2. Agenda Who we are: Katie Martin, Senior at Blue Valley Southwest. Major: Graphic Design and Animation Alayna Fox: Junior at Blue Valley West. Major: Graphic Design and Web Design Who does what: Katie: Lead Designer, responsible for organizing and managing all tasks relating to aesthetics within the project. Alayna: Assistant Lead Designer, responsible for performing tasks as required by team or project. 9/27/11 Alayna Fox & Katie Martin 2
3. Agenda Dashboard: a personal set of customizable objects including various applications and modules. Dashboards or certain content may be available only to premium (possibly subscription-based) members. Premium content would be off-limits to basic members of the website. Target audience: Everyone (18+) 9/27/11 Alayna Fox & Katie Martin 3
5. Timeline Design basic layout of dashboard and dashboard system Define aesthetic attributes Create visual themes. Implement method of switching between themes. Implement method of designing, customizing and/or uploading custom themes. Create mechanism allowing modules and applications to interact with dashboard and each other 9/27/11 Alayna Fox & Katie Martin 5
6. Competitors Existing Internet firms already have their own proprietary dashboard and pseudo-application dashboard systems. Yahoo: Widgets Google: iGoogle Other CMS (Content Management Systems) such as Wordpress and Joomla have their own systems for displaying content, as well as the administration dashboards. 9/27/11 Alayna Fox & Katie Martin 6
7. Deliverables Logo Dashboard layout Dashboard theme Changeable themes System for Modules and Applications Bug-fixes and testing stage 9/27/11 Alayna Fox & Katie Martin 7
8. Social Media Like Button on new dashboard for Facebookpromotion. Buttons for posts on Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn Possible incentives for promoting the site, such as free temporary premium content. 9/27/11 Alayna Fox & Katie Martin 8
9. The Plan To Beat the Competition Create a dashboard system that anyone can use. Allow for easy integration of a wide range of apps, widgets, modules and other objects. Make it cross platform and viewable in any browser. Make it visually appealing. Allow client to rate their current approval of the project. Be open to comment and criticism. Document all comments and constantly work to improve on the design and client satisfaction. 9/27/11 Alayna Fox & Katie Martin 9
