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Project Progress Summary
Current Iteration : 8
Iteration Dates : 2nd Oct 2015 - 8th Oct 2015
- Modules To-Be Done: Recommendation
- Modules In-Progress: User, Social
- Modules Completed: Design, Photo, Concierge, Collection
- Overall Project Progress : 60%
- Team is therefore confident of completing the project and delivering the application on time
- Android Mobile Application to be deployed on Google Play Store on 5th Oct 2015
- Back-End Website has been successfully deployed on Google App Engine
- Back-End Website Link: http://1-dot-naildeckadminportal-1042.appspot.com/
Project Highlights:
- Sponsor not confident of producing nail polishes within project timeline due to difficulties with sourcing good quality materials
- After selecting a desired color, users now can instead can pre-order nail polish from sponsor and receive it once sponsor is ready to deliver
- Team proposed that application will become more focused on social media module in order to encourage active usage and preorders which sponsor agreed and accepted
- Team has decided to expand on the social module to provide recommendations and provide metrics for sponsor
- Team has decided to revamp the whole UI of application to make the application look more social media centric. These changes were done in iterations 6 and 7
- Removal of navigation drawer
- Interlinked rest of application features with social module
- Created new high-fi prototypes
- Heuristic evaluation done before actual coding for revamp
Project Management
Project Timeline
Planned | Actual |
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Project Status:
Module | Status | Confident Level (0-1) | Comment |
User | 75% | 1 | 2 remaining tasks to be completed after midterms |
Design | 90% | 1 | UI to be revamped |
Photo | 90% | 1 | UI to be revamped |
Concierge | 90% | 1 | UI to be revamped |
Collection | 90% | 1 | UI to be revamped |
Social | 60% | 0.6 | 2 remaining tasks and optimization to be done in Iteration 7 |
Recommendation | 0% | 0.8 | Function to be done after midterms |
View Our Module Descriptions Here!
Schedule Highlights
- Three more tasks such as nail polish recommendations, algorithm to sort social media content and track top posts added in recommendations module
- User Testing 2 scheduled to be on 2nd Oct
- Deployment to Play Store on 5th Oct
- Iteration 9 scheduled to start on 9th Oct instead on 12th Oct due to removal of buffer days due to delay in previous iterations
Project Metrics:
Schedule Metrics
View our Schedule Metrics Here!
Schedule Metrics Highlights
Iteration | Planned Duration (Days) | Actual Duration (Days) | Schedule Metric Score | Action | Status |
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5 | 14 | 16 | 0.88 | More time needed to complete Update Profile function due to difficulties with uploading images to cloud database Follow up action : Informed supervisor about delay. Re-scheduled the dates and tasks of iteration 6. Reduced duration of iteration 6 from 14 days to 12 days. More coding hours per day were allocated in iteration 6 |
Completed |
6 | 12 | 14 | 0.86 | More time needed to research and complete Social Module due to complexity with creating a new social media platform from scratch Follow up action : Informed supervisor about delay. Re-scheduled the dates and tasks of iteration 7. Removed 2 buffer days in iteration 8 |
Completed |
7 | 14 | 16 | 0.88 | More time needed to debug bugs found in newsfeed and view color hashtag of social module and view user profile of user module Follow up action : Informed supervisor about delay. Reduced duration of iteration 8 from 9 days to 7 days |
Completed |
Bug Metrics
Bug Score
Bug Distribution based on Severity
Iteration | Bug Score | Bug Summary | Action Taken |
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5 | 17 3 High 2 Low |
3 high bugs were due to profile picture not being shown due to problems with uploading images to Cloud Database | Resolve bugs immediately. End date of Iteration 5 is delayed. PM to reschedule end dates and tasks of iteration 6 |
6 | 21 1 Critical 2 High 1 Low |
1 critical bug was due to app cash when newsfeed refresh is attempted without internet connection. 2 high bugs were due to number of likes and color hashtags not being accurately recorded in database | Resolve bugs immediately. End date of Iteration 6 is delayed. PM to reschedule end dates and tasks of iteration 7 |
Project Risks:
Technical Complexity:
Describe and list the technical complexity of your project in order of highest complexity first. For example, deploying on iPhone using Objective-C, customizing Drupal with own database, quick search for shortest flight path, database structure, etc.
Quality of product
Intermediate Deliverables:
Stage | Specification | Modules |
Project Requirements | Market Research | Market Research |
Project Management | Minutes | Minutes |
Metrics | Schedule Metrics | |
Metrics | Task Metrics | |
Metrics | Bug Metrics | |
Risk | Risks | |
Change | Change Management | |
Analysis | Use Case | Use Case |
System Sequence Diagram | System Sequence Diagram | |
Architecture Diagram | Architecture Diagram | |
Design | Low-Fi Prototype | UI Prototype |
High-Fi Prototype | UI Prototype | |
Testing | User test plan | User Test 1 |
Issues and changes made | User Test 1 | |
Heuristic results | Heuristic Evaluation |
Deployment:
Deployed Back-End Admin Website Link : http://1-dot-naildeckadminportal-1042.appspot.com/
Android mobile application to be deployed on Google Play Store on 5th October
Testing
We have conducted User Testing 1, Heuristic Evaluation and will conduct User Testing 2 on 2nd October.
User Testing 1
- Date: 08 August 2015
- Venue: Based on testers' convenience
- 14 Female age 14-24 years old
- 2 Male age 14-24 years old
View our User Test 1 documentation here!
Heuristic Evaluation
- Date: 12th September 2015
- Venue: SMU
- 4 SMU female students
View our Heuristic Evaluation documentation here!
Reflection
In this section, describe what have the team learn? Be brief. Sometimes, the client writes a report to feedback on the system; this sponsor report can be included or linked from here.
Team Reflection:
- Deeper insights into the world of colors
- Gained real-life experience of doing an industry-level project
- Experience in mobile application development and Google Services