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URCSSA Website Building

Chinese Students and Scholars Association
at University of Richmond

urcssa mockup

TEAM

Kevin Chen, Han Gao,
Jason Fan, Sirui Zhou, Minru Zhao

MY ROLE

Design Lead

TOOLS & METHODS

Photoshop, Slack, Agile,
IBM Bluemix, Github/Zenhub

DURATION

Jun 2016 - July 2016

Design Process

Facing a deadline five weeks away, we divided our tasks into two sprints, each guided by many discrete tasks that pushed the process forward.

design process

Goals & Challenges

information hub

To serve as an information hub for incoming international students from China, in addtion to the current unviersity website.

disseminate info

To better disseminate information to international students and to help them better utilize campus resources and smoothly transit to college.

team location

Team distributed in China, Australia, and the U.S., all with limited availabilities but facing a tight deadline.

no experience

No prior website development experience or front-end coding skills for the team.

Scrum Process

With help from Agile, a powerful project management approach, and a varity of whiteboard tools (Github, Zenhub, Slack), our team carved out a plan that was divided in sprints and guided by tasks.

github/zenhub

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Wireframing

Sitemap

sitemap

Sketches and Wireframes

wireframe sketch

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Implementation

With school starting and the five of our team members resuming our academic career, Agile allows us to make continuous improvements throughout the semester, as we design, plan, and implement user stories while they related to mobile clients and user interface.

urcssa mockup

If you are interested, check out our working website here.

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