Meeting Summary 05/03/2015
During this meeting the group met and discussed the project with mentor Rob Blair for the first time. This included showing the progression the group had made since the initial meeting and the next steps which had been decided. Based on Rob’s feedback the group came to the conclusion that a number of planning and research posts would be useful in the development of the project.
1. Create planning layout for the project. This could include other media such as a gannt chart. It should also allow an extra line underneath the predicted time so we can record the accurate timings, compared to the times we set for each task. This requires planning out each of the tasks step by step before making the chart. This is important for the project as time management and the identification of tasks is vital for the completion of tasks in the time scale that the group has set.
2. A blog post about methodology we are going to use for meetings and producing work (for example, agile/scrum/life cycle). This should explain that we have looked at these and have selected one according to our task and how best we work as a group. We are currently using an agile methodology as we all discuss and contribute ideas/research rather than one person focusing on a large part. This is an important consideration as it may dictate the success of our project depending on how best group members work, therefore it should be identified early on in the project.
3. A blog post about the target audience, identifying specific types of people who would find it the most useful (for example, tourists/students/people new to an area). Using literature and market research the post should identify which types of people would be willing to pay for it a safety travel app and why. It should also consider whether every user has the same needs from the map/other features. It should conclude that based on the market our app should be free. This is an important contribution to the research as the success of the product may be depended on understanding what the target audience may want from our product which isn’t already on the market.
4. A blog post defining our success criteria. This should be a list of our goals and objectives based on the marking criteria. For example we aim to produce a project that should take X amount of time. This is important to the planning stages of the project as it will provide continual structure to the narrative and will ensure that the work out-put answers the marking criteria.
This post represents that coherent structure and story are present in the portfolio which uses the entry and tags mechanism of the blog system. It tells the story of the project by explaining individual roles clearly, explaining why these were decided, and what outcome they will produce later on in the project.
Minutes by Briony Gray