A U.K. internet community, market research and consultation, eDemocracy solution provider selected Elegant MicroWeb to design a web-based software product that would enable users to create employee, stakeholder, customer and citizen communities and encourage collaboration, feedback and the structuring of ideas and innovation processes. The solution would support open communities, as well as communities requiring invitation and registration. The objective was to help the business gain deeper insights and deliberative engagement with customers, stakeholders and thought leaders.

The Elegant MicroWeb team designed an integrated suite of Idea Management tools, including user-friendly wizards to support users and allow for idea sharing, brainstorming, ranking and discussion of ideas, and archival capability. User roles include Administration, Registered users, Invited Users and Anonymous Users. Elegant MicroWeb services included requirements and feasibility planning and studies, design, development, customization, deployment and user acceptance testing (UAT).