Issues covered/Response from advisor:
- Work on Executive Summary
- Review Final Project Assessment Worksheet
- Review other students' projects
Goals for next week:
- Complete Final Project Assessment Worksheet
Week 2
Issues covered/Response from advisor:
- Begin Requirements Analysis
- Problems Identification & Definition/Profiles/Competitive Analysis
- Target Platform/Preliminary Feature+Function
- Who exactly is my competition? Has it changed since 643?
Goals for next week:
- Complete Requirements Analysis
- Competitive Analysis (revision)
- Begin SSNiFs
- What type of interactivity will set the project apart?
Week 3
Issues covered/Response from advisor:
- Review SSNiF parameters
- Presented Competitive Analysis to class
- Stakeholders,situation, need, features, etc
- Consider narrowing target audience to make more specific
- Discussed how to focus on specific features
Goals for next week:
- Complete SSNiFs
- Brainstorm/gather content inventory assets
- Refine Visual Design
Week 4
Issues covered/Response from advisor:
- Identify all sections of final project
- Project all required assets for each page/section
- Attention to detail important
- Initial work will prevent disaster down the road
Goals for next week:
- Finish Content Inventory
- Refine Visual Design
Week 5
Issues covered/Response from advisor:
- Discussed the need for another interactive feature
- Methods of engaging the user
- Explored mind mapping techniques and software
- Omnigraffle pro/cons
Goals for next week:
- Start thinking about user taskflows
- Mind Map exercise
- Continue Visual Design
Week 6
Issues covered/Response from advisor:
- Reviewed sitemap
- Presented Mindmap diagram
- Reviewed Taskflows for main functions
- Need to create step by step walkthroughs for user testing
Goals for next week:
- User Walkthroughs
- Facilitator's Script
Week 7
Issues covered/Response from advisor:
- Visual Design update
- Watched Tanner's Paper Prototyping video
- Discussed navigation orientation
Goals for next week:
- Fix navigation orientation & categories
Week 8
SPRING BREAK
Week 9
Issues covered/Response from advisor:
- Reviewed Visual Design
- Reduce number of options for Quiz section
- More intuitive icons for navigation
- Secondary orientation for navigation?
Goals for next week:
- Work on main navigation
- Final layout for Basics section
Week 10
Issues covered/Response from advisor:
- Reviewed Visual Design in class
- Work in groups - critique 2 other students work
- Finalize horizontal navigation scheme
- Refine Game Basics visual style
Goals for next week:
- Work on Playbook section layout and functionality
- Functional prototype
Week 11
Issues covered/Response from advisor:
- Discussed which mechanism to use for Compare feature
- Begin illustration sketches of different players - how many?
- What information should be displayed in "detail" view?
- Discussed Flash Catalyst for prototype
Goals for next week:
- Complete listing of all player positions to be drawn
- Jersey number range explanations?
- Refine Visual Design
- Prototype presentation
Week 12
Issues covered/Response from advisor:
- Revisited Task Flows
- Discussed consolidation of overall navigation to 3 sections instead of 4
- Substitute video content with animations
- Exclude motion graphics transitions - focus on animations
Goals for next week:
- Refine Prototype
- Explore how the Compare feature might be persistent
- Prepare for testing at Usability Lab
Week 13
Issues covered/Response from advisor:
- Usability Testing at the lab
Goals for next week:
- Final HTML clickable prototype
Week 14
Issues covered/Response from advisor:
- Critique/Presentations
Goals for next week:
- Class Individual Presentations
Week 15
Issues covered/Response from advisor:
- Critique/Presentations
Goals for next week:
- Class Individual Presentations
