Week 5 in Review
Its review time! This week, I set a milestone to really structure the development of Sportycus. I wanted to review the technical requirements of the application. Technical requirements detail out all the specifications of an application. This includes wireframes of each major section of the site to detailed use cases from the end user and administrative user point of view. This then makes it possible for any developer to code it.
So this was really important for me to accomplish even though it is probably one of the easier milestones that I have set. As part of this milestone, I also wanted to learn how other developers approached this kind of development. So I consulted with my mentor Corey on his philosophy on building a web app such as Sportycus. His advice was to finish up the common and fundamental sections of application in a prototype and then iterate based on feedback. So using this feedback, I was able complete wireframes for the common sections of the site and prepare some use case scenarios.
I also got feedback on the improved prospective customer pitch this week.
Sportycus is a web-based service that will change the way you share that dominating performance you had at last weekend’s softball game. If you are a social athlete who loves to play in amateur and recreational softball leagues, with Sportycus you can record, analyze, and present your game statistics anywhere on the web from Twitter and Facebook to your own team website. You are an athlete, show off your performance!
An important take-away from the feedback was that I should be careful with words such as “dominating.” Such words could be taken out of context and be offensive to certain people. I decided to keep the word in the pitch for now because the demographic that I am going after uses such words and will get emotionally charged by them. Overall, the feedback was good. The pitch identified the product and the target customer.
So this was another good week, even though I had relatively easy milestones. I am looking forward to next week. It will be a challenging one as I will be looking to sign up at least 5 prospective clients who are willing to beta the application once it is ready.
