Today everyone learned more about needs analysis using a real nonprofit as a case study. In the next week, the process will be done for real with the client in a more streamlined fashion. The key takeaways are to really understand your client and users and to take a step in their shoes! An example Minimum Viable Product (MVP) was created to demosntrate the importance of identifying key features and ensuring the client is on the same page. This mockup was then started in Balsamiq to show further user experience decisions and situations that arise.

The end of this meeting marks the point where participants begin to learn programming! A piazza course has been created along with recommended tutorials and resources to speedline the learning process.