We’re back! Happy New Year everyone!

So for this semester, we actually have to MAKE this the Sustain-a-Stack. We put together a list of materials we need for a crude prototype that we plan to construct next weekend.

• Arduino - library (then later on, buy one for ourselves)
• sensors - potentiometer, temperature sensor, humidity sensor (?)
• LED’s
• wires
• wood
• housing (start of with cheap plastic)
• buttons
• soil
• plants - start off small (Pete II)

This initial list is just for a simple prototype that would help us sort out the form of the product and if we can actually get the technical side to work so we’re starting with cheapest materials we can find. We can spend more money later on.

Here is our Timeline for the next 13 weeks of epic work!

IAT 404 – Gantt Chart: Timeline

View our graphical gantt chart timeline.

WEEK 1: January 6th - January 12th – Team Organization
- Gantt Chart and Team Management/Structure established
- New roles established
- Materials List compiled
- Team Contract: Roles altered to accommodate new class requirements

WEEK 2: January 13th – January 19th - Material Assemblage
- PHASE #1 Widget Design
- PHASE #1 Physical Prototype Construction
- Address storage issues
- Material Assemblage
- Sensor Research

WEEK 3: January 20th – January 26th - Prototype Design
- PHASE #1 Widget Design Completed (January 21st)
- PHASE #1 Physical Prototype Construction
- PHASE #1 Widget Development
- User Testing Recruitment (ideally, the same participants which we used for the last semester)
- Usability Testing Design
- Sensor Research

WEEK 4: January 27th – February 2nd - Usability Design
- PHASE #1 Widget Development Completed (January 28th)
- PHASE #1 Physical Prototype Construction Completed (January 28th)
- Usability Testing
- Sensor Research

WEEK 5: February 3rd –February 9th - Usability Testing
- Re-document Usability Testing Results (in a presentation-friendly form)
- Midterm Presentation Outline
- Sensor Research

WEEK 6: February 10th – February 16th – Usability Analysis
- Midterm Presentation Design
- Analyzing User Testing Results
- Evaluate Feedback and Classify as Necessary/Unnecessary Changes
- Sensor Research

WEEK 7: February 17th – February 23rd - Presentation
- Midterm Presentation
- Re-assign roles for Iterative Process (dependent on user feedback)
- Sensor Research

WEEK 8: February 24th – March 1st – Prototype Re-Design
- PHASE #2: Physical Prototype Construction
- PHASE #2: Widget Design
- Sensor Research

WEEK 9: March 2nd – March 8th Prototype Re-Design
- PHASE #2: Physical Prototype Construction
- PHASE #2: Widget Design Completed (March 3rd)

WEEK 10: March 9th – March 15th – Prototype Refinement
- PHASE #2: Physical Prototype Construction Completed (March 10th)
- PHASE #2: Widget Design Development
- Marketing Planning

WEEK 11: March 16th – March 22nd – Marketing Design
- Marketing Design + Execution
- Practice Run Through of Presentation
- PHASE #2: Widget Design Development Completed (March 17th)

WEEK 12: March 23rd – March 29th - Troubleshooting
- Final Presentation Design
- Marketing Execution

WEEK 13: March 30th – April 5th - Presentation
- Final Presentation to Class

As for the team contract, whatever we agreed on last semester still applies. End of story.