PRE-DRIVE C2X Deliverable D0.3 Final report_20100929.pdf

Final Report PRE-DRIVE C2X 29.9.2010
The logic tree was the foundation for the Excel models that were set up for the
financial calculation to be done to verify the business models. Input data was
collected during interviews with experts from inside and outside the project. Based
on the outcome of these expert interviews and other data such a sales forecast
quantitative and qualitative assumptions were made for issues such as market
penetration or costs for equipment or services and verified during various iterations
with the specific experts. The output of the Friendly User Tests was also projected
into the business case.
After defining all relevant assumptions and other input data, the financial model was
completed in order to give a first indication on the financial metrics described above.
Apart from this, all qualitative advantages and disadvantages were described
together with suggestions for the next steps.
Outcome of the work in WP5300 was a powerful tool for assessing cooperative
systems from the business economics point of view, which was then applied on the
basis of the data collected in the various interviews. The work is documented in
Deliverable D5.2/5.3 “Social impact of cooperative systems/ Political economics and
business economic impacts of the system, potential business models”.
2.2.6 WP6000 Dissemination
The objectives of WP6000 Dissemination were to open the framework of
cooperation to all relevant stakeholders working on cooperative systems and to key
partners in the different European countries in order to pave the road for the
forthcoming field operational trials and to prepare the future deployment phase and
market introduction. Additionally this work package was working on opening the
publishable results to the whole ITS audience and to the public and on acting hand
in hand with relevant standardisation bodies such as ETSI TC ITS.
The structure of the work package reflects this objectives:
WP6100 Workshops with relevant stakeholders
WP6200 Dissemination of project activities and results to the whole ICT
community
WP6300 Contribution to relevant standardisation activities
WP6400 Planning of actions towards users’ awareness and steps to market
introduction.
In the following the work done in WP6000 is described in some more detail:
2.2.6.1 Project corporate identity, web site, printed material
At the beginning of the project, the PRE-DRIVE C2X project identity was defined,
via the design of a project logo and related templates and via the preparation of a
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