DIS IA1

DIS IA1

1. Prescribed Criteria (TASK)

   • PC1: Use digital solutions problem solving process to investigate the problem
     • Four steps
       • Explore
       • Develop
       • Generate
       • Evaluate
     • Breakdown of task into prescribed criteria
   • PC2: Create a web application that helps communities or businesses in Australia
     • Impacts
       • Socialising
         • Supporting interactions within the community
         • Competition between businesses potentially improves services level
         • Collection of big data allows accurate analysis of user behavior
       • Economic
         • Potentially boosts economy
         • Provides individuals with alternative options to save money
         • Provides business with marketing opportunities
         • Supports businesses during COVID
       • Personal
         • Collection of big data may decrease privacy
         • Provides convenient pathway, saving time
         • May provide discount and promotions
     • Non-functional requirements
       • Apply usability principles to design
       • Wise use of user interface components
       • Consistent color theme
       • Comfortable word formatting
       • Language and translation choices
     • Functional Requirements
       • Search functions
       • Tags
       • Sign-up, login to save personalized data
       • In-built map
   • PC3: Make use of 2 open datasets in the web app
     • Data sources
       • Gov Hackerspace
         • Queensland
         • Victoria (Melbourne)
     • Representation
       • DFD Diagrams
     • Possible databases
       • Recent covid cases
       • Restaurant details
       • Food safety ranking/ certificate record
       • Seating capacity
       • Hospital details
       • Covid outbreak locations
     • Data structure/ types
     • Data collection methods
     • File formats
       • CSV

2. Considerations

   • User-interface components specific to target group
     • Use of convergent and divergent thinking to idetify and create user persona
   • Existing examples (solution) to similar problems
     • TransLink Bus app
     • Google reviews and map
     • Gov Covid safe App
     • Uber eats

3. Ideas

   • Themes
     • Food (final)
     • Discarded
       • Hospital
       • Transport
       • Tourism
   • Possible functions
     • Provide restaurant details & customer reviews
     • Provide safe eat ranking and newest seating capacity
     • Suggest safe areas based on latest covid-19 news
     • In built map showing quickest route to destination
   • Possible program developing tools
     • Wireframe
       • Adobe XD
     • Mockup
       • Adobe XD
       • Pro Create
     • Hardware
       • Drawing/ sketching tools for annotations
         • Devices
           • Ipad
           • Sketchpad
           • Laptop
     • Webpage
       • Html (basic build)
       • CSS (Decoration
       • SQL (Database)
     • Available resources
       • Blackboard
       • SQLite
       • Textbook
       • Online resources eg. google
       • Teacher support

4. User problems (Based on user peronas)

   • Too busy working --> no time for finding lunch, as a result, unhealthy eating habits and dissatisfaction of meals (Andy, Yuzu)
     • Concerned about the potential long term health problems (Andy, Yuzu)
   • Too picky about food as have to impress friends and colleagues (Feebs)
   • There are already take away apps, but those apps don't provide details about the restaurant or the safety rating (general)
   • The existing food searching tools does not tell whether the area is safe from COVID and/or other diseases. (general)
     • Concerns about eating at a COVID safe area
   • Not all restaurants have the seating capacity for a workplace gathering or company meeting (Andy)
     • It would be convenient for booking if the current seating capacity is also provided
   • Limited allowance for eating (Feebs)
     • Having able to select price ranges and be provided menus of restaurants would be beneficial
   • Though rarely cooking, the picking and choosing of ingredients is important. Having details of super markets would come in handy. That of pet feeds would also be good. (Yuzu)
   • The want to save restaurants of favor, allowing return some time later (general)

5. Developer problems

   • Difficult to find complete, usable databases
   • Not all information in the databases are understandable

6. Self-Determined Criteria (user persona)

   • SC1: The application must allow top efficiency to minimise minimum time needed to reach a result
     • Sticky navigation bar
   • SC2: Neat, effective, stylish and straight forward design
     • High colour contrast
     • Consistent, globalised symbols
     • Eye-catching style and logo

7. Developer problem

   • Constraints
     • Work from other subjects
     • Poor time management
     • Technical difficulties/ lack of knowledge
     • Limited time (7 weeks)
   • Coding
     • Build connection pathways between data base and applications such as adding buttons to call up certain functions and data
     • SQL to read csv file to select and bring relevant information in and out of databases and present in application
     • Compare dataforms to which information can be dealt with more efficiently
     • Use of CSS, Html, SQL and python to build an interactive web application
   • Data
     • Does not need to store personal data
     • Does not collect personal data
     • Saves preference and history on device
     • Databases
       • Create central daabase that links all data from all databases together
       • Organise data by normalising databases
       • Give meaning to data in database
     • Use code to link the information between databases such as joints
   • User interface UX
     • Useability principles
       • Simple, easily understantable
       • Wise choice of symbols with consistency and recognition
       • High effectiveness
       • Back buttons etc to prevent mistakes
     • Languages
       • English
       • Japanese