WheelShare.com will be a social networking website designed specifically for people with special needs. It aims to help people with disabilities form online communities for mutual support. The website will be built from the start to adhere to accessibility standards and with people with special needs in mind. There is currently no social networking site dedicated for people with disabilities, so WheelShare.com sees a business opportunity to attract investors and advertisers by building an online community for people with disabilities. The website will be web-based for easy development and maintenance, and follow Web Content Accessibility Guidelines to ensure accessibility across different devices.

1. Project Overview WheelShare.com Kingston University Group 8

2. Project Goals

3. Description WheelShare.com will be a social networking website focused on people with special needs It will help people with special needs to form online communities for mutual support It will be designed from start with people with special needs in mind and will adhere to the latest standards regarding accessibility

4. Business Opportunities The internet has became much more accessible for people with disability due to the significant advancements in Accessibility technologies. People with disabilities are more likely to spend time browsing the internet and social networking sites are number one targets for internet users. There is no social networking site dedicated for people with disabilities. Building an online society for people with disability can attract many investors and advertisers.

5. Competitive Analysis

6. Competitive Analysis, Cont.

7. Technology Web-based application Easy to develop and maintain Flexible and easy to adopt new standards Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 Industry standard for web accessibility Officially supported by The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) User-agent aware design Enables the website to change its interface for different screen readers and text-to-speech web browsers

8. Budgeting

9. Procedures

10. Schedule Gathering requirements using Facilitated Workshops Prioritizing high level requirements using MoSCoW Deciding the necessary prototypes to be developed Developing prototypes using iterative development Managing time and budget using time-boxing method