Time we spend uploading the Blog until today (11th December) / Total in hours for the whole project

Time we spent with the posts in the blog:

• 11th December - 3h 

Time we spent with the whole project until now / count the working hours:

• 248h20 = (approximately)  9 credits

Planning Demola's Final Pitch

We already spent a few time thinking about what to do in the final presentation, since we won't be in Tampere but in Portugal by the 14th January.
These are the topics we want to approach in the pitch, that will be a video:

• showing the app
• to the supermarkets (managers)
• to the costumers

• new approach: supermarkets that exist in train stations and other transportation stations
• (talk to supermarkets like these in Portugal)

• keep the animation that explains the procedures of the application

• rethink our persona

(TIME: 30min)

NEW BUSINESS FIT AND SURVEY ONLINE

Our team colleague Mimi created a survey for our application, to see if our application could fit the costumers interests regarding shopping.
The survey can be found here

And here is the Business Fit that she also did.

3rd December - Meeting Carita

We met Carita, our tutor, to talk about our plans and what we have been doing and planning throughout these last weeks. We also talked about the Mid-Pitching and how it was held.
We showed our video animation and did a quick presentation using the PDF presentation and saying the speech we prepared for the Mid-Pitching.

Carita told us what to change about the Persona - that should be someone that wants to give a party and needs some products really quickly, and not a housewife that has to take care of so many things.
Carita also told us that we have to do a learning diary with what we have been doing during the semester and our goals in the beginning and our goals now.

(TIME: 20min)

28th November - Demola Meeting

The roundup group is getting smaller and smaller. There's only three teams left that participate in the meetings: ours, Weggle's team and Parktical's.
This way, the meeting wasn't very long and we only talked about a few questions regarding our ideas and plans.

(TIME: 1h)

NEW CONTACTS FROM OTHER SUPERMARKETS

As we already told here, we had the K-Market's contact in the beginning.
Our team colleague Aleksi talked to the manager of K-Market and got us a new contact from another supermarket: M-Market. The manager said that this supermarket could be interested in our kind of application and that we should talk to them.

Here is the link for the contacts.

21st November - Demola Meeting

Since last Thursday (14th November) we had the Mid-Pitching, it was impossible to have the weekly meeting with Bernard. So the next one had to be carried out this.

This day we had a Vietnamese TV channel that asked a few questions about Demola and the Sanoma's project itself. They talked with the teams, wanting to know if we were learning and if we were enjoying our staying.

(TIME: 2h)

14th November - Mid-Pitching

What is the Mid-Pitching? 

Demola Fall 2013 projects are reaching the mid point of work period. The teams gather to pitch their projects and get some inspiration to take the project to the finish line!
Awesome presentations, big audience, first rehearsal towards final presentrations event in January.3 minutes for pitching, 2 minutes for feedback.
November 14 @ 16:00 -19:00 Demola Tampere, New Factory Stage.
See you there!
This event is required for all the team members in Demola Fall 2013.

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What did we do for the Mid-Pitching?

For this 3min pitch we thought about having 3 components:

1. two animations (combined in one video);
2. a presentation that could explain what the video couldn't (the team, our concerns about the user, the challenges for the client and the supermarket, the benefits, and what to do in the future)
3. a human touch for a closer approach to the jury; having someone representing the team that would talk, instead of saying everything only through the technological gadgets.

What did the jury say?

Contrary other teams, we were surprised by a very good feedback from the 3 members of the board. We can hear what they say in the video bellow, with our presentation and their comments.

In the end

During the Pitching there was a small contest going on. 3 categories (Best Pitch; Business Fit; Best Concept) going on: who won the Business Fit would have an appointment with a CEO to talk about the future of the application.

We got the 2nd place in the Business Fit, after Weggle's team.

THE VIDEO ANIMATION

OUR PRESENTATION

OUR PDF PRESENTATION

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Total of hours spent with the Mid-Pitching:

• doing the animation: 36h
• doing the presentation PDF document: 6h
• creating the speech and training it: 5h

The event (with other teams from Sanoma's project and from other projects, such as Yle's) lasted 4h

(36h + 6h + 5h + 4h = 51h TOTAL)