How we worked with our sponsor:

• Constant communication via Slack

• Bi-weekly Zoom meetings to update the sponsors with our progress

• Had a shared understanding of the project, which allowed our team to present successful deliverables

Where the project started, and how one phase led to the next:

• A previous capstone team created an application that had many bugs, and was not able to work on our team's computers

• Our team, after much consideration + communication with the sponsors, decided to re-do the back-end coding of the application

• This led to a more successful project, as we were more comfortable with the language and fixing errors were easier

• We got constant feedback from our sponsors and created a functional application that is currently being submitted to the App Store

How we made design and implementation decisions:

• Communication between our team, sponsors, and teaching staff

• Kept our sponsors in the loop at all time

• Made pros and cons lists that we shared with the sponsors

• Researched and evaluated options in order to find the most feasible one

How you dealt with any challenges that arose:

• COMMUNICATION!

  • Our team would meet-up and discuss any roadblock we may have

  • We would share our concerns/challenges with the teaching staff in order to gain their idea on our next steps

  • Inform our sponsors about the challenge to get their help as well

• Research

  • Because our sponsors weren't familiar with our programming languages, we needed to solve technical roadblocks on our own

  • Reached out to sources (colleagues, family, internet, etc.) in order to solve certain coding challenges

• Pros and Cons

  • We didn't want to give ourselves an unnecessary amount of stress, so we made sure to take the pro's and con's out of major decisions before choosing an option

  • With our limited time, we needed to decide what to prioritize our time in

Testing Design & Implementation:

• Because we were the second team to work on this project, many of the UX features have already been tested and edited to be user-focused

• After creating a functional application using the previous team's designs, we conducted user testing with our family and friends in order to find room for improvement

• Our sponsors provided us with the most amount of feedback, as they have the best vision of the project

• We made sure to document our user feedback and implement it into our application for the next iteration of testing

App Store Approval and Testing:

• We tested the app extensively prior to requesting approval to submit the app to the Apple App Store

• All errors we found in the application were fixed.

  • These issues included minor bugs such as the back button not appearing within the in-app browser

• Upon submitting to the App Store, an automated error was thrown by the App Store's system:

  • Error: "UIWebView” is deprecated after iOS 10

  • We are currently working to resolve this issue to ensure approval of the app

Key features of our application:

• Home Page with relevant information that reflects what's presented on the CFGI website

• Informative Terms and Conditions section for users to find additional information

• Functional Request Aid form to allow users to fill out and sponsors to access

• Donate Page that allows users to use PayPal to donate

• Implementation of Calendly for a Calendar Feature to show Lawyer availability

• Additional information presented on a Frequently-Asked-Questions Page

Note: The CFGI application is currently being submitted to Apple's App Store and Google Play Store (Android)