ENGH 375 FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATIONSharon 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