Project Info:
AsthmaConnect is a complex online portal for Asthma sufferers, providing information, tools and wireless communications designed to assist them in managing their asthma and increase compliance (proper drug use). The total project budget was over 2 million and ran 10 months to initial launch, involving over 30 development staff from Sun Microsystems, BlueSpark, and other involved development, content and software vendors. BlueSpark was hired as a sub-contractor to Sun Microsystems at month three to create the project brand, name, logo, site design and construct the site front-end code. The project technology set is a J2EE Java servlet and JSP code base running on an ATG Dynamo Java Application and Scenario server, Sun iPlanet Web server and Oracle database on Sun Solaris Unix Boxes.
Contribution Detail:
My role on this project initially was Project Manager for BlueSpark's contribution. I initially presented our capabilities to Sun and wrote the contract for our services. I then managed our creative team through branding, naming and logo and site design creation. It became apparent that GSK was frustrated with a lack of viewable prototypes. I proposed the creation of the role of information architect for the project, up-sold Sun and GSK on my IA services and led the client and the entire project team of four vendors through detailed requirements definition cycles. I then created detailed site maps and over 120 individual page storyboards which became the de-facto project specifications. I managed the Bluespark team in the creation of the project front-end design and coding and was the manager of content integration and site front-end iterations through multiple beta cycles to project launch. I was then involved as project manager in the follow-on application support and enhancement cycles and played a role in securing Phase 2 of the project for Bluespark.
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