2019 F Project Problem Description
Warning: this is subject to change!
You are to design and implement a simple, attractive, and easy-to-use Android application to satisfy the follow goals. Your design must be flexible enough to allow developers to extend or migrate it.
To assist in understanding the emotional states and triggers of individuals and groups, we want a mobile application that allows one to post, track, and share their moods.
For university students or staff that participate in using the app, this could allow a clearer picture of their experiences, perceptions, and mental well-being in the face of challenges in academic life.
Needs in (Partial) User Story Form
User needs are expressed in the form of partial user stories:
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These descriptions may change to correct omissions, clarify noticed issues, and add new needs. Talk to the customer and propose options, rather than making what might be an unwarranted assumption or interpretation.
Moods
US 01.01.01 As a participant, I want to add a mood event to my mood history, each event with the current date and time, a required emotional state, optional reason, and optional social situation.
US 01.02.01 As a participant, I want consistent emoticons and colors to depict and distinguish the emotional states in any view.
US 01.03.01 As a participant, I want to view a given mood event and all its available details.
US 01.04.01 As a participant, I want to edit the details of a given mood event of mine.
US 01.05.01 As a participant, I want to delete a given mood event of mine.
Other Mood Details
US 02.01.01 As a participant, I want to express the reason why for a mood event using a brief textual explanation (no more than 20 characters or 3 words).
US 02.02.01 As a participant, I want to express the reason why for a mood event using a photograph.
US 02.03.01 As a participant, I want to specify the social situation for a mood event to be one of: alone, with one other person, with two to several people, or with a crowd.
Profile
US 03.01.01 As a user, I want a profile with a unique username.
Mood History
US 04.01.01 As a participant, I want to view as a list my mood history, sorted by date and time, in reverse chronological order (most recent coming first).
US 04.02.01 As a participant, I want to filter my mood history list to show only mood events with a particular emotional state.
Mood Following and Sharing
US 05.01.01 As a participant, I want to ask another participant to follow their most recent mood event.
US 05.02.01 As a participant, I want to grant another participant permission to follow my most recent mood event.
US 05.03.01 As a participant, I want to view as a list the most recent mood events of the other participants I am granted to follow, sorted by date and time, in reverse chronological order (most recent coming first).
Geolocation and Maps
US 06.01.01 As a participant, I want to optionally attach my current location to a mood event.
US 06.02.01 As a participant, I want to see a map of the mood events (showing their emotional states) from my mood history list (that have locations).
US 06.03.01 As a participant, I want to see a map of the mood events (showing their emotional states and the username) from my mood following list (that have locations).