Project 2: Project Design

Instructions: Check Assignments for more instructions and the due date.

It's time to add more details to the website you plan to develop

Your project design report should include:

1. Project Title (updated)

2. Team Members (updated)

3. Objectives & Targeted Users (updated)

4. Page Layout Design (for all web pages you need to implement)

   • Use Figma (opens in a new tab) or Sketch (opens in a new tab)(for Mac Users only) to create designs for all the web pages you plan to implement. Your sketches should show your team’s initial ideas and should be completed before creating the digital mockups. If your design changes from the sketches to the mockups, that’s fine, but be prepared to explain what changed and why. If you are a heavy photoshop user or adobe and have your own license, you can use that instead. In your report, you'll have to describe which design tool you chose and why.
   • Here are some screenshots of what the mockups could look like via Figma (which should be done after doing some quick sketches as shown here - you should include both)

   

5. Details of Business Model and Services/Functionalities the site will provide

   • Part of the points here is understanding and reading this article on Website Business Models (opens in a new tab) and applying it well to your specific project. Identify the business model that best fits your project. Explain specifically how it would work in your website. Then identify one plausible business model you considered but rejected, and explain why it doesn't fit.

6. Implementation Timeline:

   • Assume you will finish this by the first week of December. For each major task, identify:

   • what needs to be completed

   • which team member or team members will be responsible

   • approximately when you expect to complete it

   • any tasks that must be completed before it can begin

You may organize this as a table, GitHub issues/project board, or another project-management format.

Give yourself some buffer to complete some of these tasks

1. Everyone on the team should understand the major decisions in the submitted design.

During class or a project check-in, I may ask any team member to explain part of the design, including:

• who a page is intended for
• why a feature is included
• why something appears in a particular location
• what changed during the design process
• how a feature is expected to work
• what your team expects will be difficult to implement

You do not need to prepare an additional written response for this section.

For sections that have been updated, these are taken from project 1. If there are no changes, then you must explicitly state that there are no updates that were needed for these three sections in the submission comments for the assignment.

Submit your proposal through Assignments->Project Design.