Project Description: Competitor Landscape Analysis

Welcome to Enviro Integration Strategies! We are thrilled to present an opportunity for talented students to support the effective positioning of our innovative software product, CI-RiskDB, a risk evaluation and governance platform for geo-infrastructure.

Main Goal:

The primary objective of this project is to research our market for competitors, both primary and secondary, to map out where our services overlap or are related, as well as identify key unique features we provide that the others do not. We have done some work on this before and have a good starting point, but it requires updates as the existing information per competitor is limited, some have pivoted their offerings, and there are new players on the market now.

We are looking to use this information to clarify our unique value proposition, and the "why pick us!" out of the landscape of offerings in our space, but also show our potential investors that we have done our homework to know what else is out there, who we are competing against, and who we may be able to collaborate with, via integrations between platforms.

We want students to not only understand the significance of their contributions but also feel confident that the project is manageable within a realistic timeframe of 60 hours, spread over 2-8 weeks. As such, we are open to a team approach to performing the research within the designated time.

Project Scope and Expectations:

During this project, students will:

• Review our current list of identified competitors to determine relevant markets to investigate further
• Search for additional competitors in the same and parallel markets, offering similar products and/or outcomes
• Compare our product with each of the identified competitors to determine key similarities & differentiators (AI tools can be used to facilitate this process)
• Review our value propositions and recommend revisions, if necessary
• Summarize findings in a report

Final Deliverables:

The student will upload a final report to the platform which includes the following:

• List of competitive products, including details about the organizations selling them, website links, the markets they serve, how long they've been in business, named mining clients, and details about the key features and benefits of each product, as well as an indication of their openness & availability of integrations via APIs.
• Summaries of key similarities and differentiators between our products
• Summary of key value propositions we offer and how they differ from other products
• Summary of different business/pricing models of each competitor, and any price points students are able to find information on.

For students: To validate the completion of your work, please submit deliverables as uploaded files with a reflection note at the end of your project. These files can take various formats, including Word documents, PDFs, JPEG images, presentations, and more.