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NESIS Mobile App Documentation

One NECSIS project that we are working on is an Android app for General Motors engineers to self-report their interactions with other colleagues at work. The app lets each engineer capture information about a work task/activity/event such as attending a meeting or writing an email, colleagues involved in the task or activity, and where the event takes place. The engineer is in control of logging the data, and we aim to make this process easy. We are including features like autocomplete, large buttons, and drop down lists preloaded with data to make reporting as hassle-free as possible. Our goal is to perform analysis on the gathered data, looking at statistics such as types of tasks, task duration, and types of people most commonly interacted with for different types of tasks. We can then work with GM to suggest improvements in their software development process. We propose to lend a number of Google phones with the app to a group of GM engineers for them to use, and setup a server on-site to gather the data.

FAQ

Q: Something in the app that I think isn't working properly. Can I get a fix for it?

A: Please report bugs by emailing us--more information to come.

Q: I'm curious as to how the app works. Can I see the source code?

A: We are happy to say that the app will be released as some kind of open source software once it's complete. At that point, we will release the source code to the relevant audience.

Q: As someone working at GM, I am concerned about the privacy of my data. Who gets to see what I log?

A: Data logged will be linked to your name, but we only store the data in the server that we set up on-site. In addition, you can edit the data that you log on your phone before sending it to the server.

-- Main.jleong - 17 Aug 2012