1. Nathan Nash
ITGM 748
Professor SuAnne Fu
Gap Analysis

2. Nathan Nash | ITGM 748 | Professor SuAnne Fu | Gap Analysis
Gap Analysis
Key Objectives Assesment
(current state % incomplete/complete)
Tasks (and outcome)
Improve and finalize application design Design outcomes
Collect user research Research outcomes
Complete written component Writing outcomes
Gather thesis committee Comittee outcomes
• Create a more native prototype experience
• Develop usability testing protocol
• Finish literature review
• Ask professors to be on my thesis committee
• Design Interactions
• Develop a style guide for the application
• Develop a landing page
• Develop misc. deliverables
• Run usability sessions
• Run thesis statement validation study
• Develop personas
• Develop remaining sections
16%
30%
90%
22%
30%
0%
60%
0%
0%
25%
25%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
• Behavior guidelines
• User stories
• Thesis paper
• Thesis defense
• Insights
• Persona posters
• Storyboards
• Use cases and scenarios
• Brand bible/design document
• Finished hi-fidelity prototype
• App website with ‘coming soon’ link
Incomplete Complete
Requirements for thesis completion

3. Nathan Nash | ITGM 748 | Professor SuAnne Fu | Gap Analysis
Gap Analysis
Key Objectives Assesment
(current state % incomplete/complete)
Tasks (and outcome)
Improve and finalize application design Design outcomes
Collect user research Research outcomes
Complete written component Writing outcomes
Gather thesis committee Comittee outcomes
• Create a more native prototype experience
• Develop usability testing protocol
• Finish literature review
• Ask professors to be on my thesis committee
• Design Interactions
• Develop a style guide for the application
• Develop a landing page
• Develop misc. deliverables
• Run usability sessions
• Run thesis statement validation study
• Develop personas
• Develop remaining sections
16%
30%
90%
22%
30%
0%
60%
0%
0%
25%
25%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
• Behavior guidelines
• User stories
• Thesis paper
• Thesis defense
• Insights
• Persona posters
• Storyboards
• Use cases and scenarios
• Brand bible/design document
• Finished hi-fidelity prototype
• App website with ‘coming soon’ link
Incomplete Complete
1

4. Nathan Nash | ITGM 748 | Professor SuAnne Fu | Gap Analysis
Gap Analysis
Key Objectives Assesment
(current state % incomplete/complete)
Tasks (and outcome)
Improve and finalize application design Design outcomes
Collect user research Research outcomes
Complete written component Writing outcomes
Gather thesis committee Comittee outcomes
• Create a more native prototype experience
• Develop usability testing protocol
• Finish literature review
• Ask professors to be on my thesis committee
• Design Interactions
• Develop a style guide for the application
• Develop a landing page
• Develop misc. deliverables
• Run usability sessions
• Run thesis statement validation study
• Develop personas
• Develop remaining sections
16%
30%
90%
22%
30%
0%
60%
0%
0%
25%
25%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
• Behavior guidelines
• User stories
• Thesis paper
• Thesis defense
• Insights
• Persona posters
• Storyboards
• Use cases and scenarios
• Brand bible/design document
• Finished hi-fidelity prototype
• App website with ‘coming soon’ link
Incomplete Complete
1
2

5. Nathan Nash | ITGM 748 | Professor SuAnne Fu | Gap Analysis
Gap Analysis
Key Objectives Assesment
(current state % incomplete/complete)
Tasks (and outcome)
Improve and finalize application design Design outcomes
Collect user research Research outcomes
Complete written component Writing outcomes
Gather thesis committee Comittee outcomes
• Create a more native prototype experience
• Develop usability testing protocol
• Finish literature review
• Ask professors to be on my thesis committee
• Design Interactions
• Develop a style guide for the application
• Develop a landing page
• Develop misc. deliverables
• Run usability sessions
• Run thesis statement validation study
• Develop personas
• Develop remaining sections
16%
30%
90%
22%
30%
0%
60%
0%
0%
25%
25%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
• Behavior guidelines
• User stories
• Thesis paper
• Thesis defense
• Insights
• Persona posters
• Storyboards
• Use cases and scenarios
• Brand bible/design document
• Finished hi-fidelity prototype
• App website with ‘coming soon’ link
Incomplete Complete
1
2
3

6. Nathan Nash | ITGM 748 | Professor SuAnne Fu | Gap Analysis
Gap Analysis
Key Objectives Assesment
(current state % incomplete/complete)
Tasks (and outcome)
Improve and finalize application design Design outcomes
Collect user research Research outcomes
Complete written component Writing outcomes
Gather thesis committee Comittee outcomes
• Create a more native prototype experience
• Develop usability testing protocol
• Finish literature review
• Ask professors to be on my thesis committee
• Design Interactions
• Develop a style guide for the application
• Develop a landing page
• Develop misc. deliverables
• Run usability sessions
• Run thesis statement validation study
• Develop personas
• Develop remaining sections
16%
30%
90%
22%
30%
0%
60%
0%
0%
25%
25%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
• Behavior guidelines
• User stories
• Thesis paper
• Thesis defense
• Insights
• Persona posters
• Storyboards
• Use cases and scenarios
• Brand bible/design document
• Finished hi-fidelity prototype
• App website with ‘coming soon’ link
Incomplete Complete
1
2
3
4

7. Key objectives breakdown

8. Nathan Nash | ITGM 748 | Professor SuAnne Fu | Gap Analysis
1. Improve & finalize design
2. Collect user research
3. Gather thesis committee
4. Complete written component
Key Objectives

9. Nathan Nash | ITGM 748 | Professor SuAnne Fu | Gap Analysis
1. Improve & finalize design
2. Collect user research
3. Gather thesis committee
4. Complete written component
Key Objectives

10. Nathan Nash | ITGM 748 | Professor SuAnne Fu | Gap Analysis
Prototyping Tools
Framer.js
Facebook Origami
Ionic Framework

11. Nathan Nash | ITGM 748 | Professor SuAnne Fu | Gap Analysis
Prototyping Tools
Pros
• Built on quartz composer
• 100% native animations & transitions
• Drag and drop, no coding
Cons
• No remote preview
• Mac only
• No support for android
Pros
• Uses web technologies
• Photoshop integration
• Platform agnostic
Cons
• Incompatible with phonegap build
• No components

12. Nathan Nash | ITGM 748 | Professor SuAnne Fu | Gap Analysis
Prototyping Tools
Pros
• HTML5 + CSS3 framework for web
apps
• Works with phonegap build
• Component library
• Project Gold = App store
Cons
• Building components and templates is
time consuming

13. Nathan Nash | ITGM 748 | Professor SuAnne Fu | Gap Analysis
1. Improve & finalize design
2. Collect user research
3. Gather thesis committee
4. Complete written component
Gap Analysis

14. Nathan Nash | ITGM 748 | Professor SuAnne Fu | Gap Analysis
1. Improve & finalize design
2. Collect user research
3. Gather thesis committee
4. Complete written component
Gap Analysis

15. Nathan Nash | ITGM 748 | Professor SuAnne Fu | Gap Analysis
1. Improve & finalize design
2. Collect user research
3. Gather thesis committee
4. Complete written component
Gap Analysis