The following are the pros and cons of each individual proposal:

 

Gusriyanto

 

Virtual Community - Soccer

 

Pros:

• Interesting subject area with high potential to attract people since soccer is known to most people all over the world
• The design of this community allows members to easily obtain the information and activities range from sharing knowledge and opinions via online communication/interaction, to searching the database for information on soccer
• User-friendly design, funky and attractive look, with easy to understand functions
• Many features to engage more people in the community
• Uses detailed technology to support implementation, and most technology used is free

Cons:

• This is a virtual community which will attract soccer fans only

Gusriyanto's Soccer Virtual Community was the one chosen for implementation by the Designer team Group #15 "5-Girls".

Reason Selected:

There is a huge market segment for this community. The plans for the prototype are given extensively such as the prototype of design community and web design. This will be very helpful to the design team, as they will have a clear understanding of specifications and requirements and has the least ambiguity of all proposals

 

Chee Choong Yee

 

Virtual Community - Pets

 

Pros:

 

• The subjects of pets interest a lot of people as most people own pets nowadays
• The lack of resources available online on this topic will attract people's attention
• The design of this community ranges from interaction, communication, sales, knowledge shared, and information on database
• Attractive design, functions easy to understand, and easy for users to familiarise functions
• Technology used is very popular in current market and often used in other communities as well and are mostly free or cost very little

Cons:

• This community will mainly attract pet owners or animal lovers only
• Target market is small, probably the reason why there are so few communities on this subject available on the internet

Reason Not Selected

Target market for pets very small compared to soccer. There are much more soccer fans as opposed to pet owners and animal lovers.

 

Andree Hopito

Virtual Community - Anime

Pros:

• Free to use and lot of stuff for members
• There are some existing communities which can be used as examples
• Donations are given from members

Cons:

• Target market  not very big
• It requires a server which may be expensive
• Requires some staff members to keep the community running and up to date

Reason Not Selected

Market segment of anime fans relatively small, also could be expensive to implement

 

Nga Kin Tong

Virtual Community - Gaming

Pros:

• Interesting subject area and is one of the most popular types of virtual communities
• Many features to provide a wider range of service

Cons:

• Complicated to develop, and maintain 
• Expensive production cost: huge amount of money to create an online game virtual community
• Requires a lot of time to create

Reason Not Selected

This virtual community requires high technology and skills to develop. Therefore, it will be too hard for the creator to build the virtual community.

 

Yukie Kukino

Virtual Community - Auction Trading

Pros:

• A wide target market and large market segment as it is not specifically for certain types of people- open to anyone and everyone who wants to buy or sell items
• User friendly set up for all ages

Cons:

• Rather time consuming and costly to develop such a complicated site with so many features - not really viable as a school assignment

Reason Not Selected

Too complicated - could take up to six months to create and very expensive to set up.

 

Evaluation of Implementation by the Designer Group

Our Soccer Community site implemented by "5-Girls" will be evaluated based on authenticity and quality using the following checklist. The evaluation is based on the following design principles: