"Backpacker" Project Timeline

Week 1:
Client meetings
Discuss and decide on design characteristics
Discuss and decide on platform (Android vs. iOS)
Install and get familiarized with development tools (Xcode/Eclipse)

Week 2:
Client meetings
Create "Hello World" app
Research feasibility of feature set (e.g. will iPhone allow an app to send a text message?)
Discuss feature set with sample of target user group
Construct app "Story board" (page layouts, user experience)

Week 3:
Client meetings
Divide features up among group members (perhaps work in pairs)
Begin feature development/documentation

Week 4:
Client meetings
Development/Documentation

Week 5:
Client meetings
Finish development
Combine features into working prototype

Week 6:
Client meetings
Group tests app, develops bug list and notes on app refinement

Week 7:
Client meetings
Discuss findings of first prototype testing
Decide on changes
Begin changes

Week 8:
Client meetings
Finalize and aggregate changes into second prototype

Week 9:
Client meetings
Group tests second prototype, develops bug list and notes on app refinement

Week 10:
Client meetings
Discuss findings of second prototype testing
Decide on changes
Begin changes
Begin marketing process (forum posts, blog posts, Reddit posts)

Week 11:
Client meetings
Finalize and aggregate changes into final app version
Short final test
Marketing

Week 12:
Client meetings
Package and release final app version
Final marketing push