Development of a Real-Time Remote Team Brainstorming and Idea Management Platform

As the organization expands, remote teams face the lack of an efficient, secure, and real-time platform to facilitate idea sharing, discussion, and problem solving. Currently, there is a need for a dedicated digital space for collaborative brainstorming that supports structured ideation, voting, commenting, and idea validation, with integrated security and scalable infrastructure.

A mid to large-sized IT service provider specializing in cloud operations, security, and digital transformation support for enterprise clients.

• Create a secure, multi-tenant platform allowing remote teams to collaboratively brainstorm and solve problems in real-time.
• Implement features for structured challenges, including ideation, voting, and result visualization.
• Enable role-based access controls, including administrator functionalities for timing and flow supervision.
• Integrate machine learning to detect duplicate or similar ideas using cognitive services.
• Support subdomain segregation for different client companies with data backup and recovery options.
• Deliver a ready-to-use, thoroughly tested, and user-friendly solution within a defined development timeline.

• Dedicated challenge slots with stages: ideation, voting, and results.
• Real-time idea submission and moderation per challenge slot.
• Voting mechanism allowing users to like or select preferred ideas in real-time.
• Commenting system for discussions on submitted ideas.
• Role-based access control with an admin role to set timers and monitor flow.
• Integration with cloud identity management (such as OAuth or directory services).
• Machine learning integration to identify duplicate or similar ideas to ensure originality.
• Subdomain support for client segregation with data backup and restore capabilities.

• Azure Active Directory or directory services for authentication
• Azure Cognitive Services for machine learning-based duplicate detection
• Kubernetes API for container management and orchestration

• High scalability to support multiple concurrent brainstorming sessions with minimal latency
• Real-time updates with low-latency communication (sub-second response times preferred)
• Secure data handling with encryption at rest and in transit
• Availability of at least 99.9% uptime
• Mandated data backups with restore capabilities for each client-specific subdomain

The platform aims to enhance remote team collaboration efficiency by providing a dedicated, secure, and real-time idea sharing environment. It is expected to increase the speed of problem resolution, foster innovation, and improve team engagement. The solution's scalable architecture ensures it can support growing client environments, leading to higher customer satisfaction and competitive advantage.