These last two weeks have been pretty wild. As I stated as the goal of my last post, I wanted to finish up the design report on Monday as my goal for the week. This ended up taking both of Monday and Tuesday, as we had a sick member of our team. We got a PDF for feedback, with a couple points highlighted. I think it will be beneficial to discuss it with our mentor and TA(s), since the scan did not turn out that well. One thing I noted was that we increased the 60 seconds for music changing to 90 seconds, as we believe that long-distance runners will prefer less warping. Furthermore, from testing, we are aware that a minimum of 60 seconds is needed for accurate pace measurements, with more time preferred.
Our group is currently in discussion on how to proceed with our project in light of COVID-19. Our group members will no longer be on campus, so we will need to be more careful with how we coordinate pieces of the project. The virus has introduced a couple dangers to our project. For one, we will need to reevaluate our team member responsibilities. The previous division of tasks assumed that we could have face-to-face meetings, but now that is not possible. Another pain point will be the integration phase, as we cannot physically meet. Finally, testing will have to be reevaluated, since each member will need individual testing equipment and a complete repository of the project.
This week, we will be hashing out all of these ideas. Individually, I plan on creating the new UI for the main page of the app.