ENGH 375 FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATION Sharon O’Boyle May 2014

My topic is:  A website that gives information about the classes that I have taken at George Mason

Why I chose this topic:  For friends, co-workers, family members  For potential graduate programs or future employers

The Strategy Plane  Product Objectives  An operational website  A webpage for each class  User Needs  Simple for friends and family  Clear for grad schools and employers  Difficulties  Hard to come up with an idea

The Scope Plane (1 of 2)  Functional Requirements  Public and available to anyone  One main webpage for each class  Different navigation options for different users  Allow for expansion  Difficulties  Need to limit features scope

The Scope Plane (2 of 2)  Content Requirements  Basic information about each course  My experience with each class  Examples of my work  Quotation and image  Difficulties  Need to limit content scope

The Structure Plane  Interaction Design – use conventions for navigation  Information Architecture – use similar structure on each page  Difficulties  Conflict between being innovative and being familiar

The Skeleton Plane  Information Design – four boxes on each page  Interface Design – don’t try anything fancy  Navigation Design  Top: alphabetical  Left side: by course type and semester  Difficulties  How much space to use? Fixed vs liquid?

The Surface Plane  Font– sans serif  Colors– blue, green, gold  Content  Find or create images  Write experiences  Locate and ‘pdf’ assignments  Difficulties  Experimenting with fonts/colors/images