Week 8 (part 2/2) - Prototype and presentation

WEEK 8

On Friday we held one more presentation to some other groups. This time the presentation was more about the prototype, that we have been working with during the last week.

Linda and other Computer Science students did a great job while making an actual app, that for example uses google maps in order to provide a view of the available poles on map. Our prototype includes at the moment a login screen, a map, a possibility to search, examine and reserve charging stations plus a payment system and some other features like different side bars and menus to showcase the user interface.

Here are some screenshots of the UI:

The presentation

Our presentation including all the questions from the audience is available on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xihZux8qtOY&feature=youtu.be

As been told, Matias' computer broke up suddenly only hours before the show. Thus, we were not able to show any slides during the presentation, which was a shame.

However, all together the presantion went quite well. We had rehearsed our parts and what we wanted to say, so the speaking part went pretty smoothly, even though there were some difficulties at the beginning. We stated clearly who we are and what we do.

Still, it was a clear mistake to stand in front of the screen so that some of the audience could not see the presantion of the app. We focused too much on the functionalities and not the story and what was cool in the app. We also have to be more lively and practice the use of our body language.

The audience asked some really tough questions and we were not able to answer all of them very convincingly. In our opinion, we have to once more clarify our concept as a group, so issues like verification of the client are clear to all of us. Only after that we are also able to present to the audience. Tuomo gave an usefull advice as well: Sometimes our group should not try give an answer, especially if we are not sure about it. In those cases an answer like "We will figure it out" would be much safer and give a better image of our group.

During week 9 we will develop our app and code some more features to it. It is also time to think about the presentation, the poster and other such things. This week was a really tough one, including all the technical difficulties. Hopefully next week will be a bit better and what would a better way to start it than go and buy a new laptop!

- Matias