                               2                  2.00      4                           4                        3                       3.67    55%
 Ratings                    The ability to rate a photo (eg 4 out of 5 stars)                                            Med-high Phase 2             3                                                   5                                      4                                  3                         3.75      4                       4                         4                               4                  4.00      4                           4                        3                       3.67    77%
 Flag as Innapropriate      The ability to identify innaproprite content, alert moderator                                Medium     Phase 2           2                                                   2                                      2                                  2                         2.00      2                       2                         2                               2                  2.00      4                           4                        3                       3.67    47%
 Photo Statistics           Display how many times photo has been favorited, commented on, viewed etc.                   Medium     Phase 2           2                                                   3                                      2                                  3                         2.50      4                       4                         4                               4                  4.00      4                           4                        3                       3.67    67%
 Edit Photos                Crop, rotate, adjust colors, fix red eye etc.                                                Low        Future            4                                                   3                                      3                                  4                         3.50      0                       0                         0                               0                  0.00      3                           4                        3                       3.33    41%
Blogs                       NoWN blogs
 Multiple blog publishing   The site will have 2 blogs                                                                   High       Phase 2           4                                                   3                                      4                                  5                         4.00      4                       4                         4                               4                  4.00      4                           4                        3                       3.67    79%
 Authoring                  Basic blog authoring tool (eg WordPress)                                                     High       Phase 2           4                                                   3                                      4                                  4                         3.75      5                       5                         5                               5                  5.00      4                           5                        3                       4.00    86%
 RSS Feed                   Available RSS feed and basic feed icons (add to iGoogle, myAOL etc.)                         Medium     Phase 2           4                                                   2                                      3                                  3                         3.00      1                       1                         1                               1                  1.00      5                           5                        5                       5.00    52%
 Email Subscription         Form allowing user to subscribe to blog by email                                             Medium     Phase 2           3                                                   2                                      3                                  3                         2.75      3                       3                         3                               3                  3.00      4                           4                        4                       4.00    62%
 Tags/Categories            The ability for the blog author to categorize articles and add tags                          Medium     Phase 2           4                                                   3                                      4                                  5                         4.00      5                       5                         5                               5                  5.00      4                           4                        4                       4.00    88%
 Comments                   Registered users to comment standard blog commenting functionality                           High       Phase 2           3                                                   5                                      4                                  3                         3.75      4                       4                         4                               4                  4.00      4                           4                        4                       4.00    78%
 Social Sharing             Users can bookmark blog articles on social bookmarking sites                                 Med-high   Phase 2           2                                                   1                                      1                                  2                         1.50      3                       3                         3                               3                  3.00      4                           4                        5                       4.33    53%
Pages/Templates             Diplay content templates
 Homepage                   Flash content player and landing page navigation                                             High       Phase 1           5                                                   4                                      5                                  5                         4.75      5                       5                         5                               5                  5.00      3                           2                        3                       2.67    89%
 Photo Display              Rich application for photo display and filtering by meta (destination, ship, activity)       High       Phase 1           5                                                   5                                      5                                  5                         5.00      5                       5                         5                               5                  5.00      2                           2                        2                       2.00    88%
 Profile Category Page      Citizens category landing page with rich functionality                                       High       Phase 1           4                                                   3                                      3                                  2                         3.00      3                       3                         3                               3                  3.00      2                           2                        2                       2.00    56%
 Profile Display            Citizens profile page with rich functionality                                         High              Phase 1           3                                                   3                                      2                                  2                         2.50      0                       0                         0                               0                  0.00      2                           2                        2                       2.00    28%
 Profile Edit               Profile management application                                                        High              Phase 1           3                                                   2                                      2                                  2                         2.25      4                       4                         4                               4                  4.00      2                           2                        2                       2.00    58%
 Dialogue/Form Layer        Content layer overlays current page to display forms (sign-in) and messages (confirmation)
                                                                                                                  High              Phase 1           2                                                   2                                      2                                  2                         2.00      5                       5                         5                               5                  5.00      3                           2                        3                       2.67    67%
 About the Nation           Content section with subpages and integrated Flash content (manifesto, phrase gen)    High              Phase 1           5                                                   3                                      3                                  2                         3.25      5                       5                         5                               5                  5.00      4                           2                        3                       3.00    78%
 Text Content               Display formatted content for plain pages (legal, privacy, copyright, help)           High              Phase 1           2                                                   1                                      1                                  1                         1.25      5                       5                         5                               5                  5.00      5                           2                        5                       4.00    66%
Widgets/Tools               Portable apps for sidebars and external sites (blogs, social networks, custom start-pages)
 Contest/Sweeps Widget      Call to action widget concept based on sweeps/contest. Tell your story…                      Med-high   Proposed          3                                                   5                                      3                                  4                         3.75      1                       1                         1                               1                  1.00      4                           3                        4                       3.67    53%
 Profile Display            Mini NoWN Profile - allow Facebook friends to rate, comment etc.                             Medium     Proposed          3                                                   2                                      1                                  2                         2.00      1                       1                         1                               1                  1.00      4                           3                        4                       3.67    39%
 Deals/Incentives           Cruise deal alert or integrate offers with other widgets                                     Med-high   Proposed          3                                                   3                                      5                                  5                         4.00      1                       1                         1                               1                  1.00      4                           3                        4                       3.67    55%
 Activity Feed              Display of realtime site activity (John updated photo, Jane is the Buffetizer...)            Med-high   Proposed          3                                                   2                                      2                                  4                         2.75      1                       1                         1                               1                  1.00      4                           4                        5                       4.33    47%
Profiles/Authentication
 Guest                      Anonymous user/site visitor                                                                  High       Phase 1           3                                                   4                                      2                                  2                         2.75      3                       3                         3                               3                  3.00      4                           5                        4                       4.33    63%
 Citizen                    Registered members, access to profiles, comments, ratings                                    High       Phase 1           3                                                   5                                      4                                  3                         3.75      3                       3                         3                               3                  3.00      4                           5                        4                       4.33    71%
 Author                     Create/edit, publish blog articles                                                           High       Phase 1           3                                                   3                                      3                                  3                         3.00      5                       5                         5                               5                  5.00      4                           5                        4                       4.33    81%
 Moderator                  Review/approve photos, comments, blogs, ban users                                            High       Phase 1           4                                                   4                                      4                                  4                         4.00      5                       5                         5                               5                  5.00      4                           5                        4                       4.33    89%
 Administrator              Manage users, bans users, access reporting                                                   High       Phase 1           4                                                   4                                      4                                  4                         4.00      5                       5                         5                               5                  5.00      4                           5                        4                       4.33    89%
 Single sign-on             Ability to accept credentials from other RCCL sites                                          High       Phase 2           5                                                   5                                      5                                  5                         5.00      5                       5                         5                               5                  5.00      2                           3                        2                       2.33    89%
Interface                   Features related to navigation of site content
  Top nav bar               Dynamic hierarchical navigation (categories with option of subpages)                         Med-high   Phase 1           4                                                   3                                      5                                  5                         4.25      5                       5                         5                               5                  5.00      4                           3                        3                       3.33    87%
 Pull-down menu             Top left menu                                                                                Medium     Phase 1           2                                                   2                                      5                                  5                         3.50      5                       5                         5                               5                  5.00      4                           3                        4                       3.67    83%
 Footer bar                 Footer menu                                                                                  Med-high   Phase 1           2                                                   1                                      3                                  1                         1.75      5                       5                         5                               5                  5.00      4                           3                        5                       4.00    70%
 Search                     Use of Tag Clouds, image clouds, keyword search to filter photos                             Medium     Phase 2           2                                                   3                                      4                                  3                         3.00      4                       4                         4                               4                  4.00      4                           4                        4                       4.00    72%
 Email                      Email Page via email form (Phase 1 site, Phase 2 specific page view)                         Med-high   Phase 1           3                                                   3                                      4                                  4                         3.50      5                       5                         5                               5                  5.00      4                           4                        4                       4.00    84%
 RSS                        RSS feed to any query/view                                                                   Med-high   Phase 2           2                                                   2                                      3                                  3                         2.50      1                       1                         1                               1                  1.00      5                           5                        5                       5.00    48%
Utilities                   Features related to site operation, SEO/SEM, accessibility
 Site Analytics             Full featured web traffic analytics package (SEO, SEM, keyword acquisition)                  High       Phase 1           3                                                   3                                      3                                  4                         3.25      0                       0                         0                               0                  0.00      4                           4                        4                       4.00    42%
 Custom landing pages       Ability to create custom landing pages with unique URLs to support OLA                       Medium     Proposed          2                                                   3                                      4                                  3                         3.00      0                       0                         0                               0                  0.00      4                           4                        3                       3.67    39%
 Automated reporting        Standard site usage reports, member activity, alerts                                         Medium     Proposed          4                                                   4                                      4                                  4                         4.00      0                       0                         0                               0                  0.00      4                           4                        3                       3.67    47%
 Friendly URLs              Generates SE friendly urls, not long strings                                                 High       Phase 1           5                                                   3                                      4                                  4                         4.00      0                       0                         0                               0                  0.00      4                           3                        4                       3.67    47%
 XML Sitemap                Automated XML sitemap for SEO                                                                Medium     Phase 1           4                                                   3                                      4                                  4                         3.75      0                       0                         0                               0                  0.00      4                           4                        5                       4.33    47%
 Progressive Enhancement HTML site using CSS,jQuery, Flash (sIFR, swfIR) to layer on rich content                        High       Proposed          2                                                   3                                      2                                  2                         2.25      0                       0                         0                               0                  0.00      3                           2                        3                       2.67    29%
 Non-U.S Disclaimer         IP detect non-U.S. visitors and display discalaimer content                                  High       Phase 1
 OpenID                     OpenID for user registration (AOL, Gmail etc. authentication)                                Med-high   Phase 1           1                                                   4                                      2                                  2                         2.25      0                       0                         0                               0                  0.00      4                           4                        4                       4.00    34%


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           80% and above

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Less than 70%
Major Cruise Line - Photo Sharing Site
Platform Selection




                                                                                                                         Community Engine



                                                                                                                                                         Expression Engine
                                                                                                                                            Lovdbyless



                                                                                                                                                                             Silverstipe
                                                                                                                                                                                           Notes
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Feature                     Description                                                                                                                                                    Community Engine          Lovedbyless                Expression Engine              Silverstripe
Photos                      Features related to member photos                                                                                                                              Member Photo Gallery      Member Photo Gallery       Photo gallery for admin        Member Photo Gallery
 Uploading                  User can browse computer, select photo and upload to their member profile                        5                 5               3                5          Built-in                  Built-in                   Not part of member profile     Built-in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Built in Mash-up engine;   Built in Mash-up engine;       Built in Mash-up engine;
 Add Flickr photos          User can select photos from their Flickr account and add to their member profile                 3                 3               3                3          Requires custom           does not import            does not import                does not import
 Photo moderation           NoWN administrators can review and approve/reject member photos                                  4                 4               3                2          Built-in                  Built-in
 Comments                   Users can comment on photos                                                                      5                 3               3                3          Built-in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Photo management is on
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                CMS/admin side; not
 Tagging/Categorization     When photos are submitted user can select categories (ship, activity) and add tags               4                 4               2                3          Built-in                                             member content side
 Social Sharing             Users can bookmark a link to view a photo on social bookmarking sites                            0                 0               0                0          Plug-in                   Plug-in                    Plug-in                        Plug-in
 Embed Photos               Users can copy embed code that allows them to post a photo on another page                       3                 3               2                3
 Email Photos               Users can email a link to a specific photo or photo set                                          3                 3               2                3
 Favorite Photos            The ability to create a collection of photos (eg Flickr favorites)                               3                 3               2                3
 Ratings                    The ability to rate a photo (eg 4 out of 5 stars)                                                3                 3               2                3          Plug-in                   Plug-in                    Plug-in                        Plug-in
 Flag as Innapropriate      The ability to identify innaproprite content, alert moderator                                    4                 4               3                4
 Photo Statistics           Display how many times photo has been favorited, commented on, viewed etc.                       3                 3               3                3
 Edit Photos                Crop, rotate, adjust colors, fix red eye etc.                                                    2                 2               4                2                                                               Built-in
Blogs                       NoWN blogs                                                                                                                                                     Built-in                  Built-in                   Built-in                       Built-in
 Multiple blog publishing   The site will have 2 blogs                                                                       5                 5               2                4
 Authoring                  Basic blog authoring tool (eg WordPress)                                                         5                 3               4                4                                    Very basic
 RSS Feed                   Available RSS feed and basic feed icons (add to iGoogle, myAOL etc.)                             5                 5               5                5
 Email Subscription         Form allowing user to subscribe to blog by email                                                 4                 4               4                4
 Tags/Categories            The ability for the blog author to categorize articles and add tags                              5                 5               5                5
 Comments                   Registered users to comment standard blog commenting functionality                               5                 5               5                5
 Social Sharing             Users can bookmark blog articles on social bookmarking sites                                     4                 5               3                4          Built-in                  Built-in
                                                                                                                                                                                           They all support custom
Pages/Templates             Diplay content templates                                                                                                                                       pages
 Homepage                   Flash content player and landing page navigation                                                 0                 0               0                0
 Photo Display              Rich application for photo display and filtering by meta (destination, ship, activity)           0                 0               0                0
 Profile Category Page      Citizens category landing page with rich functionality                                           0                 0               0                0
 Profile Display            Citizens profile page with rich functionality                                                    0                 0               0                0
 Profile Edit               Profile management application                                                                   0                 0               0                0
 Dialogue/Form Layer        Content layer overlays current page to display forms (sign-in) and messages (confirmation)       0                 0               0                0
 About the Nation           Content section with subpages and integrated Flash content (manifesto, phrase gen)     0                           0               0                0
 Text Content               Display formatted content for plain pages (legal, privacy, copyright, help)            0                           0               0                0
Widgets/Tools               Portable apps for sidebars and external sites (blogs, social networks, custom start-pages)                                                                     Independent of platform
 Contest/Sweeps Widget      Call to action widget concept based on sweeps/contest. Tell your story…                0                           0               0                0
 Profile Display            Mini NoWN Profile - allow Facebook friends to rate, comment etc.                       0                           0               0                0
 Deals/Incentives           Cruise deal alert or integrate offers with other widgets                               0                           0               0                0
 Activity Feed              Display of realtime site activity (John updated photo, Jane is the Buffetizer...)      0                           0               0                0
Profiles/Authentication
 Guest                      Anonymous user/site visitor                                                                      5                 5               5                5
 Citizen                    Registered members, access to profiles, comments, ratings                                        5                 5               5                5
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Blog is an admin function;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                would allow customization to
 Author                     Create/edit, publish blog articles                                                               5                 5               3                5                                                               provide func. To member
 Moderator                  Review/approve photos, comments, blogs, ban users                                                5                 5               3                4
 Administrator              Manage users, bans users, access reporting                                                       5                 5               5                5
 Single sign-on             Ability to accept credentials from other RCCL sites                                              5                 5               4                5
Interface                   Features related to navigation of site content
 Top nav bar                Dynamic hierarchical navigation (categories with option of subpages)                             3                 3               4                3
 Pull-down menu             Top left menu                                                                                    0                 0               0                0
 Footer bar                 Footer menu                                                                                      0                 0               0                0
 Search                     Use of Tag Clouds, image clouds, keyword search to filter photos                                 4                 4               4                4
 Email                      Email Page via email form (Phase 1 site, Phase 2 specific page view)                             0                 0               0                0
 RSS                        RSS feed to any query/view                                                                       4                 4               3                4
Utilities                   Features related to site operation, SEO/SEM, accessibility
 Site Analytics             Full featured web traffic analytics package (SEO, SEM, keyword acquisition)                      0                 0               0                0
 Custom landing pages       Ability to create custom landing pages with unique URLs to support OLA                           0                 0               0                0
 Automated reporting        Standard site usage reports, member activity, alerts                                             0                 0               0                0
 Friendly URLs              Generates SE friendly urls, not long strings                                                     3                 4               5                4
 Non-U.S Disclaimer         IP detect non-U.S. visitors and display discalaimer content                                      2                 2               2                2
 XML Sitemap                Automated XML sitemap for SEO                                                                    2                 3               5                2                                                               Built-in
 Progressive Enhancement HTML site using CSS,jQuery, Flash (sIFR, swfIR) to layer on rich content                            0                 0               0                0
 OpenID                  OpenID for user registration (AOL, Gmail etc. authentication)                                       4                 4               4                4

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Community Engine            http://www.uncooped.com
                            http://www.curbly.com
Lovdbyless                  http://www.imitatelife.com
                            http://www.fraced.com
Expression Engine           http://expressionengine.com/showcase
Silverstipe                 http://www.silverstripe.com/websites
Major Cruise Line - Photo Sharing Site
Platform Shortlist
                                                                                                                                                      5% 5% 20%                                          5%                          20% 10% 10% 10% 10% 5% 100%




                                                                                                                                                                                                         Flexibility/Expandability
                                                                                                                                                                      Customization/Control




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Impressive Examples
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Support/Community




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Team experience
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Ease of transfer
                                                                                                                                                      Documentation




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Performance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Complexity
                                                                                                                                                                                              Features
Platform             URL                        Techn. Licence Type                                      Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Total Comments
CommunityEngine      http://www.missingmethod.com/projects/community_engine
                                                Ruby     MIT/OpenSource                                  CommunityEngine is a free, open-source            5               5                    4               5                      4                    3             5                 5              5              4                     87   Very fast, robust, easy to implement
                                                                                                         social network plugin for Ruby on Rails
                                                                                                         applications.
Drupal               www.drupal.org                                   PHP     MIT/OpenSource             Valid alternative for better organized            3               4                    3               4                      2                    5             2                 2              2              3                     56    Too complex,Poor web based administration. No
                                                                                                         development to sparse PHP files.                                                                                                                                                                                                             MVC and database layer.
                                                                                                         Customization integrated changing the
                                                                                                         code.
Insoshi              http://portal.insoshi.com                        Ruby    MIT/OpenSource           Open source white label social network              4               5                    4               3                      4                    3             4                 4              4              3                     77    Very simple, easy to implement
                                                                                                       that supports many of the sites features,
                                                                                                       (WordPress of social networks).
LifeRay              www.liferay.com                                  Java    professional open-source World leading opensource portal platform            5               5                    2               4                      2                    5             2                 4              5              3                     65    Too complex; has all feature
                                                                                                       with numerous applications and plug-ins
Lovdbyless           http://lovdbyless.com/                           Ruby    MIT/OpenSource           Very strong feature set with built-in Flickr        4               5                    5               5                      4                    3             4                 5              3              3                     83    Very nice product, Photos and Flickr
                                                                                                       integration
PHPizabi             http://www.phpizabi.net                          PHP     GPL/OpenSource           Robust PHP based white label social                 5               5                    3               4                      3                    3             3                 3              0              4                     60    Very popular; some free/some paid components, slow
                                                                                                       network
SilverStripe         www.silverstripe.com                             PHP     BSD/OpenSource           Well organized with MVC, view-code                  5               5                    4               4                      3                    4             3                 4              2              4                     72    Impressive PHP social network
                                                                                                       separation, themes and modules. New
                                                                                                       Zeland Company.
Expression Engine http://expressionengine.com PHP                             Commercial/Proprietary Commercial CMS                                        4               4                    4               4                      3                    4             3                 4              0              4                     66    Robust CMS is built on proprietary code base. It uses
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      an open source engine - CodeIgnighter



                     Documentation                                    How well the platform is documented
                     Customization/Control                            How easy it is to customize UI and features
                                   Customization/Control

                                                           Features




                     Features                                         How well the platform features align with the solution (how close it is)
                     Flexibility/Expandability                        Options and components available/ease of integration, including iphone, Facebook etc.
                     Complexity                                       How complicated the platform is (most simple is a 5), easy to make changes downstream
                     Support/Community                                Does the platform has a large community of developers, available support
                     Ease of transfer                                 Complexity to hand-off, to bring on new developers, for a new team to understand
                     Performance                                      How the platform is configured for fast performance, scalability, caching
                     Team experience                                  Available resources/experience with platform/technology
                     Impressive Examples                              Existing site examples
Major Cruise Line - Photo Sharing Site
Feature Backlog
                                                                                                                                            Increase brand affinity, visibility, to members complete tasks context out-of-box/available tech
                                                                                                                                                  ConversionIncrease bookings,Easier to Share in other complexitytime/effort (1 is high)
                                                                                                                                                       Increase site ave RCCL reservations
                                                                                                                                                              of traffic to Better Experience
                                                                                                                                                                      visitors WOM/viralMeaningful cruise experience
                                                                                                                                                                                                     ave                 (1 is high)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             ave               Notes
Feature                   Description                                                                                  Priority   Status    Score: 1-5, 5 being most positively aligned with goals                                  SCORE
Photos                    Features related to member photos
 Uploading                User can browse computer, select photo and upload to their member profile                    High       Phase 1    5     5    5     5    5.00     5    5    5     5     5.00       4     4    3   3.67   95%
 Add Flickr photos        User can select photos from their Flickr account and add to their member profile             High       Phase 1    3     4    3     4    3.50     3    3    3     3     3.00       3     4    4   3.67   67%
 Photo moderation         NoWN administrators can review and approve/reject member photos                              High       Phase 1    2     2    2     2    2.00     5    5    5     5     5.00       3     3    3   3.00   68%
 Tagging/Categorization   When photos are submitted user can select categories (ship, activity) and add tags           High       Phase 1    5     4    5     5    4.75     5    5    5     5     5.00       4     4    3   3.67   93%
Pages/Templates           Diplay content templates
 Homepage                 Flash content player and landing page navigation                                             High       Phase 1    5     4    5     5    4.75     5    5    5     5     5.00       3     2    3   2.67   89%
 Photo Display            Rich application for photo display and filtering by meta (destination, ship, activity)       High       Phase 1    5     5    5     5    5.00     5    5    5     5     5.00       2     2    2   2.00   88%
 Profile Category Page    Citizens category landing page with rich functionality                                       High       Phase 1    4     3    3     2    3.00     3    3    3     3     3.00       2     2    2   2.00   56%
 Profile Display          Citizens profile page with rich functionality                                                High       Phase 1    3     3    2     2    2.50     0    0    0     0     0.00       2     2    2   2.00   28%
 Profile Edit             Profile management application                                                               High       Phase 1    3     2    2     2    2.25     4    4    4     4     4.00       2     2    2   2.00   58%
 Dialogue/Form Layer      Content layer overlays current page to display forms (sign-in) and messages (confirmation)   High       Phase 1    2     2    2     2    2.00     5    5    5     5     5.00       3     2    3   2.67   67%
 About the Nation         Content section with subpages and integrated Flash content (manifesto, phrase gen)           High       Phase 1    5     3    3     2    3.25     5    5    5     5     5.00       4     2    3   3.00   78%
 Text Content             Display formatted content for plain pages (legal, privacy, copyright, help)                  High       Phase 1    2     1    1     1    1.25     5    5    5     5     5.00       5     2    5   4.00   66%
Profiles/Authentication
 Guest                    Anonymous user/site visitor                                                                  High       Phase 1    3     4    2     2    2.75     3    3    3     3     3.00       4     5    4   4.33   63%
 Citizen                  Registered members, access to profiles, comments, ratings                                    High       Phase 1    3     5    4     3    3.75     3    3    3     3     3.00       4     5    4   4.33   71%
 Author                   Create/edit, publish blog articles                                                           High       Phase 1    3     3    3     3    3.00     5    5    5     5     5.00       4     5    4   4.33   81%
 Moderator                Review/approve photos, comments, blogs, ban users                                            High       Phase 1    4     4    4     4    4.00     5    5    5     5     5.00       4     5    4   4.33   89%
 Administrator            Manage users, bans users, access reporting                                                   High       Phase 1    4     4    4     4    4.00     5    5    5     5     5.00       4     5    4   4.33   89%
Interface                 Features related to navigation of site content
 Top nav bar              Dynamic hierarchical navigation (categories with option of subpages)                         Med-high   Phase 1    4     3    5     5    4.25     5    5    5     5     5.00       4     3    3   3.33   87%
 Pull-down menu           Top left menu                                                                                Medium     Phase 1    2     2    5     5    3.50     5    5    5     5     5.00       4     3    4   3.67   83%
 Footer bar               Footer menu                                                                                  Med-high   Phase 1    2     1    3     1    1.75     5    5    5     5     5.00       4     3    5   4.00   70%
 Email                    Email Page via email form (Phase 1 site, Phase 2 specific page view)                         Med-high   Phase 1    3     3    4     4    3.50     5    5    5     5     5.00       4     4    4   4.00   84%
Utilities                 Features related to site operation, SEO/SEM, accessibility
 Site Analytics           Full featured web traffic analytics package (SEO, SEM, keyword acquisition)                  High       Phase 1    3     3    3     4    3.25     0    0    0     0     0.00       4     4    4 4.00 42%
 Friendly URLs            Generates SE friendly urls, not long strings                                                 High       Phase 1    5     3    4     4    4.00     0    0    0     0     0.00       4     3    4 3.67 47%
 Non-U.S Disclaimer       IP detect non-U.S. visitors and display discalaimer content                                  High       Phase 1
 XML Sitemap              Automated XML sitemap for SEO                                                                Medium     Phase 1    4     3    4     4    3.75     0    0    0     0     0.00       4     4    5 4.33 47%


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 80% and above

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 65%-79%

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Less than 65%
Major Cruise Line - Photo Sharing Site
Feature Backlog
                                                                                                                                            Increase brand affinity, visibility, to members complete tasks context out-of-box/available tech
                                                                                                                                                  ConversionIncrease bookings,Easier to Share in other complexitytime/effort (1 is high)
                                                                                                                                                       Increase site ave RCCL reservations
                                                                                                                                                              of traffic to Better Experience
                                                                                                                                                                      visitors WOM/viralMeaningful cruise experience
                                                                                                                                                                                                     ave                 (1 is high)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             ave               Notes
Feature                   Description                                                                                  Priority   Status    Score: 1-5, 5 being most positively aligned with goals                                  SCORE
Photos                    Features related to member photos
 Uploading                User can browse computer, select photo and upload to their member profile                    High       Phase 1    5     5    5     5    5.00     5    5    5     5     5.00       4     4    3   3.67   95%
 Add Flickr photos        User can select photos from their Flickr account and add to their member profile             High       Phase 1    3     4    3     4    3.50     3    3    3     3     3.00       3     4    4   3.67   67%
 Photo moderation         NoWN administrators can review and approve/reject member photos                              High       Phase 1    2     2    2     2    2.00     5    5    5     5     5.00       3     3    3   3.00   68%
 Tagging/Categorization   When photos are submitted user can select categories (ship, activity) and add tags           High       Phase 1    5     4    5     5    4.75     5    5    5     5     5.00       4     4    3   3.67   93%
Pages/Templates           Diplay content templates
 Homepage                 Flash content player and landing page navigation                                             High       Phase 1    5     4    5     5    4.75     5    5    5     5     5.00       3     2    3   2.67   89%
 Photo Display            Rich application for photo display and filtering by meta (destination, ship, activity)       High       Phase 1    5     5    5     5    5.00     5    5    5     5     5.00       2     2    2   2.00   88%
 Profile Category Page    Citizens category landing page with rich functionality                                       High       Phase 1    4     3    3     2    3.00     3    3    3     3     3.00       2     2    2   2.00   56%
 Profile Display          Citizens profile page with rich functionality                                                High       Phase 1    3     3    2     2    2.50     0    0    0     0     0.00       2     2    2   2.00   28%
 Profile Edit             Profile management application                                                               High       Phase 1    3     2    2     2    2.25     4    4    4     4     4.00       2     2    2   2.00   58%
 Dialogue/Form Layer      Content layer overlays current page to display forms (sign-in) and messages (confirmation)   High       Phase 1    2     2    2     2    2.00     5    5    5     5     5.00       3     2    3   2.67   67%
 About the Nation         Content section with subpages and integrated Flash content (manifesto, phrase gen)           High       Phase 1    5     3    3     2    3.25     5    5    5     5     5.00       4     2    3   3.00   78%
 Text Content             Display formatted content for plain pages (legal, privacy, copyright, help)                  High       Phase 1    2     1    1     1    1.25     5    5    5     5     5.00       5     2    5   4.00   66%
Profiles/Authentication
 Guest                    Anonymous user/site visitor                                                                  High       Phase 1    3     4    2     2    2.75     3    3    3     3     3.00       4     5    4   4.33   63%
 Citizen                  Registered members, access to profiles, comments, ratings                                    High       Phase 1    3     5    4     3    3.75     3    3    3     3     3.00       4     5    4   4.33   71%
 Author                   Create/edit, publish blog articles                                                           High       Phase 1    3     3    3     3    3.00     5    5    5     5     5.00       4     5    4   4.33   81%
 Moderator                Review/approve photos, comments, blogs, ban users                                            High       Phase 1    4     4    4     4    4.00     5    5    5     5     5.00       4     5    4   4.33   89%
 Administrator            Manage users, bans users, access reporting                                                   High       Phase 1    4     4    4     4    4.00     5    5    5     5     5.00       4     5    4   4.33   89%
Interface                 Features related to navigation of site content
 Top nav bar              Dynamic hierarchical navigation (categories with option of subpages)                         Med-high   Phase 1    4     3    5     5    4.25     5    5    5     5     5.00       4     3    3   3.33   87%
 Pull-down menu           Top left menu                                                                                Medium     Phase 1    2     2    5     5    3.50     5    5    5     5     5.00       4     3    4   3.67   83%
 Footer bar               Footer menu                                                                                  Med-high   Phase 1    2     1    3     1    1.75     5    5    5     5     5.00       4     3    5   4.00   70%
 Email                    Email Page via email form (Phase 1 site, Phase 2 specific page view)                         Med-high   Phase 1    3     3    4     4    3.50     5    5    5     5     5.00       4     4    4   4.00   84%
Utilities                 Features related to site operation, SEO/SEM, accessibility
 Site Analytics           Full featured web traffic analytics package (SEO, SEM, keyword acquisition)                  High       Phase 1    3     3    3     4    3.25     0    0    0     0     0.00       4     4    4 4.00 42%
 Friendly URLs            Generates SE friendly urls, not long strings                                                 High       Phase 1    5     3    4     4    4.00     0    0    0     0     0.00       4     3    4 3.67 47%
 Non-U.S Disclaimer       IP detect non-U.S. visitors and display discalaimer content                                  High       Phase 1
 XML Sitemap              Automated XML sitemap for SEO                                                                Medium     Phase 1    4     3    4     4    3.75     0    0    0     0     0.00       4     4    5 4.33 47%


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 80% and above

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 65%-79%

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Less than 65%
Major Cruise Line - Photo Sharing Site
Platform Shortlist
                                                                                                                                                      5% 5% 20%                                          5%                          20% 10% 10% 10% 10% 5% 100%




                                                                                                                                                                                                         Flexibility/Expandability
                                                                                                                                                                      Customization/Control




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Impressive Examples
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Support/Community




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Team experience
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Ease of transfer
                                                                                                                                                      Documentation




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Performance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Complexity
                                                                                                                                                                                              Features
Platform             URL                        Techn. Licence Type                                      Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Total Comments
CommunityEngine      http://www.missingmethod.com/projects/community_engine
                                                Ruby     MIT/OpenSource                                  CommunityEngine is a free, open-source            5               5                    4               5                      4                    3             5                 5              5              4                     87   Very fast, robust, easy to implement
                                                                                                         social network plugin for Ruby on Rails
                                                                                                         applications.
Drupal               www.drupal.org                                   PHP     MIT/OpenSource             Valid alternative for better organized            3               4                    3               4                      2                    5             2                 2              2              3                     56    Too complex,Poor web based administration. No
                                                                                                         development to sparse PHP files.                                                                                                                                                                                                             MVC and database layer.
                                                                                                         Customization integrated changing the
                                                                                                         code.
Insoshi              http://portal.insoshi.com                        Ruby    MIT/OpenSource           Open source white label social network              4               5                    4               3                      4                    3             4                 4              4              3                     77    Very simple, easy to implement
                                                                                                       that supports many of the sites features,
                                                                                                       (WordPress of social networks).
LifeRay              www.liferay.com                                  Java    professional open-source World leading opensource portal platform            5               5                    2               4                      2                    5             2                 4              5              3                     65    Too complex; has all feature
                                                                                                       with numerous applications and plug-ins
Lovdbyless           http://lovdbyless.com/                           Ruby    MIT/OpenSource           Very strong feature set with built-in Flickr        4               5                    5               5                      4                    3             4                 5              3              3                     83    Very nice product, Photos and Flickr
                                                                                                       integration
PHPizabi             http://www.phpizabi.net                          PHP     GPL/OpenSource           Robust PHP based white label social                 5               5                    3               4                      3                    3             3                 3              0              4                     60    Very popular; some free/some paid components, slow
                                                                                                       network
SilverStripe         www.silverstripe.com                             PHP     BSD/OpenSource           Well organized with MVC, view-code                  5               5                    4               4                      3                    4             3                 4              2              4                     72    Impressive PHP social network
                                                                                                       separation, themes and modules. New
                                                                                                       Zeland Company.
Expression Engine http://expressionengine.com PHP                             Commercial/Proprietary Commercial CMS                                        4               4                    4               4                      3                    4             3                 4              0              4                     66    Robust CMS is built on proprietary code base. It uses
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      an open source engine - CodeIgnighter



                     Documentation                                    How well the platform is documented
                     Customization/Control                            How easy it is to customize UI and features
                                   Customization/Control

                                                           Features




                     Features                                         How well the platform features align with the solution (how close it is)
                     Flexibility/Expandability                        Options and components available/ease of integration, including iphone, Facebook etc.
                     Complexity                                       How complicated the platform is (most simple is a 5), easy to make changes downstream
                     Support/Community                                Does the platform has a large community of developers, available support
                     Ease of transfer                                 Complexity to hand-off, to bring on new developers, for a new team to understand
                     Performance                                      How the platform is configured for fast performance, scalability, caching
                     Team experience                                  Available resources/experience with platform/technology
                     Impressive Examples                              Existing site examples

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Features Matrix Scorecard Numbers

  • 1. Major Cruise Line - Photo Sharing Site Feature Matrix Prioritization Scorecard Business Drivers User Value Technical weight: 40% weight: 40% weight: 20% Increase brand affinity, visibility, WOM/viral Conversion of site visitors to members Increase bookings, reservations Increase traffic to main website Meaningful in other context Easier to complete tasks out-of-box/available tech Share cruise experience complexity (1 is high) time/effort (1 is high) Better Experience ave ave ave Notes Feature Description Priority Status Score: 1-5, 5 being most positively aligned with goals SCORE Photos Features related to member photos Uploading User can browse computer, select photo and upload to their member profile High Phase 1 5 5 5 5 5.00 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 4 3 3.67 95% Add Flickr photos User can select photos from their Flickr account and add to their member profile High Phase 1 3 4 3 4 3.50 3 3 3 3 3.00 3 4 4 3.67 67% Photo moderation NoWN administrators can review and approve/reject member photos High Phase 1 2 2 2 2 2.00 5 5 5 5 5.00 3 3 3 3.00 68% Comments Users can comment on photos Med-high Phase 2 3 4 2 4 3.25 1 1 1 1 1.00 4 4 3 3.67 49% Tagging/Categorization When photos are submitted user can select categories (ship, activity) and add tags High Phase 1 5 4 5 5 4.75 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 4 3 3.67 93% Social Sharing Users can bookmark a link to view a photo on social bookmarking sites Low Phase 2 2 1 1 2 1.50 1 1 1 1 1.00 4 4 3 3.67 35% Embed Photos Users can copy embed code that allows them to post a photo on another page Medium Phase 2 2 1 1 3 1.75 4 4 4 4 4.00 4 4 3 3.67 61% Email Photos Users can email a link to a specific photo or photo set Med-high Phase 2 3 3 3 3 3.00 4 4 4 4 4.00 4 4 3 3.67 71% Favorite Photos The ability to create a collection of photos (eg Flickr favorites) Med-high Phase 2 3 3 3 3 3.00 2 2 2 2 2.00 4 4 3 3.67 55% Ratings The ability to rate a photo (eg 4 out of 5 stars) Med-high Phase 2 3 5 4 3 3.75 4 4 4 4 4.00 4 4 3 3.67 77% Flag as Innapropriate The ability to identify innaproprite content, alert moderator Medium Phase 2 2 2 2 2 2.00 2 2 2 2 2.00 4 4 3 3.67 47% Photo Statistics Display how many times photo has been favorited, commented on, viewed etc. Medium Phase 2 2 3 2 3 2.50 4 4 4 4 4.00 4 4 3 3.67 67% Edit Photos Crop, rotate, adjust colors, fix red eye etc. Low Future 4 3 3 4 3.50 0 0 0 0 0.00 3 4 3 3.33 41% Blogs NoWN blogs Multiple blog publishing The site will have 2 blogs High Phase 2 4 3 4 5 4.00 4 4 4 4 4.00 4 4 3 3.67 79% Authoring Basic blog authoring tool (eg WordPress) High Phase 2 4 3 4 4 3.75 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 5 3 4.00 86% RSS Feed Available RSS feed and basic feed icons (add to iGoogle, myAOL etc.) Medium Phase 2 4 2 3 3 3.00 1 1 1 1 1.00 5 5 5 5.00 52% Email Subscription Form allowing user to subscribe to blog by email Medium Phase 2 3 2 3 3 2.75 3 3 3 3 3.00 4 4 4 4.00 62% Tags/Categories The ability for the blog author to categorize articles and add tags Medium Phase 2 4 3 4 5 4.00 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 4 4 4.00 88% Comments Registered users to comment standard blog commenting functionality High Phase 2 3 5 4 3 3.75 4 4 4 4 4.00 4 4 4 4.00 78% Social Sharing Users can bookmark blog articles on social bookmarking sites Med-high Phase 2 2 1 1 2 1.50 3 3 3 3 3.00 4 4 5 4.33 53% Pages/Templates Diplay content templates Homepage Flash content player and landing page navigation High Phase 1 5 4 5 5 4.75 5 5 5 5 5.00 3 2 3 2.67 89% Photo Display Rich application for photo display and filtering by meta (destination, ship, activity) High Phase 1 5 5 5 5 5.00 5 5 5 5 5.00 2 2 2 2.00 88% Profile Category Page Citizens category landing page with rich functionality High Phase 1 4 3 3 2 3.00 3 3 3 3 3.00 2 2 2 2.00 56% Profile Display Citizens profile page with rich functionality High Phase 1 3 3 2 2 2.50 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 2 2 2.00 28% Profile Edit Profile management application High Phase 1 3 2 2 2 2.25 4 4 4 4 4.00 2 2 2 2.00 58% Dialogue/Form Layer Content layer overlays current page to display forms (sign-in) and messages (confirmation) High Phase 1 2 2 2 2 2.00 5 5 5 5 5.00 3 2 3 2.67 67% About the Nation Content section with subpages and integrated Flash content (manifesto, phrase gen) High Phase 1 5 3 3 2 3.25 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 2 3 3.00 78% Text Content Display formatted content for plain pages (legal, privacy, copyright, help) High Phase 1 2 1 1 1 1.25 5 5 5 5 5.00 5 2 5 4.00 66% Widgets/Tools Portable apps for sidebars and external sites (blogs, social networks, custom start-pages) Contest/Sweeps Widget Call to action widget concept based on sweeps/contest. Tell your story… Med-high Proposed 3 5 3 4 3.75 1 1 1 1 1.00 4 3 4 3.67 53% Profile Display Mini NoWN Profile - allow Facebook friends to rate, comment etc. Medium Proposed 3 2 1 2 2.00 1 1 1 1 1.00 4 3 4 3.67 39% Deals/Incentives Cruise deal alert or integrate offers with other widgets Med-high Proposed 3 3 5 5 4.00 1 1 1 1 1.00 4 3 4 3.67 55% Activity Feed Display of realtime site activity (John updated photo, Jane is the Buffetizer...) Med-high Proposed 3 2 2 4 2.75 1 1 1 1 1.00 4 4 5 4.33 47% Profiles/Authentication Guest Anonymous user/site visitor High Phase 1 3 4 2 2 2.75 3 3 3 3 3.00 4 5 4 4.33 63% Citizen Registered members, access to profiles, comments, ratings High Phase 1 3 5 4 3 3.75 3 3 3 3 3.00 4 5 4 4.33 71% Author Create/edit, publish blog articles High Phase 1 3 3 3 3 3.00 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 5 4 4.33 81% Moderator Review/approve photos, comments, blogs, ban users High Phase 1 4 4 4 4 4.00 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 5 4 4.33 89% Administrator Manage users, bans users, access reporting High Phase 1 4 4 4 4 4.00 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 5 4 4.33 89% Single sign-on Ability to accept credentials from other RCCL sites High Phase 2 5 5 5 5 5.00 5 5 5 5 5.00 2 3 2 2.33 89% Interface Features related to navigation of site content Top nav bar Dynamic hierarchical navigation (categories with option of subpages) Med-high Phase 1 4 3 5 5 4.25 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 3 3 3.33 87% Pull-down menu Top left menu Medium Phase 1 2 2 5 5 3.50 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 3 4 3.67 83% Footer bar Footer menu Med-high Phase 1 2 1 3 1 1.75 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 3 5 4.00 70% Search Use of Tag Clouds, image clouds, keyword search to filter photos Medium Phase 2 2 3 4 3 3.00 4 4 4 4 4.00 4 4 4 4.00 72% Email Email Page via email form (Phase 1 site, Phase 2 specific page view) Med-high Phase 1 3 3 4 4 3.50 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 4 4 4.00 84% RSS RSS feed to any query/view Med-high Phase 2 2 2 3 3 2.50 1 1 1 1 1.00 5 5 5 5.00 48% Utilities Features related to site operation, SEO/SEM, accessibility Site Analytics Full featured web traffic analytics package (SEO, SEM, keyword acquisition) High Phase 1 3 3 3 4 3.25 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 4 4 4.00 42% Custom landing pages Ability to create custom landing pages with unique URLs to support OLA Medium Proposed 2 3 4 3 3.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 4 3 3.67 39% Automated reporting Standard site usage reports, member activity, alerts Medium Proposed 4 4 4 4 4.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 4 3 3.67 47% Friendly URLs Generates SE friendly urls, not long strings High Phase 1 5 3 4 4 4.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 3 4 3.67 47% XML Sitemap Automated XML sitemap for SEO Medium Phase 1 4 3 4 4 3.75 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 4 5 4.33 47% Progressive Enhancement HTML site using CSS,jQuery, Flash (sIFR, swfIR) to layer on rich content High Proposed 2 3 2 2 2.25 0 0 0 0 0.00 3 2 3 2.67 29% Non-U.S Disclaimer IP detect non-U.S. visitors and display discalaimer content High Phase 1 OpenID OpenID for user registration (AOL, Gmail etc. authentication) Med-high Phase 1 1 4 2 2 2.25 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 4 4 4.00 34% 80% and above 70%-79% Less than 70%
  • 2. Major Cruise Line - Photo Sharing Site Platform Selection Community Engine Expression Engine Lovdbyless Silverstipe Notes Notes Feature Description Community Engine Lovedbyless Expression Engine Silverstripe Photos Features related to member photos Member Photo Gallery Member Photo Gallery Photo gallery for admin Member Photo Gallery Uploading User can browse computer, select photo and upload to their member profile 5 5 3 5 Built-in Built-in Not part of member profile Built-in Built in Mash-up engine; Built in Mash-up engine; Built in Mash-up engine; Add Flickr photos User can select photos from their Flickr account and add to their member profile 3 3 3 3 Requires custom does not import does not import does not import Photo moderation NoWN administrators can review and approve/reject member photos 4 4 3 2 Built-in Built-in Comments Users can comment on photos 5 3 3 3 Built-in Photo management is on CMS/admin side; not Tagging/Categorization When photos are submitted user can select categories (ship, activity) and add tags 4 4 2 3 Built-in member content side Social Sharing Users can bookmark a link to view a photo on social bookmarking sites 0 0 0 0 Plug-in Plug-in Plug-in Plug-in Embed Photos Users can copy embed code that allows them to post a photo on another page 3 3 2 3 Email Photos Users can email a link to a specific photo or photo set 3 3 2 3 Favorite Photos The ability to create a collection of photos (eg Flickr favorites) 3 3 2 3 Ratings The ability to rate a photo (eg 4 out of 5 stars) 3 3 2 3 Plug-in Plug-in Plug-in Plug-in Flag as Innapropriate The ability to identify innaproprite content, alert moderator 4 4 3 4 Photo Statistics Display how many times photo has been favorited, commented on, viewed etc. 3 3 3 3 Edit Photos Crop, rotate, adjust colors, fix red eye etc. 2 2 4 2 Built-in Blogs NoWN blogs Built-in Built-in Built-in Built-in Multiple blog publishing The site will have 2 blogs 5 5 2 4 Authoring Basic blog authoring tool (eg WordPress) 5 3 4 4 Very basic RSS Feed Available RSS feed and basic feed icons (add to iGoogle, myAOL etc.) 5 5 5 5 Email Subscription Form allowing user to subscribe to blog by email 4 4 4 4 Tags/Categories The ability for the blog author to categorize articles and add tags 5 5 5 5 Comments Registered users to comment standard blog commenting functionality 5 5 5 5 Social Sharing Users can bookmark blog articles on social bookmarking sites 4 5 3 4 Built-in Built-in They all support custom Pages/Templates Diplay content templates pages Homepage Flash content player and landing page navigation 0 0 0 0 Photo Display Rich application for photo display and filtering by meta (destination, ship, activity) 0 0 0 0 Profile Category Page Citizens category landing page with rich functionality 0 0 0 0 Profile Display Citizens profile page with rich functionality 0 0 0 0 Profile Edit Profile management application 0 0 0 0 Dialogue/Form Layer Content layer overlays current page to display forms (sign-in) and messages (confirmation) 0 0 0 0 About the Nation Content section with subpages and integrated Flash content (manifesto, phrase gen) 0 0 0 0 Text Content Display formatted content for plain pages (legal, privacy, copyright, help) 0 0 0 0 Widgets/Tools Portable apps for sidebars and external sites (blogs, social networks, custom start-pages) Independent of platform Contest/Sweeps Widget Call to action widget concept based on sweeps/contest. Tell your story… 0 0 0 0 Profile Display Mini NoWN Profile - allow Facebook friends to rate, comment etc. 0 0 0 0 Deals/Incentives Cruise deal alert or integrate offers with other widgets 0 0 0 0 Activity Feed Display of realtime site activity (John updated photo, Jane is the Buffetizer...) 0 0 0 0 Profiles/Authentication Guest Anonymous user/site visitor 5 5 5 5 Citizen Registered members, access to profiles, comments, ratings 5 5 5 5 Blog is an admin function; would allow customization to Author Create/edit, publish blog articles 5 5 3 5 provide func. To member Moderator Review/approve photos, comments, blogs, ban users 5 5 3 4 Administrator Manage users, bans users, access reporting 5 5 5 5 Single sign-on Ability to accept credentials from other RCCL sites 5 5 4 5 Interface Features related to navigation of site content Top nav bar Dynamic hierarchical navigation (categories with option of subpages) 3 3 4 3 Pull-down menu Top left menu 0 0 0 0 Footer bar Footer menu 0 0 0 0 Search Use of Tag Clouds, image clouds, keyword search to filter photos 4 4 4 4 Email Email Page via email form (Phase 1 site, Phase 2 specific page view) 0 0 0 0 RSS RSS feed to any query/view 4 4 3 4 Utilities Features related to site operation, SEO/SEM, accessibility Site Analytics Full featured web traffic analytics package (SEO, SEM, keyword acquisition) 0 0 0 0 Custom landing pages Ability to create custom landing pages with unique URLs to support OLA 0 0 0 0 Automated reporting Standard site usage reports, member activity, alerts 0 0 0 0 Friendly URLs Generates SE friendly urls, not long strings 3 4 5 4 Non-U.S Disclaimer IP detect non-U.S. visitors and display discalaimer content 2 2 2 2 XML Sitemap Automated XML sitemap for SEO 2 3 5 2 Built-in Progressive Enhancement HTML site using CSS,jQuery, Flash (sIFR, swfIR) to layer on rich content 0 0 0 0 OpenID OpenID for user registration (AOL, Gmail etc. authentication) 4 4 4 4 127 126 112 120 Produciton Sites Community Engine http://www.uncooped.com http://www.curbly.com Lovdbyless http://www.imitatelife.com http://www.fraced.com Expression Engine http://expressionengine.com/showcase Silverstipe http://www.silverstripe.com/websites
  • 3. Major Cruise Line - Photo Sharing Site Platform Shortlist 5% 5% 20% 5% 20% 10% 10% 10% 10% 5% 100% Flexibility/Expandability Customization/Control Impressive Examples Support/Community Team experience Ease of transfer Documentation Performance Complexity Features Platform URL Techn. Licence Type Description Total Comments CommunityEngine http://www.missingmethod.com/projects/community_engine Ruby MIT/OpenSource CommunityEngine is a free, open-source 5 5 4 5 4 3 5 5 5 4 87 Very fast, robust, easy to implement social network plugin for Ruby on Rails applications. Drupal www.drupal.org PHP MIT/OpenSource Valid alternative for better organized 3 4 3 4 2 5 2 2 2 3 56 Too complex,Poor web based administration. No development to sparse PHP files. MVC and database layer. Customization integrated changing the code. Insoshi http://portal.insoshi.com Ruby MIT/OpenSource Open source white label social network 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 77 Very simple, easy to implement that supports many of the sites features, (WordPress of social networks). LifeRay www.liferay.com Java professional open-source World leading opensource portal platform 5 5 2 4 2 5 2 4 5 3 65 Too complex; has all feature with numerous applications and plug-ins Lovdbyless http://lovdbyless.com/ Ruby MIT/OpenSource Very strong feature set with built-in Flickr 4 5 5 5 4 3 4 5 3 3 83 Very nice product, Photos and Flickr integration PHPizabi http://www.phpizabi.net PHP GPL/OpenSource Robust PHP based white label social 5 5 3 4 3 3 3 3 0 4 60 Very popular; some free/some paid components, slow network SilverStripe www.silverstripe.com PHP BSD/OpenSource Well organized with MVC, view-code 5 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 2 4 72 Impressive PHP social network separation, themes and modules. New Zeland Company. Expression Engine http://expressionengine.com PHP Commercial/Proprietary Commercial CMS 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 0 4 66 Robust CMS is built on proprietary code base. It uses an open source engine - CodeIgnighter Documentation How well the platform is documented Customization/Control How easy it is to customize UI and features Customization/Control Features Features How well the platform features align with the solution (how close it is) Flexibility/Expandability Options and components available/ease of integration, including iphone, Facebook etc. Complexity How complicated the platform is (most simple is a 5), easy to make changes downstream Support/Community Does the platform has a large community of developers, available support Ease of transfer Complexity to hand-off, to bring on new developers, for a new team to understand Performance How the platform is configured for fast performance, scalability, caching Team experience Available resources/experience with platform/technology Impressive Examples Existing site examples
  • 4. Major Cruise Line - Photo Sharing Site Feature Backlog Increase brand affinity, visibility, to members complete tasks context out-of-box/available tech ConversionIncrease bookings,Easier to Share in other complexitytime/effort (1 is high) Increase site ave RCCL reservations of traffic to Better Experience visitors WOM/viralMeaningful cruise experience ave (1 is high) ave Notes Feature Description Priority Status Score: 1-5, 5 being most positively aligned with goals SCORE Photos Features related to member photos Uploading User can browse computer, select photo and upload to their member profile High Phase 1 5 5 5 5 5.00 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 4 3 3.67 95% Add Flickr photos User can select photos from their Flickr account and add to their member profile High Phase 1 3 4 3 4 3.50 3 3 3 3 3.00 3 4 4 3.67 67% Photo moderation NoWN administrators can review and approve/reject member photos High Phase 1 2 2 2 2 2.00 5 5 5 5 5.00 3 3 3 3.00 68% Tagging/Categorization When photos are submitted user can select categories (ship, activity) and add tags High Phase 1 5 4 5 5 4.75 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 4 3 3.67 93% Pages/Templates Diplay content templates Homepage Flash content player and landing page navigation High Phase 1 5 4 5 5 4.75 5 5 5 5 5.00 3 2 3 2.67 89% Photo Display Rich application for photo display and filtering by meta (destination, ship, activity) High Phase 1 5 5 5 5 5.00 5 5 5 5 5.00 2 2 2 2.00 88% Profile Category Page Citizens category landing page with rich functionality High Phase 1 4 3 3 2 3.00 3 3 3 3 3.00 2 2 2 2.00 56% Profile Display Citizens profile page with rich functionality High Phase 1 3 3 2 2 2.50 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 2 2 2.00 28% Profile Edit Profile management application High Phase 1 3 2 2 2 2.25 4 4 4 4 4.00 2 2 2 2.00 58% Dialogue/Form Layer Content layer overlays current page to display forms (sign-in) and messages (confirmation) High Phase 1 2 2 2 2 2.00 5 5 5 5 5.00 3 2 3 2.67 67% About the Nation Content section with subpages and integrated Flash content (manifesto, phrase gen) High Phase 1 5 3 3 2 3.25 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 2 3 3.00 78% Text Content Display formatted content for plain pages (legal, privacy, copyright, help) High Phase 1 2 1 1 1 1.25 5 5 5 5 5.00 5 2 5 4.00 66% Profiles/Authentication Guest Anonymous user/site visitor High Phase 1 3 4 2 2 2.75 3 3 3 3 3.00 4 5 4 4.33 63% Citizen Registered members, access to profiles, comments, ratings High Phase 1 3 5 4 3 3.75 3 3 3 3 3.00 4 5 4 4.33 71% Author Create/edit, publish blog articles High Phase 1 3 3 3 3 3.00 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 5 4 4.33 81% Moderator Review/approve photos, comments, blogs, ban users High Phase 1 4 4 4 4 4.00 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 5 4 4.33 89% Administrator Manage users, bans users, access reporting High Phase 1 4 4 4 4 4.00 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 5 4 4.33 89% Interface Features related to navigation of site content Top nav bar Dynamic hierarchical navigation (categories with option of subpages) Med-high Phase 1 4 3 5 5 4.25 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 3 3 3.33 87% Pull-down menu Top left menu Medium Phase 1 2 2 5 5 3.50 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 3 4 3.67 83% Footer bar Footer menu Med-high Phase 1 2 1 3 1 1.75 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 3 5 4.00 70% Email Email Page via email form (Phase 1 site, Phase 2 specific page view) Med-high Phase 1 3 3 4 4 3.50 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 4 4 4.00 84% Utilities Features related to site operation, SEO/SEM, accessibility Site Analytics Full featured web traffic analytics package (SEO, SEM, keyword acquisition) High Phase 1 3 3 3 4 3.25 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 4 4 4.00 42% Friendly URLs Generates SE friendly urls, not long strings High Phase 1 5 3 4 4 4.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 3 4 3.67 47% Non-U.S Disclaimer IP detect non-U.S. visitors and display discalaimer content High Phase 1 XML Sitemap Automated XML sitemap for SEO Medium Phase 1 4 3 4 4 3.75 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 4 5 4.33 47% 80% and above 65%-79% Less than 65%
  • 5. Major Cruise Line - Photo Sharing Site Feature Backlog Increase brand affinity, visibility, to members complete tasks context out-of-box/available tech ConversionIncrease bookings,Easier to Share in other complexitytime/effort (1 is high) Increase site ave RCCL reservations of traffic to Better Experience visitors WOM/viralMeaningful cruise experience ave (1 is high) ave Notes Feature Description Priority Status Score: 1-5, 5 being most positively aligned with goals SCORE Photos Features related to member photos Uploading User can browse computer, select photo and upload to their member profile High Phase 1 5 5 5 5 5.00 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 4 3 3.67 95% Add Flickr photos User can select photos from their Flickr account and add to their member profile High Phase 1 3 4 3 4 3.50 3 3 3 3 3.00 3 4 4 3.67 67% Photo moderation NoWN administrators can review and approve/reject member photos High Phase 1 2 2 2 2 2.00 5 5 5 5 5.00 3 3 3 3.00 68% Tagging/Categorization When photos are submitted user can select categories (ship, activity) and add tags High Phase 1 5 4 5 5 4.75 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 4 3 3.67 93% Pages/Templates Diplay content templates Homepage Flash content player and landing page navigation High Phase 1 5 4 5 5 4.75 5 5 5 5 5.00 3 2 3 2.67 89% Photo Display Rich application for photo display and filtering by meta (destination, ship, activity) High Phase 1 5 5 5 5 5.00 5 5 5 5 5.00 2 2 2 2.00 88% Profile Category Page Citizens category landing page with rich functionality High Phase 1 4 3 3 2 3.00 3 3 3 3 3.00 2 2 2 2.00 56% Profile Display Citizens profile page with rich functionality High Phase 1 3 3 2 2 2.50 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 2 2 2.00 28% Profile Edit Profile management application High Phase 1 3 2 2 2 2.25 4 4 4 4 4.00 2 2 2 2.00 58% Dialogue/Form Layer Content layer overlays current page to display forms (sign-in) and messages (confirmation) High Phase 1 2 2 2 2 2.00 5 5 5 5 5.00 3 2 3 2.67 67% About the Nation Content section with subpages and integrated Flash content (manifesto, phrase gen) High Phase 1 5 3 3 2 3.25 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 2 3 3.00 78% Text Content Display formatted content for plain pages (legal, privacy, copyright, help) High Phase 1 2 1 1 1 1.25 5 5 5 5 5.00 5 2 5 4.00 66% Profiles/Authentication Guest Anonymous user/site visitor High Phase 1 3 4 2 2 2.75 3 3 3 3 3.00 4 5 4 4.33 63% Citizen Registered members, access to profiles, comments, ratings High Phase 1 3 5 4 3 3.75 3 3 3 3 3.00 4 5 4 4.33 71% Author Create/edit, publish blog articles High Phase 1 3 3 3 3 3.00 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 5 4 4.33 81% Moderator Review/approve photos, comments, blogs, ban users High Phase 1 4 4 4 4 4.00 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 5 4 4.33 89% Administrator Manage users, bans users, access reporting High Phase 1 4 4 4 4 4.00 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 5 4 4.33 89% Interface Features related to navigation of site content Top nav bar Dynamic hierarchical navigation (categories with option of subpages) Med-high Phase 1 4 3 5 5 4.25 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 3 3 3.33 87% Pull-down menu Top left menu Medium Phase 1 2 2 5 5 3.50 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 3 4 3.67 83% Footer bar Footer menu Med-high Phase 1 2 1 3 1 1.75 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 3 5 4.00 70% Email Email Page via email form (Phase 1 site, Phase 2 specific page view) Med-high Phase 1 3 3 4 4 3.50 5 5 5 5 5.00 4 4 4 4.00 84% Utilities Features related to site operation, SEO/SEM, accessibility Site Analytics Full featured web traffic analytics package (SEO, SEM, keyword acquisition) High Phase 1 3 3 3 4 3.25 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 4 4 4.00 42% Friendly URLs Generates SE friendly urls, not long strings High Phase 1 5 3 4 4 4.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 3 4 3.67 47% Non-U.S Disclaimer IP detect non-U.S. visitors and display discalaimer content High Phase 1 XML Sitemap Automated XML sitemap for SEO Medium Phase 1 4 3 4 4 3.75 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 4 5 4.33 47% 80% and above 65%-79% Less than 65%
  • 6. Major Cruise Line - Photo Sharing Site Platform Shortlist 5% 5% 20% 5% 20% 10% 10% 10% 10% 5% 100% Flexibility/Expandability Customization/Control Impressive Examples Support/Community Team experience Ease of transfer Documentation Performance Complexity Features Platform URL Techn. Licence Type Description Total Comments CommunityEngine http://www.missingmethod.com/projects/community_engine Ruby MIT/OpenSource CommunityEngine is a free, open-source 5 5 4 5 4 3 5 5 5 4 87 Very fast, robust, easy to implement social network plugin for Ruby on Rails applications. Drupal www.drupal.org PHP MIT/OpenSource Valid alternative for better organized 3 4 3 4 2 5 2 2 2 3 56 Too complex,Poor web based administration. No development to sparse PHP files. MVC and database layer. Customization integrated changing the code. Insoshi http://portal.insoshi.com Ruby MIT/OpenSource Open source white label social network 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 77 Very simple, easy to implement that supports many of the sites features, (WordPress of social networks). LifeRay www.liferay.com Java professional open-source World leading opensource portal platform 5 5 2 4 2 5 2 4 5 3 65 Too complex; has all feature with numerous applications and plug-ins Lovdbyless http://lovdbyless.com/ Ruby MIT/OpenSource Very strong feature set with built-in Flickr 4 5 5 5 4 3 4 5 3 3 83 Very nice product, Photos and Flickr integration PHPizabi http://www.phpizabi.net PHP GPL/OpenSource Robust PHP based white label social 5 5 3 4 3 3 3 3 0 4 60 Very popular; some free/some paid components, slow network SilverStripe www.silverstripe.com PHP BSD/OpenSource Well organized with MVC, view-code 5 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 2 4 72 Impressive PHP social network separation, themes and modules. New Zeland Company. Expression Engine http://expressionengine.com PHP Commercial/Proprietary Commercial CMS 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 0 4 66 Robust CMS is built on proprietary code base. It uses an open source engine - CodeIgnighter Documentation How well the platform is documented Customization/Control How easy it is to customize UI and features Customization/Control Features Features How well the platform features align with the solution (how close it is) Flexibility/Expandability Options and components available/ease of integration, including iphone, Facebook etc. Complexity How complicated the platform is (most simple is a 5), easy to make changes downstream Support/Community Does the platform has a large community of developers, available support Ease of transfer Complexity to hand-off, to bring on new developers, for a new team to understand Performance How the platform is configured for fast performance, scalability, caching Team experience Available resources/experience with platform/technology Impressive Examples Existing site examples