Propose technology platform and tools needed

Stakeholders:

· D: Who are they? What are their desires out of this project?

· I: How are we, as a team, going to obtain input from stakeholders?

Stakeholder: Benjamin Raffleton, Business Operations Manager

D: As an end user, Benjamin is currently using each college’s databases and combining information for each related major in an Excel spreadsheet. Unfortunately, this is a long-term project that has no end in sight. Benjamin hopes to see a platform in the future that will collect the information he seeks in an automated fashion. What he hopes to see are classes that are required for majors in general, then showing available classes for a semester within a given timeframe, and the general information for the classes being listed, such as credits for the class, transferrable to a university or state college, and a simple summary of the class listed.

I: A way that we, as a team, can elicit input voluntarily from Benjamin is to discuss the information that should be shown when listing the majors that a user requests information on. We can then understand and define what information is important, and what information isn’t entirely necessary in order to link majors with the appropriate classes.

Stakeholder: Roger Freeman, Product Manager

D: Roger wants a repository that will contain information on classes all across universities, and categorize them in an efficient method such that anyone can easily access the information stored should they have a need to look up every tidbit of information that relates to a class, such as the required textbooks, a general syllabus outline of a class, the number of units, whether or not the class applies to a major, a general education fulfillment, the professor teaching the course, class scheduling, and all applicable class information.

I: Our team can discuss with Roger on how much information can, and should, be shown to users, and what type of information can be shown, and whether or not some types of information should be restricted from other users, so as to not show too much information.

Stakeholder: Emilia Smith, End User

D: Emilia is a student that changed her major from art to deciding to become a chemist. Because of the major differences in courses needed for her new major, all of her classes, save for general education, no longer apply. She wants to have some sort of app on her phone that will tell her what classes she now requires to be able to graduate in a moderate amount of time. This app should also be accommodating to her schedule, such as classes not overlapping with other classes and her small part-time job. Another item of importance are notifications for classes occurring, and when registration for classes will occur. The app should also be user friendly, but not crash when she is looking for information or reading on a certain major.

I: There would be a discussion with Emilia on how the app should be designed so as to not become rocket science in using the app. Another point of discussion is to target the specifics of her requirements in order to provide her a great user experience.