FinishLine Mobile

[naishahmistry]

Overview

FinishLine Mobile is an adapted version of FinishLine Desktop that allows members to use it on the go, especially at events such as test days and during competition. This initiative aims to make FinishLine more compatible to Mobile so that members can easily view the Home, Calendar, Finance, Statistics, Gantt Chart, and Projects pages in an adapted version that is clear and easy to use.

Stakeholders

Product Stakeholder: @naishahmistry, @risahilinski, @Diykum573
Software Stakeholder: Sean Walker, Chris Pyle
Reference Users: Matthew Clarke, Kevin Giordano, Ally Kolesar, Abby Speckhals

User Story

1. As an engineer, I want to engage with project-specific and general Gantt Chart views so that I can follow and update timelines on the go.
2. As a lead/head, I want to be able to see the change requests so that I can quickly review and approve them
3. As a member of the finance team, I want to be able to access the budget so that I am made aware of any changes and can review them in real time.
4. As a user in any role, I want to be able to access my project pages, review project spending, and review task and work package statuses at any time.
5. As a user in any role, I want to be able to submit and view the status of my reimbursement requests so that I can easily follow up on them and expedite the reimbursement process.
6. As a user in any role, I want to see the calendar on my phone so that I can easily access the schedule for all my meetings, design reviews, and bay times.

Success Metrics

The success of the FinishLine Mobile edits will be evident when the team can effectively use FinishLine on Mobile devices to further incorporate FinishLine into all members' workflows. This includes reviewing tasks and change requests, viewing the calendar and their events, seeing updates to the budget, and quickly making reimbursement requests.

Rollout Plan

This feature is projected to complete the design process by Dec. 20, 2025, and will be released to the development team in January 2025. The Heads and E-Board will be asked to test this feature in May 2026. This feature is expected to be fully adopted by June 2025 (by FHE/FSAE competitions).

Out of Scope

The retrospective was out of scope due to the various overlapping timelines that would be very condensed on mobile. The Admin Tools were also out of scope since they contain complex tools that would be difficult to condense onto a mobile screen and are not used frequently.

Background / Context

While FinishLine is compatible with mobile, many pages have complex formatting that makes the information on the page difficult to understand and the features inconvenient to interact with. Some issues include unnecessary line breaks, excessive scrolling to view all the information, and the inability to scroll horizontally, which results in the need to rotate the phone to view information.

To resolve these issues, we did an audit of all the pages on a mobile device to determine which pages would need minor edits and which would need a full redesign. We primarily focused on the Home, Projects, Gantt Chart, Finance, and Calendar pages, as well as supporting pages like Change Requests and Statistics.

This will provide significant value to the team because...

Acceptance Criteria & Mock-ups