TEAM 1 � Hardeep Chagger, Scott Easton, Megan Maguire & Mark Santos

FACULTY ADVISOR � Mark Hancock INDUSTRY LIASON � Deloitte

OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO CONTINUOUSLY INFORM TEAM MEMBERS OF THEIR PROJECT

STATUS.

§  Develop a project management tool on tablets that doesn’t require opening a browser

§  Allow managers to be quickly updated on their team members’ progress

§  Efficiently manage multiple projects in 3 core industries: education, manufacturing & construction

§  User spends a fraction of the time searching for project details and updates (<10 clicks for all tasks)

WHAT OUR USERS SAY? “The app has a good learning curve.” � ”PBC would have helped my last project meet its deadline!” � “Intuitive design” � “Once I got a good handle on the menu slide, it made everything a lot quicker” �

“Great design!” � “I can see it being very useful for PMs.” � “I love my onDeck”

PROJECT BROADCAST FEATURES n

1.  Quick-view home page 2.  onDeck task consolidation 3.  Project details overview 4.  Status dashboard 5.  Task manager(2 level hierarchy) 6.  File manager 7.  Postings for quick team communication 8.  Company & user accounts 9.  Mobile use 10.  Cross platform functionality

Many more features to come!

Project Broadcast PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Project managers (PM) are using too many different tools to manage their projects, therefore being highly inefficient. This commonly results in missed deadlines, increased budgets and miscommunications. The target users would benefit from a mobile solution due to being commonly

away from their desk or requiring quick access.

Found tasks easy to complete with no previous tutorial or knowledge

Agree they would be motivated to use PBC again

Are Project Managers at their company

Who were our testing participants? Manufacturing Education Software Other

What did they say?

How does Project Broadcast measure up?

Verification against predefined engineering specifications.

Seconds to add a new project. Specifications planned for 120 secs.

Seconds to add a new task to a project.

Number of clicks to return home at anytime.

Maximum number of seconds to find a project

Seconds to retrieve the most up to date information about your projects.

1.  Project Managers 2.  Project Teams 3.  Industries including

Manufacturing, Construction & Education

WHO DOES PROJECT BROADCAST IMPACT?

WHAT IMPACT DOES PBC HAVE?

§  Increased efficiency once adopted

§  More timely responses from team members

§  Encouragement of mobile devices in the industry setting

§  A step in the right direction for meeting deadlines and working within budgets

WHAT IS NEXT? Watch out for Project Broadcast in

the Google Play app store.

The team plans on continuing the development to produce a highly

competitive PM tool.

DESIGN ARCHITECTURE

Where Java & XML were used for development. The design runs on

Android and Blackberry mobile devices of all sizes.

www.project-broadcast.com

Backend

MS SQL Database

JSON REST Web API

User

Android Device

WEB

Web Host Server