Within the final week, I have been simply applying some finishing touches to my work. In a moment of self-evaluation, I have seen many flaws throughout the process of creating my work for this unit. In terms of research, I found it very difficult for my brain to get around the intricacies of legal jargon,…Continue Reading Week 12 IXD302 Final week evaluation
Week 11 IXD302 Licensing
In order to get a better understanding of how I will be licensing the products within my proposal I began looking at many different resources, The content was hard to get through and my mind struggles with the clinical/ legal side of things. I found a useful resource on the investni website which had an…Continue Reading Week 11 IXD302 Licensing
Week 10 IXD302 Catalyst & Additional costs
After getting a guest lecturer in to tell us about an entrepreneur scheme set up by a company called catalyst I decided to apply and was accepted onto their course beginning in January, I did this because I see it as an amazing opportunity to network with like-minded people as grow relationships with those who…Continue Reading Week 10 IXD302 Catalyst & Additional costs
Week 9 IXD 301 The art of the pitch
Within our class today we took part in some idea generation in order to create a solid idea and to present the idea to a panel of our peers, the presentation had to be 10 minutes long 5 minutes to present, and 5 minutes Q&A. To begin the idea generation process I began by writing…Continue Reading Week 9 IXD 301 The art of the pitch
Week 8 IXD302 Scope
Within all projects, there will be what is referred to as scope or the scope of work. Within this there will be things such as cost, when working with a client as I have read, I will need to determine what is my job and what is the client’s job. For the purposes of this…Continue Reading Week 8 IXD302 Scope
Week 7 IXD302 Stakeholders
In order to determine who my client is for my proposal and not just be referring to them as “Client” though-out the proposal I had to determine who the governing body was for Hill Street, After a quick google search, it became clear the client would be Belfast City council and I will be referring…Continue Reading Week 7 IXD302 Stakeholders
Agile vs. Waterfall vs. Kanban vs. Scrum IXD301/302
While these methodologies have major differences, each project management methodology has the same goal: to further the completion and success of projects. Therefore, each methodology helps manage a team’s working processes with structure and communication. Where they differ is the implementation. For the purposes of my IXD 301 work I will be using the Agile…Continue Reading Agile vs. Waterfall vs. Kanban vs. Scrum IXD301/302
Week 12 IXD301 Critique & User testing
It is the final week in term and we have to present and critique our work. My prototype was not completely functional at this point of the project as I had planned to work over the Christmas break. The feedback I got about my designs however was very useful. During the process, I had become…Continue Reading Week 12 IXD301 Critique & User testing
Week 11 IXD301 Experiments with challenges
I began by experimenting with some ideas to try and figure out how I was going to integrate the elements of the periodic table into my app, I wanted to build on the knowledge that children would already have such as spelling a numbers challenges within the app and sprinkle the elements into the app…Continue Reading Week 11 IXD301 Experiments with challenges