Outcome
ArtistoSync
Streamlining artist management in the music industry
Providing a way to facilitate handy insights and updates for artists in the music industry by building a Virtual Artist Management App which will be helpful in increasing the artist satisfaction and retention rates, and also number of successful collaborations and partnerships resulting in good growth trajectory for both artist and management company.
Lack of a proper mobile application that provides artists/labels with convenient access to insights, updates, and schedules, leading to inefficiencies and communication gaps.
Problem Statement
What it does?
Measurable Outcomes
Tools
Techniques / Skills
Use case diagram, business requirements, requirements list, BRD (Business Requirements Document), whimsical, and MS office application
User stories, user story analysis, FMEA, Use cases, business process flow on administrative tasks.
Increased artist productivity and efficiency, demonstrated by metrics such as:
Decreased time spent on administrative tasks.
Improved communication and coordination among artists and their teams.
Increased number of successful projects, collaborations and partnerships.
Higher artist satisfaction and retention rates.
The Virtual Artist Management (ArtistoSync) app is designed to address the business goals of providing artists in the music and entertainment industry with a user-friendly platform that streamlines revenue management and offers valuable insights into their financial performance. In the rapidly evolving landscape of the music industry, artists now rely on multiple revenue streams, making it essential to have an efficient tool to manage their income.
The VAM app aims to centralize revenue stream management, offering artists an intuitive platform to track their income, bookings, and expenses, while gaining valuable insights into their financial performance. By automating financial management processes, artists can save time and focus on creative activities.
Integrating with various third-party services like ticketing platforms, merchandise providers, streaming services, and social networks, the app collects data on revenue streams, providing artists with a comprehensive view of their income. With data-driven insights, artists can make informed decisions about their careers, identifying the most lucrative revenue streams and focusing their marketing efforts accordingly.
The app fosters collaboration between artists, their management teams, agents, and other stakeholders, facilitating better communication and decision-making around financial matters. By providing a transparent view of revenue streams, the app enhances accountability, making it easier to identify discrepancies and potential issues.
Overall, the VAM app strives to empower artists with efficient revenue management, data-driven decision-making, and enhanced collaboration, ultimately enabling them to optimize their financial performance in the dynamic music industry. diagram, business requirements, requirements list, BRD (Business Requirements Document), whimsical, and MS office application
The business goals include - provide artists with an easy-to-use platform that streamlines their revenue management, helps them track their income, and provide insights into their performance, revenue, and forecast trends for better decision making.
The business context is the music and entertainment industry, which has seen significant changes in recent years due to the rise of digital music and streaming services. Many artists now rely on multiple revenue streams to generate income, and managing these revenue streams can be challenging and time-consuming. An application has to be designed to address this challenge by providing a centralized platform to keep track, making it easier for artists to track their income, identify revenue trends, bookings, networking, and make data-driven decisions, about their career.
The app should also be integrated with various third-party services, such as ticketing platforms, merchandise providers, streaming services, booking agents, and social networks in order to gather data on revenue streams and provide a comprehensive view of an artist's income. Finally, the app should be designed with the needs of artists in mind, with a user-friendly interface and robust data visualization tools that make it easy for artists to understand their data and trends. Overall, Goals of the application includes -
1. Centralizing management: The app should provide artists with a centralized platform for managing revenue streams, making it easier for them to track their income and expenses, bookings and gain insights into their financial performance.
2. Simplifying financial management: By automating many of the financial management processes, the app should simplify the task of managing multiple revenue streams and expenses, enabling artists to spend more time on creative activities.
3. Improving revenue performance: It should provide artists with data-driven insights into their revenue streams, enabling them to identify trends and make informed decisions about their careers, such as where to focus their marketing efforts, and which revenue streams are the most lucrative.
4. Enhancing collaboration: By enabling artists to collaborate with their management team, agents, social media and other stakeholders, the app should facilitate better communication and decision-making around financial matters.
5. Providing transparency and accountability: It should provide artists with a transparent view of their revenue streams, making it easier to identify any discrepancies or potential issues, and providing greater accountability around financial matters.
Section 1 : Business context and goals
Section 2: List of Business Requirements
Section 3: Business Process Flow
UC01 View Streams Analytics
Section 6: Questions for Follow-up
Document History
Brief Description
This use case involves the artist viewing their stream analytics to gain insights into their revenue sources.
Actor Brief Descriptions
Artist - The person who is primary singer in the song/album release, or the rightful owner of the audio/video product (i.e. label/distributor).
Trigger
The artist logs in to the virtual artist revenue management app to check for recent revenue data.
Preconditions
The artist has an account on the app and has generated revenue from their music.
Basic Flow of Events
1. The use case begins when the artist logs in to the virtual artist revenue management app.
2. The app displays the artist's streams analytics, including their top revenue sources and trends over time.
3. The artist reviews the analytics to gain insights into their revenue sources.
4. The use case ends.
Post-conditions
The artist has a better understanding of their streams revenue sources and can make informed decisions about their music career ahead.
Section 5: Use Cases
Section 4: Use Case Diagram
Brief Description
This use case involves the record label managing payments to their artists from royalties, streams, and channels.
Actor Brief Descriptions
Record Label - They act as a POC for collecting and managing all artist payments and dispersing them periodically to artists
Trigger
The record label receives revenue from music sales and streams.
Preconditions
The record label has an account on the app and has generated revenue from music sales and streams.
Basic Flow of Events
1. The use case begins when the record label logs in to the virtual artist revenue management app.
2. The app displays the revenue generated from music sales and streams.
3. The record label calculates the royalties and stream revenues, owed to each artist.
4. The record label processes the payments to each artist.
5. The use case ends.
Post-conditions
The record label has paid their artists their rightful revenue in a timely and accurate manner.
UC02 Manage Payments
UC03 Manage Bookings
UC04 Manage Music Distribution
UC05 Manage Artist’s Social Media
Brief Description
This use case involves the artist agent managing their bookings and performances.
Actor Brief Descriptions
Artist Agent - They act as a POC for managing all artist bookings and updating them periodically to artist’s calendar.
Trigger
The artist agent books an event for the artist.
Preconditions
The artist agent had meeting with the event personnels and negotiated successfully to get the booking.
Basic Flow of Events
1. The use case begins when the artist agent logs in to the virtual artist revenue management app.
2. Checks the artist calendar slots.
3. Updates the artist calendar with recent successful booking.
4. The use case ends.
Post-conditions
The artist agent concludes all the formalities for the events after successful completion of the event
Brief Description
This use case involves the record label managing the distribution of their artists' music.
Actor Brief Descriptions
Record Label - they act as a POC for collecting and managing all artist payments and dispersing them periodically to artists
Trigger
The record label releases new music.
Preconditions
The record label has an account on the app and has released music.
Basic Flow of Events
1. The use case begins when the record label logs in to the virtual artist revenue management app.
2. The app displays the record label's music catalog.
3. The record label selects the new music to be distributed.
4. The record label manages the distribution of the music product to all global DSP platforms.
5. The use case ends.
Post-conditions
The record label has successfully managed the distribution of their artists' music.
Brief Description
This use case involves the social media team managing the social media analytics and templates for their artist’s accounts.
Actor Brief Descriptions
Social Media Executive - They are responsible for managing all artist’s social media accounts analytics and present them well to Artist and stakeholders.
Trigger
When Artist selects to promote releases via their social media account.
Preconditions
The artist has opted for social media account management and social media team has necessary rights and approvals to process the releases.
Basic Flow of Events
1. The use case begins when the social media executive logs in to the virtual artist revenue management app.
2. The app displays recent releases of the artist and its impact in the social media.
3. The social media executive checks the analytics of the new releases ingested in social media.
4. The social media executive checks and approves auto-generated templates for the post by artist.
5. Social media executive updates recent analytics data and templates in the artist’s dashboard.
6. The use case ends.
Post-conditions
The social media executive has successfully managed the social media account and analytics of their artists' account
Business Requirements Document
