End of Week 3

Tasks accomplished for the week:

• Worked on SRS - 5 hours - Full team
• Summary
• Users
• Use Cases
• Usability Requirements
• HTAs
• Prototype screens
• User classes and layout brainstorming - 1 hour - Full team
• Splitting up project for prototype implementation - .5 hour - Full team
• Exploration of Flex capabilities and limitations - 2 hours - Full team
• Created working 'flex image -> email' web service using PHP - 5 hours, Rob
• Performance enhancements in prototype drawing code - 1 hour, Rob
• Create icons for the GUI - 2 hours - Dan
• Create working on screen keyboard for the email screen - 2 hours - Dan
• Blog Posting .5 - Rob
  

Tasks to focus on next week:

• Integration of 'email' and 'drawing' screens in functional prototype (evolutionary) ~ 2 hours - Matt B
• Preparation for cognitive walkthrough ~ 1 hour - Full team
• Begin a concise Design document for project using the provided template ~ 2 hours - Full team
• User session implementation ~ 2 hours - Rob
  

Challenges and Issues:

• Matching HTA's to a common style for the SRS
• Defining how to best present the capabilities to a new user. One good idea that developed was to explicitly ask the user if they had used the program before.