Inception

Exercises


Form teams of 4-6 students for the following exrecises

Inception

time: 30 min

Imagine you want to build an information system for an airport. This system should support the typical workflows found at an airport like checking-in, boarding, baggage management, etc.Collect ideas about what functionalities you would expect from an airport information system. Collecting the ideas use the following workflow:

  1. Choose a team member to protocol your results. This person should write down all important ideas you find during the process.
  2. Every team member gets 3-5 Cards and writes her/his ideas about what are important features in the system on this cards. Restrict yourself to one idea per card. Just give a very short description (1-5 words).
  3. Collect the cards produced in your team and attach them to the board you are assigned.
  4. Discuss in the team which of the proposed functionalities belong together into one group. Move your cards on the board acording to this grouping.
  5. Define a title for each of the card groups and write a extra card for this title.
  6. Protocol the results of the discussion
  7. Inspect the results of the other teams and compare them to your own outcome.

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Home of the Java Course Claudia Niederée, nov 1998