Project Profile
- Time to 1st alpha release: 6 weeks
- Susbequent Releases: Every 4 weeks
- Average Team Size: 6 - 10 people
Client Overview
The brain-child of ESPN's original founder, Bill Rasmussen, CollegeFanz is a Web 2.0 social networking site targeting the ultimate college sports fan on the internet.
Learn more at www.collegefanz.com
Business Challenge
To work with the founding business partners to provide a startup solution that would bring the power of social networking technologies to college sports fans on the web. To create a robust online community where fans would be able to contribute content and share their love of the game through:
- videos
- photos
- blogs
- discussion boards
- ratings
- RSS feeds
- community surveys
- e-mail and messaging
What OpenCrowd Did
Integration
Integrating pre-existing web communities like YouTube and Flickr to support photo and multi-media management allowed CollegeFanz to launch with rich content and functionality. Using features like facebook friends integration allowed for viral community expansion.
Customization
Customizing open source Web 2.0 tools provided CollegeFanz an accelerated solution to rapidly achieve mature community functionality on their own unique platform.
Integrating pre-existing web communities like YouTube and Flickr to support photo and multi-media management allowed CollegeFanz to launch with rich content and functionality. Using features like facebook friends integration allowed for viral community expansion.
Customization
Customizing open source Web 2.0 tools provided CollegeFanz an accelerated solution to rapidly achieve mature community functionality on their own unique platform.
Business Benefit
- Architecture of participation created for end-users not developers.
- Knowledge and customization of pre-existing resources allowed for quick time to market and easy community expansion.
- Fanz are able to quickly connect, contribute, and collaborate in a vibrant and rich community.
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