Project Objective
To standardize all labels of Cisco Systems, Inc. products by providing a database of product content, using a searchable library.
Participants
Lauren Wilson, Justin Ellis, Darla Browning, Sara Jaafar, and Jasmine Lee completed this project during the winter and spring of 2013. All five members were equally involved in the ideation, fabrication, testing, and analysis phases of this project.
Ideation
Three concepts were investigated:
- Simple solution
- A single file containing all developed labels
- Described only by a name
- Web-based solution
- A website containing all developed labels
- Described by names and possible use cases
- Examples provided
- Files downloaded individually
- Search function included
- Custom software solution
- A software program containing all developed labels
- Described by names and possible use cases
- Examples provided
- Files downloaded individually or together
- Search function included
Stakeholder Feedback
Four Cisco teams provided feedback on the possible features of the library using the following system:
- 9 - Very important
- 3 - Somewhat important
- 1 - Not important
Content and version control were the most important features. Software intuitiveness was the least important.
Financial Analysis
After determining the net present value of the product, the cost savings of instituting the proposed final product will always exceed the cost of the product.
This savings is composed primarily of the money saved by having a single product configuration as opposed to multiple product configurations, which cuts product creation costs by roughly 50% or more.
Final Result
A custom software solution best fit Cisco's needs.
Recommendations were made for ways to update Kubrik in order to fit the requirements for the interactive library.
These images show how the final solution could look.
