Projects Page for TLC 331

Projects Page

Mid-term project groups to work on Journyx's Timesheet 4.5

Company Name	Group Members	Size	Products	Employees	Employees
999.com	Josh H. Damian N. Brian W. Jay L. Erica L.	Small (25 employees)	Sell products for $9.99 or less online	Contractors: 0 Project Managers: 1 Managers: 1 Hourly Employees: 0 Salary Employees: 20	Monthly
Take a Fall Studios	Mark W. Walter F. Ian B. Archana M.	Small (42 employees)	Stuntmen and stuntwomen services	Contractors: 5 Project Managers: 0 Managers: 2 Hourly Employees: 10 Salary Employees: 25	Weekly
BS Design & Marketing	Nestor H. Justin C. Mary B. Caleb W. Dwayne W.	Large (2500 employees)	"Idea Boutique" Design, Marketing -- Outsourced public relations, think tank	Contractors: 200 Project Managers: 65 Managers: 85 Hourly Employees: 750 Salary Employees: 1400	Bi-Weekly
Consolidated Citrus Shipping Group Fresh Fruit Fast	Brad W. Steve H. Lok K. Robby S.	Mid-sized (500 employees)	We ship citrus products from farms and production centers to distribution and reseller locations.	Drivers: 150 Mechanics: 10 Admin: 30 Upper Management: 10 Middle Management (supervisors): 30 Warehouse staff: 220	Bi-Weekly

Objectives:

Identify the areas where users may struggle as you explore the functionality of Timesheet 4.5.
Explore the navigational and organizational features of the product.
Gather information regarding the consistency and validity of the Journyx design.
Identify areas within the application that are confusing or cumbersome to users.
Develop recommendations to improve the usability and usefulness of the Journyx Timesheet product.

10.10 Tasks:

Do a GOMS calculation (using Raskin's model) for a) Logging into TimeSheet and b) Logging out (once inside the product).
Create an HTML page that contains your group information. If you do not have someone in your group who can author HTML, let me know.
Observe your Admin person (have them use the Thinking Aloud Protocol, where "you ask the participant to vocalize his or her thoughts, feelings, and opinions while interacting with the product") create the group to represent your company and edit your individual roles. Log this data. Have a member of the group take notes on the Admin experience. The Admin is also required to create his or her own log.
Create one task scenario for your role. This document should include your user persona. We will use this for next week's activity (Where you walk through the scenario "in character" in the Timesheet application and keep a log of your activities).
Each person evaluate the satisfaction survey. Email your comments to me (I will review your suggestions and post one form everyone will use so we can collect consistent data). I'm only looking for a couple of sentences here.
You may email me your materials but you must put a copy into your group project folder by next class. Make sure to put your name on forms that are individually completed.