{"id":272,"date":"2020-01-30T15:53:48","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T15:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/liftoff\/index.php\/archives\/"},"modified":"2020-03-24T14:51:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T14:51:15","slug":"blogs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/liftoff\/index.php\/blogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Welcome to our weekly blogs!<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Every week, the team will post our updates here, we’ll talk about what we did last week, what challenges we faced, and how did we handle them.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Week 16 – Final Presentation<\/h4><\/a><\/div><\/div>
Time goes so fast, I can\u2019t believe this is the last week already. In the final week, all ETC teams are required to do a 15-min presentation to the faculties, showing their project and answer questions. We usually do this in the RPIS at ETC building, […]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
by<\/span> cl5<\/a> <\/span><\/div>
on<\/span> May 8<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Demo & Trailer<\/h4><\/a><\/div><\/div>
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on<\/span> May 7<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Week 15 – Documentation Week<\/h4><\/a><\/div><\/div>
This week, we worked on preparing the documentation for our final handoff. Because we have another team after us that will continue working on this project, it\u2019s important for us to produce very detailed documentation so that the next team can easily pick up the tech, […]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
by<\/span> cl5<\/a> <\/span><\/div>
on<\/span> May 4<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Week 14 – Soft Opening & Tools<\/h4><\/a><\/div><\/div>
Soft Opening Soft Opening is a tradition at ETC. Here\u2019s the description: (from Drew Davidson) In the theme industry, it’s called “soft opening.” In the theater, it’s called “previews.” In software, it’s called “beta release.” In all cases, it refers to “we believe it is fully […]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
by<\/span> cl5<\/a> <\/span><\/div>
on<\/span> Apr 24<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Week 13 – Iterate! Iterate! Iterate!<\/h4><\/a><\/div><\/div>
Based on the feedback we got from playtesting in the last two weeks, we made a lot of iterations to our web app! Trello Board Before going into specific updates, I want to tell you about our team\u2019s new issue tracker – Trello Board. We found […]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
by<\/span> cl5<\/a> <\/span><\/div>
on<\/span> Apr 24<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Week 12 – Playtest Day<\/h4><\/a><\/div><\/div>
Playtest day is a tradition at ETC. Every semester we will invite some people to our building, and they will try out different team projects and give feedback for them to improve. It\u2019s a great way for teams to get different perspectives from a diverse group […]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
by<\/span> cl5<\/a> <\/span><\/div>
on<\/span> Apr 24<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Week 11 – First Zoom Playtest!<\/h4><\/a><\/div><\/div>
Updates First some updates on the app We added a little rocket animation at the begining of the web app. We added a 404 page Zoom Playtest The best way to improve a product is always user testing and iterate based on the feedback. This week, […]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
by<\/span> cl5<\/a> <\/span><\/div>
on<\/span> Apr 24<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Week 10 – Continue Developing<\/h4><\/a><\/div><\/div>
After a week of adjusting, the team is comfortable with our current way of remote working now. This week we reflected on the feedback we got from halves, and continually developed our web app.  Here are some updates: We added the new emoji into our booth […]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
by<\/span> cl5<\/a> <\/span><\/div>
on<\/span> Apr 24<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Week 9 – Work From Home<\/h4><\/a><\/div><\/div>
After spring break, everything changed. Due to the current COVID-19 situation, CMU decided to move to remote learning. For the project, it means that instead of working together in our project room at ETC, we will work separately in our home, and collaborate remotely. This is […]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
by<\/span> cl5<\/a> <\/span><\/div>
on<\/span> Apr 24<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Week 8 – Half Presentation<\/h4><\/a><\/div><\/div>
I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s already half-semester! This week, we did a 15 min presentation on our progress to all the faculties from ETC, and answer their questions. It\u2019s the \u00bd checkpoint from all projects at ETC, to make sure the projects have a clear goal and […]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
by<\/span> cl5<\/a> <\/span><\/div>
on<\/span> Mar 15<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Week 7 – Second Playtest<\/h4><\/a><\/div><\/div>
This week we had our second playtest! This time we did it at our client\u2019s office – Jewish Health Foundation. And tested it with their wonderful employees. Design Update Before talking about the playtest, we would like to share with you our design updates. We retired […]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
by<\/span> cl5<\/a> <\/span><\/div>
on<\/span> Mar 15<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Week 6 – First Playtest<\/h4><\/a><\/div><\/div>
This week we had our first playtesting at ETC. 9 people participated, and we got a lot very useful feedback! Questionnaire Before the playtest, we designed a questionnaire and asked important questions that we are curious about. Like: Have you noticed that you could do these […]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
by<\/span> cl5<\/a> <\/span><\/div>
on<\/span> Mar 15<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Week 5 – Big Updates!<\/h4><\/a><\/div><\/div>
We have some very exciting big updates we\u2019d like to share! We Decided to Make a \u201cWeb App\u201d! We\u2019ve been thinking about this for weeks – to make an app, or to make a website? Apps would provide better and more consistent user experience, but also […]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
by<\/span> cl5<\/a> <\/span><\/div>
on<\/span> Mar 14<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Week 4 – Quarters Walkaround<\/h4><\/a><\/div><\/div>
This week is \u201cQuarters Walkaround\u201d at ETC. It\u2019s a \u00bc checkpoint for our project. Faculties from ETC visited our project room and gave us many useful feedbacks.  Metrics To help faculties better understand our goal for this project, we came up with a metric for our […]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Week 3 – We have a plan!<\/h4><\/a><\/div><\/div>
This Monday, we came to our client\u2019s office and had a meeting with them about the ideas we came up with last week. It lasted much longer than we expected, but we got many useful feedbacks and now I think we have a much clearer vision […]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
by<\/span> cl5<\/a> <\/span><\/div>
on<\/span> Feb 19<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Week 2 – Brainstorming<\/h4><\/a><\/div><\/div>
This week is a brainstorming week! The team worked on coming up with a lot of ideas about the app and the experience, let\u2019s take a look! Art concept We came up with 4 different art concepts, for our client to choose which one they prefer. […]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
by<\/span> cl5<\/a> <\/span><\/div>
on<\/span> Feb 10<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Week 1 – Semester Starts<\/h4><\/a><\/div><\/div>
A new semester begins! This week we will start our new ETC semester project, working with our client, the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, to develop an interactive experience for attendees of Liftoff PGH 2020 to play at the event. This week, 4 teammates met for the first […]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
by<\/span> cl5<\/a> <\/span><\/div>
on<\/span> Feb 7<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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