Need HELP for a Scenario Question for Class for Senior Programmers:
Hi, I'm totally new to the programming an app experience, but I have a scenario that I probably need an experienced programmer to help me with. An instructor of a class that appears to emphasize project management more than programming has presented a scenario to our group which we are having a hard time figuring out the answer. The scenario is as follows:
Say you are creating an app for a marathon runner. What the instructor wants is an app that tracks a runner's progress in a marathon. As a marathon runner, you have a bib that has a timing RFID chip embedded inside and it keeps accurate time after you cross certain waypoints. The chip apparently also has all your basic ID information such as Name, DOB, Address, inside. She wants us to create an app that logs your time into the app and then it also calculates and logs your split times that tell you how fast your going and calculates an optimal pace for you and even tracks heartbeat monitor...possibly GPS implementation.
Now what the instructor wants is to ask us these questions: How would we proceed as a working first goal prototype to show to the customer in a short span...say 1-2 months and how long would it take you to finish the first step?
As an example, our first goal in creating a working prototype would just show we are successful in transferring run times into the Android phone from the chip or from the internet. We came up with we would try to figure out how the RFID Chip works and take the time info and make it transfer directly to the phone. Or we could contact the marathon promoters who may have a database that logs accurate times for the runners, we could just take it from the internet and transfer it into the app. I don't even know if these are viable and realistic first steps.
Then, let's pretend we know a mediocre amount of Java, so it would take us possibly 3-4 weeks(perhaps more?) to understand how App programming works and understand how to create an interface? Then maybe another 3 weeks to get it to a work with the chip? I really don't know...that's why I need some realistic understanding on how to approach this. Just need some guidance and opinions.
Hi, I'm totally new to the programming an app experience, but I have a scenario that I probably need an experienced programmer to help me with. An instructor of a class that appears to emphasize project management more than programming has presented a scenario to our group which we are having a hard time figuring out the answer. The scenario is as follows:
Say you are creating an app for a marathon runner. What the instructor wants is an app that tracks a runner's progress in a marathon. As a marathon runner, you have a bib that has a timing RFID chip embedded inside and it keeps accurate time after you cross certain waypoints. The chip apparently also has all your basic ID information such as Name, DOB, Address, inside. She wants us to create an app that logs your time into the app and then it also calculates and logs your split times that tell you how fast your going and calculates an optimal pace for you and even tracks heartbeat monitor...possibly GPS implementation.
Now what the instructor wants is to ask us these questions: How would we proceed as a working first goal prototype to show to the customer in a short span...say 1-2 months and how long would it take you to finish the first step?
As an example, our first goal in creating a working prototype would just show we are successful in transferring run times into the Android phone from the chip or from the internet. We came up with we would try to figure out how the RFID Chip works and take the time info and make it transfer directly to the phone. Or we could contact the marathon promoters who may have a database that logs accurate times for the runners, we could just take it from the internet and transfer it into the app. I don't even know if these are viable and realistic first steps.
Then, let's pretend we know a mediocre amount of Java, so it would take us possibly 3-4 weeks(perhaps more?) to understand how App programming works and understand how to create an interface? Then maybe another 3 weeks to get it to a work with the chip? I really don't know...that's why I need some realistic understanding on how to approach this. Just need some guidance and opinions.
