What is Penpal?
The purpose of the Pen Pals project is to connect international students as well as students interested in studying abroad with resources and with each other in order to better prepare them for academic and social life in other countries.
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Goals:
-Create an iteractive platform for international and exchange students.
-Understand the needs of the students.
-Promote our 'product' to larger audiences.
Objectives:
-Arrange meetings with our group and stakeholders
-Conduct surveys and interviews with international students
-Find a software engineer to develop the platform. Decide what kind of technical and creative elements should the website/app have
Strategies:
-Communication: Heavy on collaboration and centralized meetings.
-Tracking system: Use an online platform to keep in track who did what and needs of the team.
-Report: Get feedback from stakeholders(C4 team, PenPal team, students)
Tactics:
- Meet at least three times a week and once in every to weeks with the Penpal partners.
-Use a website called "Trello" to keep track of who did what and the needs of the team.
-Talk one on one with our 'point person' from C4 class.
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Challenges we might face throughout this project:
-Keeping Teams on The Same Page
-Poorly Defining the Goals And Objectives
-Unrealistic Deadlines
-Finding The Right Software Engineer
-Great expectations
-Communication May Cause Conflicts
-Low engagement
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Each of our team members has different interests and capabilities. In the previous page, challenges listed for the Penpal team. The next list will be about possible solutions to these challenges that the team members can contribute.
Zoe has great communication skills. She demonstrates an understanding of the real challenges of the project, understands the real issues within the team who must deliver the project as well as understanding the issues of the sponsors whom the team delivers the project for. She is always present, visible and engaged with everyone.
Ilayda's background with media production can contribute to the design and content creation phases. She developed strong skills in media technologies such as social media management, content creation, video editing, and graphic design software. In addition to this, she worked in marketing industries that may help to promote/advertising part of the project.
Min can contribute one of the most critical and important parts called "research". Min is an international student, therefore, she encounters the needs and wants of the students first hand. Our team needs to understand what international and exchange students are experiencing and Min can bring us this knowledge.
-Project Ideation
-Project Description
-Research phase
-Software engineer
-Time
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-Project management plan
-Communication plan
-Budget baseline
-Creation of a platform (Website or app)
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