Midnight Exchange

Group Members

• Stephanie Chan
• Timothy Peng
• Yang Yang
• TA: Tsung-Hsiang (Sean) Chang

Problem Statement

BACKGROUND:

"Midnights" are daily chores that the brothers of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity are assigned in order to keep the house clean. They include Kitchens, Pots, Dishes, Dinings, Commons, Bathrooms, and Waitings. Brothers earn points after completing midnights, which factor into an algorithm that determines their future midnights. The algorithm will assign Midnights more frequently to brothers with less points. Midnights for an entire week are posted on the Sunday of the previous week. If brothers are assigned Midnights that they cannot make due to other commitments, it is their responsibility to trade with other brothers. The lack of an open market for trading Midnights creates significant dead weight loss.

GR1 - Task Analysis

Task Analysis

GR2 - Designs

Designs

GR3 - Paper Prototyping

Paper Prototype

GR4 - Computer Prototyping

URL: http://web.mit.edu/stepcie/Public/MidEx

Requirements:

• Browser: Firefox 3 or Chrome
• Screen Resolution: at least 1024x768

Notes:

• Login is done with MIT certificate. When accessing the page, assume that has already been done.
• The items on the Home page, the prices in the quotes table, and the prices in the watchlist are static and won't change if the user buys/sells labor
• The watchlist doesn't update if items are added or deleted (There is a message at the bottom that will tell you if you successfully added/deleted an item on the list).
• The prices in the pop-up menus do not reflect the prices on the quotes table

GR5 - Computer Prototyping

https://stepcie.scripts.mit.edu:444/index.php

GR6 - User Testing

User Testing