Scope: Human-Computer Interaction Project
 by Andrew Jackson, Joey Jezioro, Abhijeet Jhala, Aaron Kaluszka
Planning - Root Concept
Description
Scope, an integrated notification alert program, has the potential to impact a wide variety of different and unique groups of people. The root concept below was developed to help identify and describe these many stakeholders, as well as to capture the main essence of the project.

Artifact
Component Contribution to root concept
High Level Vision Provide a tool that will summarize and centralize notifications on users PCs
Basic Rationale Current notification systems are not integrated, which can result in negative outcomes, such as confusion and missed deadlines. Scope has the opportunity to solve these problems.
Stakeholder groups:
Business professionals: Schedule and make meetings, budget time
Students: Complete school work, manage extracurricular activities
Professors: Make meetings, make research deadlines, complete class-related work
Starting assumptions:
  • Current systems will integrate with Scope
  • Users will be willing to learn new software
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