- TASKS
-
CHALLENGES
-
Code
- How well can the app scale?
- Technology stack -- build or buy?
-
Platform
- There are lots of data sources out there. How could I possibly find the best ones?
-
Cost to deploy and run the app
- design the app to be self supporting
- Is there potential to monetize or leverage this project elsewhere?
- How should this app be deployed?
-
Data
- What kind of data should I be seeking to include?
-
Business Model
- Should I be thinking about monetizing it right now? If not now, when?
- Subscription versus Purchased
-
SPECS
- Technology Stack
- Application Stack
- Functional
- NonFunctional
- Developer Stack
-
RISK
-
Dev skills and knowledge are out of date
- IMPACT: large
- SEVERITY: major
- PROBABILITY: high
- LIKELIHOOD OF PRIOR DETECTION: high
- MITIGATION APPROACH: Just in Time Training. Also push ahead using what you know
- PROPOSED SOLUTIONS: find tools that help you work faster. Limit features. Find focused tutorials that target your highest priority items
-
Deadline = July 31, 2013 11:59:59 PM
- IMPACT: critical
- SEVERITY: high
- PROBABILITY: certain
- LIKELIHOOD OF PRIOR DETECTION: certain
- MITIGATION APPROACH: use frequent short work sessions
- PROPOSED SOLUTIONS: finish initial draft a few days early..don't work till the last minute
-
Dev is busy with day job and highly distractible
- IMPACT: medium
- SEVERITY: medium
- PROBABILITY: high
- LIKELIHOOD OF PRIOR DETECTION: low
- MITIGATION APPROACH: break work into micro tasks
- PROPOSED SOLUTIONS: keep a consistent work schedule and harness her natural energy level
- Scope creep
-
SCHEDULING & PRIORITIES
-
PHASE 1
-
HIGH: Offer a compelling feature for each type of user- BREADTH FIRST
-
Business to Business
- Radius search
- Pull in additional Certification data
-
Consumer
- social integration
-
Sales
- lead gen & prep
- MEDIUM:
- LOW : Native look and feel
- Initial Deadline = 31 Jul 2013
-
PHASE 2
- TOP PRIORITIES
- MID PRIORITIES
- LOW PRIORITIES
- 2 wk sprints through 31 Oct 2013
-
PHASE 3
- TOP PRIORITIES
- MID PRIORITIES
- LOW PRIORITIES
- 31 Dec 2013 - whichever method works best
-
ABOUT / VISION
- Crowdsourcing
- Big Data for ordinary people
- Social Media
- Connection
- Analysis