DPS924 Projects Fall 2014

Overview

• build a useful and interesting Android app
  • real users/clients
• be innovative
  • market research
  • start-up companies and career opportunities
    • seven Canadian tech startups (2014) [1]
    • 1000 startups [2]
    • startup companies in Toronto [3]
  • startup career in Toronto [4]
  • entrepreneurs and Star-tups (Ontario Centres of Excellence) [5]
• demonstrate your potentials, creativity, and technical skills

Project Milestones

• 1.0 [DONE]
  • due: 11:59 pm, September 9 (Tuesday)
  • Task: Identify 1-3 application domains or user/client groups for your project.
    • detailed requirements
  • Example: application domain: Guide for International Students, user group: international students at Seneca
• 1.1 Project Proposal (Draft Version)
  • due: 11:59 pm, September 23 (Tuesday)
  • requirements posted below
• 1.2 Project Proposal (Revised Version)
• 2.0 Design and Implementation of Essential Features.
  • tentative starting date: October 1
• 2.1 User Feedback & Evaluation.
• 2.2 Rework the design and implementation.
• 3.0 Design and Implementation of Additional Features.
• 3.1 User Feedback & Evaluation.
• 3.2 Rework the design and implementation.
• 4.0
  • due: December 3, 2014
  • Project Presentation & Evaluation

Project Proposal: Requirements

Imagine that you are submitting a proposal to a group of investors who may fund your project.

• What is the business value or possible impact of your project?
• Who are your users/clients? (You should have at least 3 users and only one of them may be your classmate.)
• What are the use cases of your Android app? (Include some diagrams if possible.)
• What is your Testing Environment?
  • configuration of emulators
    • Note: An emulator does not support Google Maps unless you do additional work.
  • configuration of real Android devices (if available)
  • Read the Dashboards to support your choice of the API level. [6]
• What is the timeline for your project?
• What resources do you need to complete the project?
  • 1 or 2 developers (names), specific Android device, other devices,...
• What is the description of your Android app?
  • Read "App Developer Best Practices", especially the section on creating "a great app listing page"! [7]
  • Draft a concise description of your Android app.
• Submit your project proposal (Word document) at Blackboard. If you are working as a team of 2 people, one submission is sufficient. If you want to receive A or A+, your proposal must be free of spelling errors and address all the questions listed above.

The Android Platform

• Dashboards [8]