grocerylist++ (meal based shopping list). team members staci menz major: computer science outside...
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Team MembersStaci Menz
Major: Computer Science
Outside Interests: Video games, music, reading
Brian Chan Major: Informatics
Outside Interests: Gaming, Football, Android
Peter Huss
Major: Computer Science, Statistics
Outside Interests: Running, music, video games
Darrin Cole Major: Computer
Science
Outside Interests: Video games, reading
Anna Kong Major: Informatics: HCI
Outside Interests: Hiking, Drawing
Prioritization Matrix
Concept Substantial? Feasible? Interesting?
Recipe Sharing / Browsing
Yes ? Yes
Shopping List Yes Yes Yes
Combine Recipes Into Meals
? Yes ?
Finding Grocery Store No Yes No
Dietary Concerns Yes Yes Yes
Pantry Yes ? Yes
Budgeting / Estimate No Yes Yes
Time Estimates / Planning
No Yes Yes
Savings / Coupons / Offers
No ? ?
Top 3-4 problems Pantry: we want to be able to keep an inventory of the
groceries we already have
Shopping List: a list that can automatically generate based on recipes the user has selected and whats currently in our "pantry“
Dietary Concerns: we want to save preferences about our dietary concerns. For example perhaps we don't want to see recipes that contain peanuts because a family member is allergic.
Recipe Sharing/Browsing: we want to be able to share recipes with others, browse through recipes found online, search for different types of recipes, and be able to add some/all ingredients for a recipe to our shopping list.
Top Problem
Creating a shopping list from recipe browsing: Combines two of our top 4 problems to form the main goal
we have in mind
We want to be able to plan meals by picking recipes, and then form a shopping list for the items we would need for those recipes
Top Problem - Reasoning
Creating a shopping list from recipe browsing: We chose this as our top problem because it is something
that we would like to be able to do, that doesn't seem to exist.
Creating a shopping list and being able to browse recipes are two problems that are essential to meal planning, and being able to do both with one app would be ideal
It also would be more efficient, since you won't have to write down all the ingredients you need for each recipe - the app would do it for you.
Problem Analysis - Significance
Planning meals for a family can be very difficult and time consuming
Even more difficult knowing what ingredients are needed for those meals
Difficult to type each individual ingredient, would be nice to have an "add all" feature
Problem Analysis - Stakeholders
Families, housemates, etc. Anyone who wants to or has to cook their own meals, or
cook for large groups
App streamlines planning, purchasing, cooking
Possible monetary incentives (coupon offers)
Problem Analysis - Stakeholders
Stores, corporations Potential to draw in business
(Customers + Revenue)
Financial incentive to support app
Have reason to partner if coupon offers are added later
Problem Analysis - Precedents
Recipe Browsers Apps with advanced recipe
searching and filtering
Includes ingredients list,preparation instructions, favorites,meal randomization, & more
Despite all these features, theylack grocery list integration - haveto save or write down eachingredient
Problem Analysis - Precedents
Shopping Checklists Essentially checklist / to-do list
applications with slightly more features
Autocomplete / categorization ofingredients, price estimates, list syncing& sharing, barcode scanning, pantry list
Lacks integration with recipe browsers.Typing each ingredient is slow.No guidance when making list
Problem Analysis - Competition
AnyList for iOS Fairly new app. First to effectively
integrate grocery lists and recipebrowsing.
Making a list is easy - look up recipes for the week and simply "add all ingredients“ to your list
Acts as an recipe aggregator by parsing many different recipe websites instead of having its own recipe database
Problem Analysis - Competition
AnyList for iOS (cont.) We can improve on this by polishing
features and understanding the customer
Pantry feature will eliminate unnecessary items in list
Better recipe discovery: filter based on preparation time, dietary restrictions, type of dish, price, etc.
Greater focus on meal planning – more than just individual recipes