Goals:

• turn in rough of new moodboards, both utility and visual design
• define and then research the type of company I would like to work for in the future
• evaluate whether or not my project name needs changing

Issues covered/Response from advisor:

• include more of my skills learned and be specific with past accomplishments on my résumé, make the font more standard
• my education/teaching background is an advantage when focusing on EdTech companies

Goals for next week:

• re-visit my logo from the beginning, sketch out some new ideas and concepts, and evaluate if it is still the best option for my project
• re-fine moodboards based on instructor feedback

Goals:

• finish user testing & prototype updates
• figure out how to style Drupal Custom Search module
• update project timeline
• complete risk assessment

Issues covered/Response from advisor:

• map needs to have more functionality, search results, back/next, user’s location, product locations, and feel more connected to the app overall
• include Help button to explain industry abbreviations
• buttons need to be made more obvious and larger

Goals for next week:

• make changes to online prototypes based on final user feedback
• re-test new prototype with users to get even more feedback

Goals:

• improve my navigation sketches
• update my information architecture, yet again
• get my search working in my Drupal prototype
• create user flow storyboards and wireframes of my project
• record my project update midterm presentation

Issues covered/Response from advisor:

• search and taxonomies in Drupal has been tricky to figure out and I am still learning about how to best use them
• add functionality to my product pages, including options to find more products from the brand, other sizes, and similar products
• follow the the midterm presentation guidelines to make sure I include all the necessary parts

Goals for next week:

• continue to build out my Drupal prototype, adding in more products to search for
• get feedback about my storyboards and wireframes and see if they need any updates
• conduct a navigation test of my wireframes

Goals:

• conduct user testing of my Navigation Prototype
• refine my information architecture
• evaluate how jQuery will be used in my project

Issues covered/Response from advisor:

• information architecture needs to include more connections, like to the store map
• need to make my search function “smarter”
• need to read Information Anxiety 2 by Richard Saul Wurman & check out Mobile Usability by Nielsen & Budiu

Goals for next week:

• evaluate user testing results from click test
• re-work my information architecture
• test custom search module for Drupal

Goals:

• complete my content inventory
• re-work my information architecture
• get permission to use Whole Foods as an example store
• begin building a test prototype using Drupal to see if I want to use it as my CMS

Issues covered/Response from advisor:

• the department doesn’t allow us to use real brands, could be an issue with using Whole Foods, was recommended to use a fictional store based on a Whole Foods market
• example store needs to have a realistically complicated floor plan
• learned a lot about Drupal and worked through some issues on installing a sub-theme

Goals for next week:

• come up with my fake example store and create a mock floor layout
• continue to build on my Drupal navigation prototype
• re-visit user personas, scenarios and competitive analysis