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Crowdsourcing & Crowdfunding

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This lecture explores the concepts of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding, discussing how ideas are generated and developed through open calls to large groups of people. It covers examples like the Netflix Prize and the Facebook Translation Project, showcasing the power of collective intelligence. The instructor delves into the conditions under which problems can be crowdsourced and presents platforms like Waze that combine passive and active crowdsourcing. Moreover, the lecture examines different types of crowd organizations and the motivations behind participating in crowdsourcing initiatives. It concludes with insights on how to leverage crowdsourcing for innovation and product development.

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New product development

In business and engineering, product development or new product development (PD or NPD) covers the complete process of bringing a new product to market, renewing an existing product or introducing a product in a new market. A central aspect of NPD is product design, along with various business considerations. New product development is described broadly as the transformation of a market opportunity into a product available for sale. The products developed by an organisation provide the means for it to generate income.

Project manager

A project manager is a professional in the field of project management. Project managers have the responsibility of the planning, procurement and execution of a project, in any undertaking that has a defined scope, defined start and a defined finish; regardless of industry. Project managers are first point of contact for any issues or discrepancies arising from within the heads of various departments in an organization before the problem escalates to higher authorities, as project representative.

Project plan

A project plan, according to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), is: "...a formal, approved document used to guide both project execution and project control. The primary uses of the project plan are to document planning assumptions and decisions, facilitate communication among project stakeholders, and document approved scope, cost, and schedule baselines. A project plan may be sumarized or detailed.

Crowdsourcing

Crowdsourcing involves a large group of dispersed participants contributing or producing goods or services—including ideas, votes, micro-tasks, and finances—for payment or as volunteers. Contemporary crowdsourcing often involves digital platforms to attract and divide work between participants to achieve a cumulative result. Crowdsourcing is not limited to online activity, however, and there are various historical examples of crowdsourcing. The word crowdsourcing is a portmanteau of "crowd" and "outsourcing".

Project stakeholder

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