Spring 2021 Semester Schedule

The above image is the Gant chart showing the plan for development for the Spring 2021 semester. It displays a more concrete idea of due dates for development milestones (or modules) for the project. To follow along with the completetion of the tasks shown above, see the task reports listed on the documents page!

Development on the mobile application, website, and database began on January 24th, 2021 and is estimated to have a working version by March 5th, 2021. This working version means that all modules listed below will be in working order. The remainder of March and April will be spent on UI, design, and finishing touches to the application.

Module Breakdown

• Communication with database (Completed)
• The initial focus at the beginning of development will be making sure the website and the mobile application can access the database and be able to pull data from it.
• User profiles (Completed)
• This step will focus on allowing users to be able to make profiles. These profiles will include their username, passwords, and a list of any limitations they may be experiencing. This data will also have to be able to be stored in the database
• Inventory Management (Completed)
• Focus here will be spent allowing administrators to manage all of the AT devices stored in the database. They will be able to add, remove, or edit any device in the database.
• Room Interface (Completed)
• This will be the core functionality of the application that will allow a user to navigate around a virtual home and select rooms. From here, they can be given any advice or recommendations if the user may be having difficulties in that room.
• Searching Inventory (Completed)
• Additionally functionality will be added to the inventory in which the administrators will be able to search for information contained within the database. Searching parameters can look by name of the device, the type, or even what limitations they could assist with.
• Recommendation Algorithm (Completed)
• This is the algorithm that will consider user limitations and room difficulties to provide any AT devices or general advice to assist the user. It is crucial that the algorithm is able to access the database and pull information about AT devices and display to the user.
• Display Recommendation (Completed)
• This is more of a sub-module of the above in which advice or any recommended AT devices will be displayed. This part must be adaptive in how it is displayed depending on how much information the user wants to see at a time.
• Admin User Management (Completed)
• Will provide the administrators with the ability to be able to manage other administrators. They will be able to determine the level of access each administrator will have to the database.
• Security and Accessibility (in-progress)
• Encryption functionality and even administrative activity will be developed to help make the database more secure. Accessibility features will also be added to the mobile application as well (such as a colorblind mode or text-to-speech).
• User feedback and admin surveys (Completed)
• The appliation will have integration with Qualtrics which will act as a third party application that will provide surveys to users about their experience. These responses will be sent back to the clients where they can evaluate the data from these surveys.
• Non-functional Requirements (in progress)
• This module is reserved mostly for post alpha prototype development. In this case, the non-functional requirements for this project will be implemented. This includes database encryption or accessibility options.
• Bug Fixes (in progress)
• As with all software projects, the mobile application and its webpage component contain some bugs and glitches. This can include the webpage displaying "Add" when you're really editing an item, or the mobile application not displaying that a check box has been selected.
• UI refinement (in progress)
• In order to get a working alpha prototype, UI was not much of a priority and the initial prototype was developed to just contain wrappers for the working components. Given that the requirements for the project has been met, additional focus can be placed on UI and making the applications easy and simple to use.