IT201 - Human Computer Interaction - Project 1 - Submit Project Plan

This was my first project 

4-3: Project 1: Submit Project Plan 

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Purpose

Your goal is to create a design for a software interface.  You will experience the scope of the design process from brainstorming ideas and gathering information about users’ needs to storyboarding, prototyping, and finally, testing and refining your product.
As you work on the software interface, you will demonstrate your ability to apply fundamental Human-Computer Interaction principles to interface analysis, design, and implementation. You will be responsible for delivering project components to your professor at several points during the course.

Action Items

You will need to decide on an idea for an interface. It could be a web site, a mobile app, an appliance touch screen, etc. Don’t make your idea too broad. Focus on something that solves a problem or fills a need. Another approach is to take an interface that is very poor and reimagine it.  Your project idea needs to be sufficiently complex to show your ability to design multiple screens and interaction flows as the user carries out a small number of tasks.
1) Brainstorm ideas. You might want to use a free, online mind-mapping tool like SpiderScribe or Mindomo. Here are some questions you might want to consider to focus your brainstorming:
a) Think of a service you or your friends use. What’s the biggest avoidable hassle (inconvenience) customers must endure?
b) What happens in your daily routine that is complex or confusing? How could you simplify it?
c) Think of a domain that interests you: shopping, elementary education, exercise, social media, etc. What possibilities are there to do something new or better? What might be redesigned for newer or different technologies like smart phones or gaming platforms?
2) Narrow your choices down to the best 2 or three ideas.

Pick Your Idea and Begin to Think About Your Potential Users
1) Submit your idea to your professor for approval.
2) Format your submission using the following sections:
a) The Problem
b) Why It’s Interesting
c) Main Users Affected
d) Current Solutions
e) Shortcomings and Strengths of Current Solutions
f) Main Goals of Your Project

Submission Instructions

• Complete and submit literature review till the end of week 05.
•  You can find the directions regarding literature review in attached word file.

Grading Criteria

• Problem solving and analysis:
• Answers complete and correct: 0 – 20 points

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Human-computer Interaction Project 1

Student's Name: ****** Alloush

Student's ID: **********

Title of project:  Find & Read Cheaply!

Problem:

Many people love reading but buying new books can be expensive. Used books can be half the price but there are no online Arabic site that helps you to find such used book for selling  or exchanging nearby your house, neither if you want to buy it face to face nor you want it shipped to another city within the country.

Why it is interesting?

I have always had this issue when I want to buy new books, but they seem to be very expensive. I thought why can't I buy used books? But there was no used book store in my city. That’s why having such an app will help me and other book worms like me to read cheaply J.

Users affected:

My targeted users of this application would be anyone interested in reading and wants to spend less money and buying lots of books in return. It also interests users who wants to find rare books which cannot be found in the city.

Current Solutions:

Amazon.com is in English language and you can buy expensive new books without having the chance to exchange books in return. 

This app will help readers from all around the middle east to post pictures of their used books, determine some details about the book and make it ready for selling. It also allows them to buy used books by allowing them to select among different kinds of choices. These choices include :

·         Selecting the country and city if you want to buy, sell or exchange face to face.

·         Search by the author, the book name, keyword, publishing site…etc

·         Select the way of pay: credit card, face to face.

E.g. if you are in Makah and you want to buy a book, you can easily use the app, select the country and city, search for the book by genre( or name, author… etc) and find the nearby sellers for face to face exchanging or buying or order for shipping.  

Shortcomings and Strengths of Current Solutions:

·         It may be a problem to pay online for used book without seeing it clearly especially if the picture was not clear.

·         It may be costly to ship a book to another city, it should be a punch of books to cut the costs.

Main Goals of the project:

·         Helps readers to buy used books cheaply.

·         Helps readers to find specific rare books which can't be found easily.

·         Helps readers to sell used books.

·         Helps readers to exchange used books.

·         Save costs.