group8A

__**Group Resume**__

Sara Abdelshahid – 4th year student in CCIT and Human Geography. //Skills:// -Adobe Suite technical and design thinking skills -Social Research Methods. Including survey experience.

Vinay Parujanwala – 4th year student in CCIT and Political Science. //Skills:// - Adobe Suite technical and design thinking skills. - Leadership and Management experience.

Savraj Lota – 4th year student in CCIT and Economics. //Skills:// - Adobe Suite Technical and Design Thinking Skills. - Time Management, Organization and Planning

Caroline Bosgoed //Skills://

//Responsibilities// 1) Team meetings; planning and organizing meetings. 2) Maintaining Wikispaces; feedback management 3) Input into Design, design changes and modifications. Brainstorming. 4) Equally divided work 5) Individual responsibilities will be taken into account, further into the project. //Rules// 1) Polite, respectful, and honest towards others. 2) Punctual 3) Open to others (ideas, criticism)
 * Shared/Team Responsibilities and Rules:**

__**PACT Analysis (People, Activity, Context, Technology)**__


 * Idea**

Re-design the physical Public Bus, which includes a better interior layout and enhancing the user experience. In addition to creating a GPS bus communication platform allowing users to be well informed of bus locations.


 * People**

We are targeting public bus users, taking into consideration all ages (Elderly, middle-age, students, youth and parents). Our objective is to enhance the experience people incur while commuting; this includes the experience in the bus and waiting for the bus.


 * Activities**

The re-design will focus at achieving two goals. Firstly, a better user experience specifically by introducing a new seating arrangement with adjustable seats and new rail design to accommodate the safety & comfort of those standing. Secondly, to implement a GPS tracking system on the busses for commuters informing them of bus locations, delay’s and approximate time of arrivals. At each bus stop this information can be received through the mounted information display.


 * Context**

Current Problems: 1) Seating – it is not adjustable. 2) Rails – placement issues, causes exhaustion for the arm. 3) Buttons – not enough of them, placement issues as well. 4) Bus Stops – no information display (static maps/information)


 * Technology**

For the interior of the bus, we will be using pre-existing push button technology to indicate “stop requested.” We will also implement a display system that will provide users of the necessary information. There will also be a G.P.S tracker on each bus.

At the bus stops there will be a G.P.S receiver and that will allow the wall-mounted LCD displays to show information.