Compiling Interview Data & Poster/Presentation Preparation

Carrying on from the last post, the majority of the work completed over the last week was completing interviews with prospective users of the university rugby portal. I have now completed interviews with fans, players and coaches, and have obtained a range of valuable information that I can use. The next step before my meeting on Thursday is to put this information into tables and matrixs, and start to analyse and themes and trends that have been reguarly coming up. This will help me when drawing up functional and non-functional requirements for the portal.

As well as interviews, I also completed a few digital wireframes, using previous research and information obtained within the interviews. Using 'Omnigraffle', I was able to map out different sections of the home page, team page(s) and player page(s). Below is a screenshot of the player page in 'edit' mode, which is where an authorised user can edit the page:














The next stage of the project is to start analysing the data, and by Thursday's meeting, have assessed any trends and common themes that have been arising. Once this is completed, I can start compiling my poster and preparing for the presentation.

Interviews, Data Collection & Matrixs

Last Thursday was the second meeting with my tutor and group, in which I determined what work I need to complete within the next 2 weeks and before the poster presentation on the 10th of December. After agreeing with my tutor, it was decided that the next 2 weeks would be focussed around interviews. This gives me time to complete all the interviews (with players, coaches and fans), and the efficiently look through the data. One tool to draw out vital information is the use of 'Matrixs', which analyse and present trends and themes that are common across the interviews, which I will then take to incorporating into the requirements of the rugby portal.

Once this stage has been completed, I will use the following 2 weeks to prepare my poster for the presentation, and begin completing the first prototype for the project. This is likely to be a digital version of the wireframes that have been completing, using simple HTML and CSS to mock up 2 or 3 pages for the proposed rugby portal.