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Team 8: Elmer Hernandez and Irving Flores Project 3: The Product Planning Process for the sport Dodgeball

Customers: Well Dodgeball would be a sport product i'd make a few adjustments to even though its already good, i can atleast try to make it near perfection. Customer enthusiasm and spirit about the sport would help in our task to make dodgeball a more known sport and a better sport.We will try our hardest to get to that point where our and the fans satisfaction will be accomplished with a variety of ideas.Advertisement would be one of the most captivating details of dodgeball because it would attract alot of attention in many types of ways.

Sales: Sales would better the sport and help our goal because we would be raising money for events and other importants details we would need to get to that peak were aiming for.Selling products about the sport would also benefit us because it would make the sport more known and wealthier in so many ways.

Engineering:A perfect example of engineering for dodgeball would be to make the rubber more compressed(tighter) so u can have a better grip, oh and we would make it a little heavier so the speed would increase a slight bit but not to the point where the ball would hurt on collision just to the peak where it would just bounce off after it hits.

Tech Support:Tech support would help the Dodgeball industry because the youth of this era loves video games and watches tv alot so if they dont watch dodgeball in public, well just bring the Dodgeball to them in the tv.

Marketing: The TV is a great way to advertise this new product, we need to find channels that people interested in this kind of sports would watch, for example ESPN. Another bright idea would be to make a section of pure dodgeball in a channel so the viewers(fans) would keep up with the teams in the league.

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Competition:Competitions would be one of the main things we hope to accomplish because whether or not we raise alot of money, the fans and players would have an awesome and enjoyable time being there and experiencing the moment.Advertisement would play a very big role in competitions because it would help promote the players and events and make us a bigger,better industry in the world of sports.

Innovative Idea: Compress the rubber on the ball (tighter) for a better grip 2nd Innovative idea: We would make it a little heavier so the speed would increase a slight bit but not to the point where the ball would hurt on collision just to the peak where it would just bounce off after it hits.

Approved product: With help and information provided from experts, we have decided on a mixture of both ideas, for a better and more intense game, and also make more people interested in it. We chose both ideas because one would be kind of pointless without the other, if you had a faster ball, and it had the same effect while hitting then it would be a waste. This innovation will revolutionise the sport because the teams will need new strategies of playing in order to be successful.

Marketing: Ideas to increase marketing for the product and make it more attractive to consumers would be to add celebrities in commercials to show that the exact celebrity playing his role in the commercial enjoys the sport and is a fan.

Concllusion: We looked at the possibilities and how successful things would be if we changed one thing or the other, we also looked at if people would really be interested in it, and we found out that our idea is actually pretty good and we really think that it would be successful. Issues arose when we didnt know wether to choose innovative idea 1 or 2, but when we looked at both combined, we saw perfection. Some companies might have the same issues though, most of the time they cant choose both because there might be a budgeting limit or it has already been done, which could be an issue because if it has already been done by someone else, they need some new ideas.