Based upon the literature review, expert opinions and advice, and group consensus we have made a shortlist of the features the App will have. The list below represents the features that are deemed to be the most important and useful for a travel safety app:

1. Safest route generator (with an option for an individual to rate the route)
2. A safety rating of the area (used to calculate the safest route)
3. Travel information updates from other services (e.g. bus timetables)
4. Safety tips for travelling based on location (e.g. taking into account cultural differences)
5. A downloadable travel pack for offline use
6. Web and Mobile based application

Consequently, each member of the group has selected a feature that they are interested in, or have knowledge about, and will write a literature outlining the current market of the App, its functionality, and how it will be utilised to best effect in the TravelSafe App. It is important to bear in mind that each of us have deadlines for other modules during this period, and so posts to the blog may be staggered.

This post represents that the group has chosen appropriate economic and social Contextual Factors that directly link to the marking criteria, and are vital to understanding what requirements the product will have in terms of useful app features. These are based on market analysis, evaluation of existing app features, and identification of useful app features. These have been presented to experts to ensure further guidance and feedback for contextual factors. There is evidence that questions and the short-list of app features have been chosen intelligently (by reference to literature and analysis) to produce a conclusion of professional quality, leading to a successful product. 

Based on the Contextual Factors and Expert Opinions the group have tailored the product to incorporate app features which have been identified as being useful, innovative and original. This dictates future engineering steps, and illustrates how and why the product has been influenced in its design. 

Written by Briony