Timeline

Project Brainstorm

Group Meeting: @September. 29

• Collect ideas for the project.

Meeting with Prof. Hoque @October.5

• Meet with Professor. Hoque in his office hour to talk about our progress and ask for feedback.

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Project Proposal

Group Meeting: October.6, @Rush Rhee Library

• Come up with thoughtful ideas about our application.
• Identify the purpose of the project (why to do this project), and finish the problem statement.
• All group members

Group Meeting: 19:30, October.10, @Douglass 307

• Divide the project into several milestones, set timelines for each tasks.
• Brainstorm on some basic functionalities (an application for photo sharing, a platform to drop/ pick a pet if the owner is on a business trip).
• Need-finding techniques: Create a detailed plan for needfinding. Finish the write-up part in the proposal, including making up questions for interviews and surveys.
• All group members

Group Meeting: 20:30, October.11, @Douglass

• Research on methods for implementations (i.e. database, scan and text recognition...)
• Expect to finish the first draft of our proposal.
• All group members

October.12

• Talk with TAs for more feedback on our draft proposal.

Deliverable #1: First Draft of Proposal

October.17 (Tuesday)

• Polish and refine the proposal. Expect to add more details with feedbacks from the peers, TAs and the professor.
• Videotaping the concept video. Members: Wenyi Chu

Deliverable #2: Final version of Proposal and a concept video

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Needfinding

By Oct.19(Thursday)

• Conduct the needfinding.
• Expect to interviews 2-5 people: Create a list of inteviewees, including people who want to but not currently own a pet, people who own a pet/pets, people who would like to temporarily help to raise a pet. Members: Yidi Fan
• Expect to spread out the surveys. Members: Xiaoya Wang, Wenyi Chu
• Collect data from interviews and surveys and analyze the data to find the needs of users. All group members

Deliverable #3: Report on needfinding results

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Prototype

By Oct.20(Thursday)

• Create the first paper prototype.
• Tests on this paper prototype with 6 real users.
• Analyze the feedback from tests and accordingly create the second prototype.
• Tests on this second paper prototype with 6 real users.
• All group members

Deliverable #4: Two Paper Prototype

By Oct.31(Tuesday)

• Begin to develop a wireframe based off the paper prototype feedback
• Tests on the wireframe with 10 real users.
• Members: Wenyi Chu, Xiaoya Wang

Deliverable #5: Wireframe Prototype

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Development

October. 26

• Begin to develop the App. We would do IOS at the first place, and it might be alternated if any unexpected problem occurs.
• All group members are expected participate.

By Nov. 2

• Expect to have a raw app that supports the basic functions.
• Get ready to do a Mid-semester low-fidelity review of final projects
• Core development: Yiwen Fan, Yidi Fan

Deliverable #6: A raw App product

Nov.7-9 (no class)

• Continue to work on the product based on feedback from review and tests
• All group members are expected participate.

Deliverable #7: A refined App product

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Application Test

• Test the final version of the app with real users.
• All group members are expected participate.

Deliverable #8: Application Testing Results

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Finished Prototype and final presentations

By Nov. 27th

• Finish coding and editing the application

Deliverable #9: Final project presentation

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Finished Poster

By Nov. 30th

Deliverable #10: Final poster