"Activism Portal" (working title)

Group Members

• Michael Glombicki (mglombi@mit.edu)
• Daniel Hawkins (hwkns@mit.edu)
• Tyler Thompson (wilo@mit.edu)
• TA: _ ()

Problem Statement

Due to their organic nature, activists groups are often disorganized and take significant effort to plan rallies or protests. Furthermore it is sometimes difficult for interested activists as potential recruits to find an event that fits their cause of choice. Without a common medium for like-minded activists, current events must be organized haphazardly with social networking tools.

Target Users

• Activists
• Event Organizers
• Potential Activists (people who care about a cause but would not necessarily call them selves activists).

Proposed Solution

A centralized medium for activist to find events that best fit their preferred causes.

GR1 - Task Analysis

There are three main features to our Activism Program that will satisfy a majority of our users' needs:

• View existing events
• Create new events
• Provide a layer of security

View existing events:

• Goal: Allow the user to easily sort, filter, and view existing events
  • Subtask: Navigate to Google Maps widget
  • Subtask: Select filters
  • Subtask: View event's information
    •  Precondition: Have clicked on that group's pin on the map or name on the list

Create new events:

• Goal: Allow the user to create new events
  • Subtask: Navigate to Create Event page
    • Precondition: Logged in
  • Subtask: Fill in event information (name, location, date, etc.)
  • Subtask: Hit Add Event button
    • Precondition: Required information present
    • Precondition: Must have permission to create event for listed group

Provide a layer of security:

• Goal: Allow the creator of an event to restrict viewership
  • Subtask: Log in
    • Precondition: Must have an account
  • Subtask: View restricted events
    • Precondition: Must be added to the 'viewers' (or better) list for that event
  • Subtask: Create restricted events

GR2 - Designs

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GR3 - Paper Prototyping

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GR4 - Computer Prototyping

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GR5 - Implementation

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GR6 - User Testing

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