Title: Work plan: Choosing the final idea. Designing the solution
Course: Appdate yourself 4t ESO (in English) - Curs 2016/17 > Section: Topic 11 Choosing final idea. Designing the solution

Work plan

What will you learn about this topic?

In this topic you will learn to discuss, decide and redefine ideas from the group evaluation and new contributions made by the expert. Next, you will learn to make a comprehensive functionality map about your app, representing all areas and each one of the parts and functions that your app will have. Finally, you will learn how to design the user interface of the app based on the functionality map

This unit has the following sections:

- The final idea
- Designing the solution
- Balsamiq

 Timing:

 Total time dedicated to this unit is 6 hours distributed as follows:

- The final idea → 1 hour
- Designing the solution → 2,5 hours
- Balsamiq → 2,5 hours

Suggested work plan:

- The final idea

What will you learn? | Resources and Activity | Description
Reorientate ideas, make group decisions and create a functionality map. | Document: Choosing the final idea | Sequence of work topic (reorientation / definition of the idea, functionality map and design of the prototype)
Task: What do we know? | Activity for detecting information needs of the team and its capabilities
Task: What have we found? | Plan searching for information needed
Document: Idea-generating methods | Dynamics focused on the team idea generation
Task: Evaluating the ideas | Evaluation of the ideas contributed by team members
Task: The opportunity | Description of the chosen idea

- Designing the solution

What will you learn? | Resources and Activity | Description
Creating the functionality and scenery map | Document:How to design the solution | Explanation of the steps the team should follow to design the solution.
Task: Scenery map | Creating a scenery map of user interaction with the chosen solution
Document: Example of a functionality map | Example of a functionality map
Task: Functionality map | Creating a functionality map which show all the functions needed bay the users

- Balsamiq

What will you learn? | Resources and Activity | Description
How to use Balsamiq to design app prototypes | Document: How to design the app | Tips for interface design user / app before you start to use Balsamiq
Website: Balsamiq website | Web to download Balsamiq
Videotutorial: Balsamiq | How does Balsamiq work
Videotutorial: Creating a prototype | Tips about how to create a prototype using Balsamiq
Web: Sharing projects between users | Web to share Balsamiq projects between users
Fòrum: Q & A about Balsamiq | Forum about Balsamiq
Task: App prototype | Designing the app prototype