Teesside University Computing Project: Fitness Tracking App CIS3004-N

This project outlines the development of a fitness tracking application, designed to help users monitor their health and fitness. The project includes a detailed description of the application's features, such as sleep tracking, exercise tracking, and goal setting, along with the rationale for its development, emphasizing the importance of health monitoring and community support. It investigates areas like feature accuracy, integrity, and security, supported by background research from various sources. The project proposes the use of an agile methodology and discusses the project artefact, which is a smartphone application. The hardware and software requirements, including sensors like gyroscopes, GPS, and heart rate monitors, are also specified. The project adheres to research ethics and includes a bibliography of relevant sources. This project is a valuable resource for students studying computing and related fields, providing a comprehensive overview of the development process and practical considerations for a fitness tracking application.

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FITNESS TRACKING
APPLICATION

INTRODUCTION
The presentation deals with the
development of Fitness tracking application
and the usefulness of the fitness tracking
application and the several aspects that are
related to the development of fitness
tracking application.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The main goal is to develop fitness tracking
application
It will have various features that will help to
track health.
The features include sleep tracking,
exercise tracking and many more
The application can be helpful to athletes
and trainers and normal people

RATIONALE
The motivation to develop this is to help
monitor health
It motivates to lead a healthy life
Motivate the users by offering community
support
It brings a sense of success to the users

AREAS OF INVESTIGATION
The features of the
application need to
be investigated
The integrity and the
security needs to be
investigated
Accuracy of the
features needs to be
investigated

BACKGROUND RESEARCH
Research needs to be done from various
websites
The research needs to be done to see the
deliverables those are required
Research needs to be done on various
applications available

RESEARCH ETHICS
Research should be done according to
ethics
Ethics will not be violated during the
development
Various acts needs to be followed during
the development
The security issues in the project must be
prevented

PROPOSED PROJECT ARTEFACT
The project artefact that is proposed is
fitness tracking application
It can be installed in smartphones
There are various features in the artefact
The features include sleep tracking, setting
goals, food dietary plan and many more.

HARDWARE/SOFTWARE
The application will rely on various sensors
Gyroscopes, compasses and
accelerometers
Global positioning system
Heart rate monitor
Altimeters