Blacksburg, Va., Mar. 20, 2015 – J5 has completed a Go/ No Go presentation and has a clear plan for the weeks ahead!
J5 met to plan for their Go/ No Go Presentation in order to discuss the project and finalize a plan for the Gaming Social Network Project. Their presentation fully explained the current prototype and where the team plans to go next.
Team member Lucas Eckert said “The presentation was great as it allowed our team to get some helpful feedback from our peers.”
During the presentation, J5 found that the audience had quite a few good suggestions for the quality of the app. Specifically, there were suggestions that were geared towards improving functionality and UI design.
Team member Parham Ghazanfari said “One suggestion I really liked was adding different options for reporting users that exhibited toxic behavior instead of just giving them a thumbs down. That would allow others to see what they were reported for, rather than just being reported.”
In order to evaluate their product, J5 decided to plan a heuristic evaluation. Once the prototype is complete, they will ask volunteers to run through their application completing tasks and giving feedback. This will allow them to see if their app holds up to the standards of well known and popularly used heuristics.
Team member Iyaz Shaikh said “A heuristic evaluation shows us where our app’s strengths and weaknesses are. It allows us to look at areas such as aesthetics and UI consistency/flexibility to see if those parts of our app are well designed or if they need to be changed.”
With the Go/No-go presentation complete, J5 now plans to refine and polish the UI and begin researching the back end networking code for their app!
J5 – “Let’s Play Together” Contact person: Lucas Eckert <lucase93@vt.edu>
