Management and the Technology Professional – B302
Developing a new feature at Photobox
Case study for tutorial
CASE STUDY QUESTION
This is the
primary question.
- Imagine that you are the lead developer at Photobox. Which approach would you take to develop the new feature request described in the case study scenario?
OPTIONAL DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS
Optional questions that might be helpful in developing an answer for the case study question.
- What are the available choices for developing the new feature?
- What are the possible marketing, organizational, cultural and intellectual property issues that might be dependent on each choice?
- How would you prioritize the information you find about these issues?
- What decision making process would you use?
CASE STUDY SOURCE
The Photobox management team has decided to add the
capability for its customers to send photos directly from a selection of mobile phones with cameras directly to their Photobox account. As the lead developer of a
small internal software development team, you have been asked to propose a brief outline regarding the best method of developing this new capability.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
