Ideas
The first time, we got 9 ideas in total, and we recorded ideas by Excel form and inserted further information to each idea:
Description: the description for each idea
Technique: the programming language, database, any relative technical
Functionalities: key functions
Target user: who will use the app or website
Advantage: existing app? any open source?
Disadvantage/Difficulties: the problems might meet
The rank of wishing to do: the results for idea patching, give the points to each idea
We reduced the ideas for 9 to 4 based on mentors' suggestions, which are Expression analyser, Site Management System, Grober and Fish Tank water quality monitoring.
Excel pitching
Ideas 1.0
First of all, we give up the Site Management System because it no longer belongs to the external project.
Then we gave SocialDev (original Expression analyser), Grober and Aquality 2.0 (original Fish Tank water quality monitoring) more details and further investigation on some new fields:
External: is the project an external?
Further information: any materials, useful links, or marking position
Language Framework: what kind of frameworks can be used?
Customer requirements: any customer or end-user requirements
Function Requirements: more details on requirements which are defined by ourself after investigation
Non-Function Requirements
Software And Hardware Needed?
And we based on 3 ranking fields: Ranking(personal ranking), Feasibility(confidence on Feasibilities), Have a fun? ( how do you think you will enjoy the process of this project?) to recognize which tow ideas are worth to more further investigate.
SocialDev and Aquality 2.0 are won.
1.0 Excel pitching
Final pitching
All of us approved the Aquality 2.0, we thought that will be more fun and it's doable within our capability. Then we concentrate on Aquality 2.0 and finally, we only have one idea now.