Critical Report of the Development Process

Contents
1 Introduction............................................................................................................. 3
2 Major project steps.................................................................................................. 3
3 Most important lessons........................................................................................... 4
4 Group dynamics...................................................................................................... 4
5 Most enjoyable aspect............................................................................................. 4
6 Improvements......................................................................................................... 4
7 Monetization............................................................................................................ 7
8 Platform................................................................................................................... 7
Conclusion.................................................................................................................. 7
References................................................................................................................. 7

1 Introduction
This report presents the critical report of the development process of the FFBF
android app. It discusses the lessons and challenges faced throughout the project
individually and from working as a group. It discusses the areas that project
succeeded and the areas that the project failed or did not meet initial expectations
and how they can be done better in future.
2 Major project steps
The major project steps of the project are the phases from the start of the project
up to the end of the project; The following project phases were followed during the
project life cycle;
 Project planning- This was the first stage of the project and involved coming
up with a project plan which will be followed to implement the project. The
process of coming up with a project plan involved coming up with the
following components (Bernie Roseke, 2016);
o Scope of the project- This involved defining the scope of the project on
the basis of the requirements of the project as this is a school project.
o Critical success factors- This involved defining the critical success
factors that were going to evaluate whether or not the project is a
success.
o Deliverables- This involved coming up with a set of deliverables that
were going to be delivered at different timeframes of the project
lifecycle. For example, at the end of the project development life cycle,
a complete working android app was required as the deliverable.
o Work breakdown structure- This involved breaking down the project
into
o Project schedule- The project schedule is the timeline of the different
activities that will be carried out through the project within a defined
period of time. Each project activity was allocated a specific timeframe
and the project team members were supposed to adhere to the project
schedule in order to complete all the activities on time.
 Requirements analysis- This stage of the project involved coming up with the
requirements of the system from analyzing the requirements document
provided for the project (Bonnie, 2018). Analysis of the requirements helps to
come up with a set of functional requirements which define what the end
users expect of the application and the non-functional requirements that
explain how the functional requirements are expected to work. This stage of
the project is documented using diagrams like wireframes and UML diagrams.
 Designing and prototyping- This phase of the project uses the documented
set of requirements to propose probable designs for different interfaces of
the application. This stage also involves designing the database that will be
used for the proposed application. Since the proposed application used
firebase, designing the database only involved designing the data structures