Update on Team Alpha

It seems like as each day that passes in this quarter, our project looks like it's progressing. Working hard each week to meet our deadline, I say we are doing a swell job so far.

As for me this week, Sam, our project manager asked if I could start to the process book. So lately, my job has been to organize the book and gain a little more research for our site, for example, our target audience. Knowing our target audience is a huge advantage at accomplishing great usability for our site.

My goal as the content editor is to make sure that we know our target audience and to more than accomplish our specs to compete with our competitors.

Team Alpha Update(Sitemap)

For this week, my project manager assigned me a simple sitemap to work
on. Also, he wanted me to research other competitive sites so we can have
an "edge" over them.

For the site map, I simply laid it out so it can show how the navigation
will flow. This is so our team has a better understanding visually how
the navigation is going to be displayed and how it's going to flow. Although,
this diagram is simple, it is clear and to the point. We as a team,
are trying to avoid too many pages. This seems to be a problem on SFStation's
site when I researched their site. If our navigation is simple and to the
point, users will be less likely to get "lost" in the site and not have a
hard time navigating on our site. This might just be merely my opinion, but
it is my purpose for keeping the sitemap simple and clear. As a team, we want
roughly 4-5 pages. This includes: A home page, a food section, an art section,
a music section, and an about us page that will have the team's bios.

Team A - My Role for My Design Team

In class last Tuesday, we were separated into two groups as a class. Specifically, my role and responsibility is to manage the content for our site. Last week, we proposed the idea of making our website an online magazine. Things are obviously still in the brainstorming stages, but I'm coming to a realization of what my role is and how I'm going to accomplish the goals my team is counting me on.

As being responsible for the content, I will have to make sure that the content is nice and clean, with no spelling and very little grammatical errors. I will have to be involved with the wireframe and basically plan where things are going to go on the site.

The biggest part for me is to make a good and legible design document so that the team has a better understanding of how the site is going to function and what is actually going to be on the site.

I'm actually quite excited about this project. I think it'll be a great learning experience because it'll give me the chance to work with a team and to heighten my team work skills. Also, it'll teach me to work on time management, so the team doesn't end up falling apart.