Project Plan for Waste Tracking App

Project Plan on Roadmap

Project Title: Waste Tracking App

Project Objective:

Develop a gamified platform designed to help individuals and communities track, reduce, and share progress in waste reduction. The platform encourages sustainable behaviors through goal setting, community challenges, and eco-friendly recommendations.

Key Features:

Waste Tracking:

Users can log their waste by category (e.g., plastic, food, electronics) and monitor their reduction progress through visual reports. Goal Setting: Users set personal waste reduction goals and receive notifications to stay on track.

Community Challenges:

Participants can join or create challenges to compete in reducing waste collectively. Points are awarded for completing challenges.

Recommendations & Tips:

The platform provides eco-friendly product recommendations and sustainability tips based on user activity.

Leaderboards:

Visual leaderboards promote friendly competition, displaying top performers in waste reduction within the community.

Target Audience:

Individuals looking to adopt sustainable habits. Schools, businesses, and organizations aiming to engage their members in collective waste reduction efforts. Eco-conscious communities interested in tracking and sharing progress.

Timeline:

22 February-5 March: Selected the project topic and discussed potential features, prepared initial scenarios, elicitation questions, and discussed possible tech stacks.

5 March - 12 March: Conducted requirement elicitation by interviewing stakeholders and refining the elicitation questions.

12 March - 18 April: Completed mockups, class diagrams, UML diagrams, and finalized the system architecture.

18 April - 22 April: Formed backend, frontend, and mobile groups; discussed and finalized tech stack (Django, React Native, PostgreSQL).

22 April: Started coding the application; set up repositories and initial project structure.

22 April - 10 May: Implemented authentication, login, waste tracking, and goal setting modules; frontend and mobile teams integrated these features.

10 May - 15 May: Implemented challenge module and community recommendations; frontend team has yet to integrate these features.

Methodology:

SDLC Methodology: Agile, with sprints focused on specific features (authentication, challenges, recommendations). Project Management Tools: GitHub for issue tracking and documentation, Figma for mockups and UI design.

Technical Stack:

Backend: Django, DRF

Frontend: React, CSS

Database: PostgreSQL

Version Control: GitHub

Implementation Details:

The recommendations module provides tips based on user behavior, waste categories, and goal progress. Testing and Deployment: Unit and integration tests will be written for all modules, including recommendations. Deployment will follow a CI/CD pipeline on GitHub Actions.

Next Steps:

Complete testing for community and recommendations module. Frontend integration for challenge and recommendation features. Implement additional user analytics for community engagement.

Expected Outcomes from the App:

Increased awareness of personal and community waste levels. Positive behavioral changes through gamified challenges. Active engagement in sustainability practices through goal setting and shared tips.