Autism Society of America - Greater Georgia Chapter Wiki

= Master of Internet Technology Project =

Terry Business College

University of Georgia

Client: Autism Society of America - Greater Georgia Chapter

Date of project inception: August 22, 2006

Proposed date of project completion: April 5, 2007

Project Sponsors:


 * Dr. Gregory Abowd, Management Sponsor
 * Scott Bales, Technical Sponsor

Project Contributors:


 * Dr. Brand Niemann
 * Dr. Kevin Ayers

Project Development Team


 * Rhonda Gantt
 * Charlie Gunti
 * Jun Gi Ha
 * Mike Mixon
 * Jeremy Sanderlin

Project Advisors


 * Dr. Mark Huber
 * Dr. Dan Everett

= Section 1 - Project Schedule =

2006


 * Aug 24 - Initial meeting with sponsors
 * Sep 5 - Agree upon preliminary scope
 * Sep 19 - Create page mock-ups and agree upon major functions
 * Oct 3 - DRAFT submission of work breakdown structure and submission of 1st coding block
 * Oct 17 - Submission of 2nd coding block
 * Oct 31 - Submission of 3rd coding block
 * Nov 7 - Submission of 4th coding block
 * Nov 21 - Submission of 5th coding block
 * Dec 3 - Submission of final coding block

2007


 * Feb 1 - Submission of 1st draft of project
 * Mar 8 - Submission of 2nd draft of project
 * Apr 5 - Final submission of project

= Section 2 Design Strategy Outline =


 * What is the general goal of this project?


 * What steps must we take to achieve this goal?


 * How shall we prioritize these steps?
 * There are two main categories of people that this project can target
 * Helpers of those with Autism
 * People with Autism
 * What technologies do we need?
 * Can we agree on a pilot project using this technology?
 * Who is most likely to benefit from technology?
 * Who else has tackled this problem and how far have they come?

= Section 3 Project Scope =

Please make additions/revisions to this section. We must agree upon a scope for this project that can be accomplished within the time and resource constraints of the development team.

Scope as of 2006-09-06


 * Create framework for uploading online courses
 * We need to define exactly what framework entails
 * Database modeling & creation
 * DB interface module design & creation


 * Create a community support forum
 * Database modeling & creation
 * Client/Admin interface design & creation


 * Perform GIS component investigation
 * Grant proposal by Terry
 * Viability of site hosting by Terry

= Section 3a Discussion of Scope =

Contribution by Scott Bales
 * I regard ArcGIS Arc Server as the comprehensive internet technology solution of the emerging future. From what I have observed from seminars and reading on this internet technology, it is designed for all possible internet technology applications GIS or otherwise.


 * ArcGIS ArcServer is designed to have an unlimited number of simultaneous users, the limitations are supposed to be the hardware, not the software. The software developer tools supposedly are robust to build all possible internet applications uaing computer industry standard programming languages.  In regards to applications involving GIS, I may be able to build them using Microsoft Access for the Project Team to then import into Oracle, etc.

= Section 4 Proposed Modules by Development Team =

Public Interface Module {nid 38LN}


 * Diagnostic questionnaire for assistance in diagnoses and classification of an autistic individual.
 * Database of autistic individuals for interface with other modules
 * Online classroom/tutorials


 * Provide skill teaching for all individuals on spectrum
 * Dynamic interface for creating visually stimulating tutorials by non-technical individuals


 * ArcGIS Module


 * Further discussion must be help regarding the content, purpose, function, & cost of this module.


 * Community forum module to be used as a social networking/support tool by all people affected by autism.

Private Interface


 * Application tutorial on how to use and maintain the entire information system.
 * Personalized webspace for members that links to other appropriate modules.

= Section 5 Questions on Project-Specifics =


 * What will the potential stakeholders use this site for? Visualization Exercise:


 * Individual with autism: The system should help the individual develop independent living skills
 * Sibling
 * Parent:
 * Be able to lookup community resources. Find activities for their autistic children. Inform parents of their basic rights
 * Teacher
 * Employer
 * Advocate
 * Policy-Maker
 * Friend
 * Researcher
 * Preditor


 * Where are the lines of security protecting the information in this system?

= Meeting Agenda: 9/5/2006 =

Meeting Agenda: 9/5/2006


 * 1. Review of Previous Meeting
 * 2. Review of information provided on wiki
 * 3. Summary of need for reduction of scope
 * 4. Proposal of components
 * 5. Negotiation with client
 * 6. Preliminary scope agreement