The past couple of weeks saw substantial development progress, although the work isn’t as visible as in previous cycles. Also, a change at NABUUR: After much consideration, our programmer James has decided to pursue a position with another company, leaving us to say goodbye to a skilled colleague. He will be missed, and we wish him well in his new job. A vacancy for James’ replacement has been advertised, and we’re currently speaking to suitable candidates. In the meantime, the work continues and Rolf Kleef has taken on the lead role in the website redesign.

So, what’s happened since the last time around?

As a ‘user’, I want to…

The general format for specifying desired functionality for each role (neighbour, facilitator, local representative) will be a “user story”. The idea is to describe what the site should do for what type of user, and also why (what value does it have), from the perspective of the user. This will result in a long list of user stories. The stories will have varying priorities, and also varying complexity and time required to implement them.
The user stories are visible on the issue tracker. You must sign up first: http://issues.nabuurtest.com/login_page.php

Working on the visuals

We started to work on wireframes (a techie word for a guide suggesting layout and placement of design elements) for the different components of the website. Using the different user stories, and taking cues from other websites (including Mothersclick.com) the whole picture is starting to come together.

Curious? The wireframes will be posted here within the next two weeks so make sure you come back.

Prioritizing for the next cycle

Once we’ve assigned priorities to the user stories, the objectives for the next iteration will be clearly identified. We’ll keep you informed so watch this space.

That’s it for now, but much more is on its way. As always your input and help is much appreciated and needed, so keep those comments coming.

Until soon,

The NABUUR Team