Project Methodology

This is an outline of the methodology being used for this project.

Phase One - User Interviews

• Patterns “a day in the life of a particular user”
• Two to three users at a time
• Deliverable: initial project plan, high-level parameters

Phase Two - Group Joint Application Development (JAD) Sessions

• All-day group brainstorming
• Summarize and group requirements taken from interviews
• Create one business model to use to stimulate discussion about transactions
• User functionality matrix, detailed use case inventory, site map

Phase Three - Breakout Sessions

• Model business transactions in detail
• Development of business and validation rules
• Create process flows
• Deliverable: Elaborated use cases document

Phase Four - Functional Design

• The “blueprint” of the proposed system
• Screen-level functional design
• Detailed, complex business rules
• Wire Frames (screen layouts)
• Deliverable: Functional design document

Phase Five - Prototype Development and User Testing

• Clickable, static (non-functional) HTML prototype with iterations
• Focus groups to obtain feedback on user experience
• Deliverable: Updated functional specifications and screens that will ultimately tie in to business rules to function with Banner