Failure of Web Apps

Question 1

What are 10 common reasons web projects failing?

Answer 1

1) Unrealistic, poorly articulated project goals and requirements
2) Inaccurate estimate of time, effort and resources needed
3) Sloppy development practices and lack of development methodology (road map from conception to deployment)
4) Poor communication
5) Inability to handle complexity of project
6) Poor project management
7) Use of immature technology
8) Stakeholder politics (power, taking power from people)
9) Commercial pressures (cramming ads onto page)
10) Poor reporting/monitoring of project progress

Question 2

Explain dynamic web

Answer 2

Includes databases and changing data (aka deep dynamic web)

Question 3

Explain wisdom web

Answer 3

Web 2.0, user generated content, also includes ajax

Question 4

Explain shallow static web

Answer 4

static info (contact, etc)

Question 5

Mobile web

Answer 5

Render on small mobile screen, context/location aware perhaps

Question 6

Explain semantic web

Answer 6

Help search engines

Question 7

Explain rich internet applications

Answer 7

Indistinguishable from ….

Question 8

Explain Diffusion of Innovation

Answer 8

Process in which innovation is communicated through certain channels over time among members of a social system. How, why and at what rate new technologies spread

Question 9

Give an example of diffusion of innovation failing

Answer 9

QWERTY keyboards suck

Question 10

What is the difference between homophilic and heterophilic populations in terms of diffusion of innovation?

Answer 10

Homophilic - easy diffusion (similar population)

Heterophilic - harder to diffuse

Question 11

Explain optional innovation decision

Answer 11

if decision to adopt new technology is made on individual basis
doesnt rely on other members of society
(emergent/de facto standards)

Question 12

Explain collective innovation decision

Answer 12

everyone makes decision to use technology
usually slowest to become widespread
(industry standard)

Question 13

Explain authority innovation decision

Answer 13

if it comes from government or united nations, etc. this is what we normally think of as a standard

Question 14

How do individuals make decision to use?

Answer 14

1) Knowledge - learn about it
2) Persuasion - convinced to use
3) Decision - adopt or reject
4) Implementation - become expert through use
5) Confirmation - you can reject tech after you use it

Question 15

What properties does an innovation need to diffuse?

Answer 15

-Relative advantage - better than what came before
-Compatibility - technological, lifestyle/culture
-Complexity/simplicity - perceived difficulty of use/understand
-Trialable - can you try it out?
Observable - results of these are visible to others (eg. Prius)

Question 16

TAM

Answer 16

Technology acceptance model

Most of this is perceived usefulness/ease of use

Question 17

Critiques of diffusion of innovation

Answer 17

1) Type/classification error - what constitutes new tech?
2) Pro innovation bias - we can be too positive with new tech
3) Individual blame - people didn’t understand this

Question 18

Watch downloaded webinar

Answer 18

just do it, shithead

Question 19

What is the 5 step decision making process?

Answer 19

This is how users decide to user or not to use (see that how do users decide to use card)

Question 20

What are Roger’s 5 stages?

Answer 20

awareness
interest
evaluation
trial
adoption

Question 21

What two factors determine what type a particular decision is?

Answer 21

1) Whether the decision is made freely and implemented voluntarily
2) Who makes the decision.

Question 22

What types of decisions are there?

Answer 22

1) Optional Innovation Decision
2) Collective Innovation Decision
3) Authority Innovation Decision

Question 23

What adopter categories exist in Diffusion of Innovations?

Answer 23

Innovators
Early adopters
Early majority
Late majority
Laggards

Question 24

What is innovativeness?

Answer 24

The degree to which an individual adopts a new idea