Project Kick Off

Last class we had presentations made by everyone on concerns and topics that were relevant in the creation of a computer application that can help children create animatronic puppet shows in a kid-friendly environment. Today was the day we finally started to form our project team and also start looking into our project timeline. Essentially we have just over two months to design, implement and test our application before it will be used in Animatronic Workshops in Victoria and also Seattle. I have concerns with the time frame and the amount of work that needs to be done to make the application truly successful.

We were able to break down the project team into three groups which are:

Design

Responsible for the design of the application as a whole and also usability testing to see how the children work with the application. Furthermore, training materials and resources will have to be created by the Design team to help children use the application as smoothly as possible.

Implementation

Responsible in coding the application and also testing of the application's code etc.

Hardware

Responsible in creating animatronic puppets and finding innovative ways for incorporating lighting and speakers to the animatronic puppet shows to create a full theatrical performance. Will also do testing and other such tasks.

Everyone is designated on a team but you are able to help wherever you feel interested. I chose to be the Design Lead and take on the responsibility of making sure the design is on track and that everything will end up being feasible. It will be vital to make sure that communication is open to the other teams so that the Designers won't be too isolated from the Implementers. With such a tight schedule constant back and forth will make sure that none of our efforts go to waste.

Tomorrow will be our first design meeting to designate roles to designers and also plan our next tasks at hand for the remainder of the week.