Status Post 06: To Cronch or Not To Cronch

Feb 24, 2026

Closed Tasks

Login/Signup Flow - Maria

  • Due Date: 02/12/26

  • Task Time: Maria (3 hrs)

  • Description: Our team was advised to prioritize the user flow for logging in and signing up. Users may also have the option to “Continue as a guest.” This task required our Front-End Developer to create a thoughtful layout with intuitive, easy navigation. This flow will be used during our critical testing phase, led by the Research team, to observe how users interact with the initial process.

  • Deliverable: Link to Login Page & Link to GitHub Code

  • Takeaways:

    • Ensure this feature is designed and implemented at the beginning of the user’s critical flow.

    • Prioritize smooth, intuitive microinteractions, as this will be the user’s first impression of the experience.


Update Root CSS - Maria, Yen

  • Due Date: 02/12/26

  • Task Time: Maria (2.5 hrs), Yen (2 hrs)

  • Description: The Design Team contacted the Development Team to update the Root CSS so it accurately reflects the current Figma variables. We updated tokens, brand, and font folders. This allows us to ensure our code throughout the entire site is accurately presented with the proper, updated variables.

  • Deliverable: Link to GitHub Code

  • Takeaways:

    • These changes were easy to implement because they directly mirrored the Figma variables.

    • As a result, we were able to collaborate efficiently and complete the task before making any additional styling decisions.


Alpha Script - Sreeja, Yi Huan, Fei

  • Due Date: 02/17/26

  • Task Time: Sreeja (1 hr), Yi Huan (1.5 hrs), Fei (1 hr)

  • Description: As suggested by Professor Jervo, we decided to create our Alpha Script as a form rather than as a doc for easier data extraction. This allowed us to think more creatively about how to quantify data.

  • Deliverable: Alpha Script Respondent Link

  • Takeaways:

    • Encourages us as researchers to think out of the box with the format of questions (ranking, scale, success/fail, notes…etc)

    • Leaving areas for further explanations


Video Concept and Script - Sreeja, Yi Huan, Fei

  • Due Date: 02/18/26

  • Task Time: Sreeja (3 hrs), Yi Huan (3.5 hrs), Fei (3 hrs)

  • Description: To fully encapsulate and showcase all Food At Home has to offer, we are working on creating a video with a user’s journey accompanied by a walkthrough of our app’s core features.

  • Deliverable: Video Concept and Video Script

  • Takeaways:

    • It is difficult to balance the ratio of promotional, narrative, and technical storytelling, and it can involve a lot of nuance to figure out direction.

    • Requires MULTIPLE efforts of drafting and conversation.

    • Helpful to look at a variety of previous senior videos.


Beta Frontend - Maria, Reuben, Yen

  • Due Date: 02/19/26

  • Task Time: Maria (6 hrs), Reuben (4 hrs), Yen (3 hrs)

  • Description: The Development Team incorporated findings and adjustments from Alpha testing into our Beta site. These updates included fixing the Category Icons to render properly, rearranging the flow for adding items manually, and other refinements. The deliverable link below outlines all Beta Front-End tasks.

  • Deliverable: Link to Jira Task

  • Takeaways:

    • It was efficient to divide the work among the three members of the Development Team, which helped ensure the Beta version was completed on time.

    • We also maintained strong collaboration with the Design and Research Teams to update content and graphics as needed.


Metric Page Backend - Reuben

  • Due Date: 02/21/26

  • Task Time: Reuben (4 hrs)

  • Description: Making the metric page update when information is added to the database or changed.

  • Deliverable: https://foodathome.app/metrics

  • Takeaways:

    • When looking at what information a page will show, consider how it interacts with the existing database structure and how the information will be updated.


Lobby Poster and Instagram Post - Yen, Fei, Maria

  • Due Date: 02/23/26

  • Task Time: Yen (4 hrs), Fei (2 hrs), Maria (1 hr)

  • Description: We added a second page for the lobby poster and made final changes for the Instagram post.

  • Deliverable:

  • Takeaways:

    • Since we added another page of poster later so we need to make sure the theme is match and content is not repetitive.


Status Post 06 - Maria, Fei, Yi Huan, Sreeja

  • Due Date: 02/23/26

  • Task Time: Maria (1.5 hr), Fei (.5 hrs), Yi Huan (.5 hrs), Sreeja (.5 hrs)

  • Description: All team members collaborated to document each subteam’s updates for closed, open, and new tasks. We developed an efficient system for transferring notes from our FAH - Status Posts document into the Framer app. The Development Team also helps refine the content and reviews spacing, grammar, and any missing information.

  • Deliverable: Link to Framer

  • Takeaways:

    • Highlighting which tasks are “In Framer,” “Incomplete Status Update,” and “Needs to Be Added to Framer” is an efficient way to track our progress and clearly understand the current status of the overall update.

    • Teamwork makes the dream work!

Open Tasks

Video Storyboarding - Sreeja, Yi Huan, Fei

  • Due Date: 02/24/26

  • Description: Implementing the script to storyboard to prepare for animation.


Mock Data for Metrics Screen - Fei, Sreeja

  • Due Date: 02/25/26

  • Description: Creating mock data to fill the metrics screen in the guest flow so users have more data to interact with.


Alpha Testing - Sreeja, Yi Huan, Fei

  • Due Date: 02/25/26

  • Description: Testing the Alpha for bugs/inconsistencies to ensure a smooth transition to Beta development.


API Backend - Reuben

  • Due Date: 02/26/26

  • Description: Implementing the API into the backend so that it converts receipts into data that can be stored in the database. Figuring out a category system that will see the item name and attach which tag it belongs to.


Alpha Findings - Sreeja, Yi Huan, Fei

  • Due Date: 02/26/26

  • Description: Extract findings from the google form to a digestible format for the rest of the team.


Sync and Organize Teams and Google Drive - Fei, Sreeja

  • Due Date: 03/01/26

  • Description: This is an ongoing task that will occur until the close of the project. Reflect all changes made on Google Drive onto Teams and update the Wiki links.

New Tasks

Character Assets - Yen, Fei, Maria

  • Due Date: 02/26/26

  • Description: Help the research team create assets for the animation based on the script, character descriptions, and general video concept in order to create a cohesive animation story.


Video Audio/ADR - Sreeja, Yi Huan, Fei, Reuben

  • Due Date: 03/03/26

  • Description: Recording and editing the audio and dialogue to accompany the video animation.

Meetings:

All-hands Meeting: (02/10/26) | 1 hr

  • Attendees: All members present and on time

  • Meeting agenda:

    • Agenda

      • General

      • Design

      • Research

      • Development

      • Content 

    • General

      • Update your section and Jira tasks (8 min)

      • App Login (Maria)

        • Dev 

          • No need for registered accounts (sign-up process)

          • Provide logins to users 

        • Design 

          • Login

            • Login page

          • Sign Up Button - void

      • Hi-Fi Findings 

      • Instagram Caption

      • API Completion

        • Scope Creep - aim for completion by Feb 26th 

      • Timeline

        • Lobby poster draft 1: Wed Jan 28

        • Alpha prototype: Tues Feb 03 

        • Lobby poster draft 1: Mon Feb 09 

        • Instagram post draft 1: Mon Feb 09 

        • Beta prototype: Thurs Feb 12 

        • Alpha testing: Start Feb 13 - End Feb 18

        • Alpha findings: Feb 20 

        • Instagram post draft 2: Thurs Feb 17 

        • Beta testing: Thurs Feb 17 

        • Beta findings: Sun Feb 20 

        • Lobby poster final: Fri Feb 20 

        • Instagram post final: Fri Feb 27

    • Design

      • Action items:

        • Lobby poster draft 2: add another page

        • Ig post draft 2: continue to work on the 3:4 version

        • Implement changes to the prototype for the beta version (don’t have to implement everything, just what is needed)

          • Changes from hi-fi testing

          • Mass select

          • Confirm before delete

          • Recently Deleted Feature [Profile page]

            • Confirm before delete

            • Confirm before recover

            • Permanent delete after 30 days

          • Log in flow (maybe just the log-in screen) - Maria

          • Redesign the budget check and the progress bar make monthly more obvious and 

        • Recommendation for content people: make a spreadsheet for data(such as items, data for the metrics screen) and prepare receipts for dev team to implement

          • Content Team - Reuben will start the format

    • Research

      • Closed Tasks

      • Open Tasks

        • Video Characters

          • Aiden

          • Aiden’s BF

          • Friends/ Extras

          • Voice Actors - Anup and Reuben

      • To Do

        • Video Persona for Aidan’s boyfriend 

          • To help design visualize character design 

        • Video Storyboarding

        • Video Script

        • Video Animation - will need help from design

          • Jitter - Design will create the assets

        • Beta Testing - will be asking users to break the prototype in our main flows

          • Lowk i have been thinking about making it a google form, let’s talk about this later

        • Beta Findings - 

    • Development

      • Closed Tasks

        • Alpha complete 

      • Open Tasks

        • Beta Tweaks based on FAH - Hi-Fidelity Findings

        • Update the colors from FIgma final variables!

        • Beta Backend Functionality (Please list functionalities to do)

          • Added specific time, like “Added Today” instead of “Added 0 days ago”

          • Update Category Tag

      • To Do

        • Beta Backend: API integration

          • DUE February 26th

          • Don’t prioritize or worry about it if it is not in your bandwidth @Reuben. We’ll check in again when the date gets closer.

          • List itemized backend functionalities

        • Login Page (Maria)

    • Content 

      • Closed Tasks

      • Open Tasks

      • To Do

        • Add

          • Fei and Sree’s screenshots 

          • add down, up, thumbs up icon 

          • Upload new videos of user tests 

          • Usability testing videos 

          • Add Insta and lobby drafts to folders - deliverables 

          • Research videos - deliverables 

          • Links in the Teams + Wiki should be checked 

        • Spreadsheet for data 

          • Data for 5 people

          • Metrics screen

          • Reuben makes a format

            • Fei and Sree work on populating


All-hands Meeting: (02/12/26) | 1 hr

  • Attendees: All members present and on time

  • Meeting agenda:

    • Agenda

      • General

      • Design

      • Research

      • Development

      • Content 

    • General

      • Update your section and Jira tasks (8 min)


      • Timeline

        • Beta prototype: Friday Feb 13 

        • Alpha testing: Start Feb 13 - End Feb 18/19

        • Alpha findings: Feb 20 

        • Instagram post draft 2: Thurs Feb 17 

        • Beta testing: Thurs Feb 17 

        • Beta findings: Sun Feb 20 

        • Lobby poster final: Fri Feb 20 

        • Instagram post final: Fri Feb 27

      • Next Tuesday Feb 17 9:30AM; Meet at Dunkin to grab food → head to fishbowl

    • Design

      • Open tasks:

        • Lobby poster draft 2: add another page: due thursday 19

        • Ig post draft 2: continue to work on the 3:4 version - due Monday 16

        • No confirm when delete → add recently deleted items ✅

      • To Do

        • Create graphics for video characters and setting animation via Jitter

    • Research

    • Development

      • Open Tasks

        • DUE Friday 02/13

        • Beta Tweaks

  • Content 

    • Closed Tasks

      • Research 

        • Hi-Fi user tests 

      • Deliverables → Marketing 

        • Instagram 

        • Lobby 

    • Open Tasks

      • Export graphs 4x bigger than their size, change colors 

        • Purple graph?

    • To Do

      • Add

        • Links in the Teams + Wiki should be checked 

      • Sync 

5. Development 

  • Spreadsheet for data 

    • Data for 5 people

    • Metrics screen

    • Reuben makes a format


All-hands Meeting: (02/17/26) | 1 hr

  • Attendees: All members present and on time

  • Meeting agenda:

    • Agenda

      • General

      • Design

      • Research

      • Development

      • Content 

    • General

      • Update your section and Jira tasks (8 min)

        • By the next meeting, I, Yi Huan Yang, will have locked in to clean up the Jira, at least for research team 

      • Timeline

        • Lobby poster draft 1: Wed Jan 28

        • Alpha prototype: Tues Feb 03 

        • Lobby poster draft 1: Mon Feb 09 

        • Instagram post draft 1: Mon Feb 09 

        • Beta prototype: Thurs Feb 12 

        • Alpha testing: Start Feb 13 - End Feb 19

        • Alpha findings: Feb 20 

        • Instagram post draft 2: Thurs Feb 17 

        • Data Spreadsheet: Wednesday Feb 25th 

        • API Integration: Feb 26

        • Beta testing: Thurs Feb 27 

        • Beta Findings: Sun March 2nd 

        • Lobby poster final: Fri Feb 20 

        • Instagram post final: Fri Feb 27

      • Discord - to prevent burnout, once again please mute the channels of the teams you are not in (plus moosic)

      • Backend Dev (Reuben) - Table that records metrics of user

      • Top Categories - pie chart : still happening?

    • Design

      • Closed Tasks

        • IG post

        • 3:4


        • 1:1


  • Open Tasks

    • Lobby poster in progress

    • Export monthly graph  - content

    • Remove timeframe dropdown menu

    •  


All-hands Meeting: (02/19/26) | 1 hr

  • Attendees: All members present and on time

  • Meeting agenda:

    • Agenda

      • General

      • Design

      • Research

      • Development

      • Content 

    • General

      • Update your section and Jira tasks (8 min)

        • By the next meeting (Tuesday), I, Yi Huan Yang, will have locked in to clean up the Jira, at least for research team 

      • Timeline

        • Lobby poster draft 1: Wed Jan 28

        • Alpha prototype: Tues Feb 03 

        • Lobby poster draft 1: Mon Feb 09 

        • Instagram post draft 1: Mon Feb 09 

        • Beta prototype: Thurs Feb 12 

        • Video Script: Feb 18 

        • Alpha testing: Start Feb 13 - End Feb 25

        • Alpha findings: Sat Feb 21 

        • Status Post 6 + Lobby Poster: Mon Feb 23

        • Video Storyboarding: Tues Feb 24 

        • Instagram post draft 2: Thurs Feb 17 

        • Data Spreadsheet: Wednesday Feb 25th 

        • API Integration: Feb 26

        • Beta testing: Thurs Feb 27 

        • Beta Findings: Sun March 2nd 

        • Lobby poster final: Fri Feb 20 

        • Instagram post final: Fri Feb 27

      • Top Categories - pie chart : still happening!

      • Dev Recruitments!! Senior Year group idea (Maria)

        • Confirm with Troy to see if this project can move to snr design 

        • Figure out in subteams what gaps CAN we fill?

        • Status Post 06

        •  Upcoming tues

    • Design

      • Open Tasks

        • Lobby poster

      • New tasks

        • Asset for Aiden + boifen

    • Research

      • Closed Tasks

      • Open Tasks

        • Alpha Testing due by 2/20 

          • _/9 done as of now + Jervo on Monday

        • Video Storyboarding Figma

      • To Do

        • Alpha Findings 

        • Video ADR and audio - research

        • Beta Testing - will be asking users to break the prototype in our main flows

        • Beta Findings

        • Figure out in subteams what gaps CAN we fill?

          • Yi Huan

          • Sreeja

          • Fei

    • Development

      • Closed Tasks 

        • Front-End

      • Open Tasks

      • To Do

        • Make tweaks based on testing results

        • Add item manually → Popup added “item added with a checkmark”

        • Create mock “job post” for recruiting developers

          • Discuss how many open positions

          • What exactly we need

          • Specific majors?

          • Lure with incentive…. Like u get a snicker if you want to join us

        • Status Post 06

        • Fix grid

        • Top Categories - pie chart : still happening!

    • Content 

      • Add

  • Links in the Teams + Wiki should be checked 

    • Monthly 

  • Sync 

    • 1. Assets

      • Naming  

    • 2. Design 

      • Naming 

    • 3. Development 

      • Live link

      • Naming 

    • 4. Research 

      • Alpha Testing Videos 

      • Add new research documents 

    • 5. Deliverables 

      • Lobby 

      • Instagram

  • Spreadsheet for data 

    • Data for 1 user (✅)

    • Metrics screen

    • Reuben makes a format


Research Meeting: (02/10/26) | 1 hr

  • Attendees: Sreeja, Yi Huan, Fei

  • Meeting agenda:

    • Open Tasks

    • To Do

      • Video Storyboarding 

      • Video Animation - will need help from design

      • Beta Testing - will be asking users to break the prototype in our main flows

      • Beta Findings

    • Video Script - by feb 17 

      • Split Tasks

        • Sreeja

        • Yi Huan

        • Fei

    • Video Concept

      • Voice Actors: Reuben and Anup?

      • Start with Journey Map - Aidan Samuel

      • (Aidan calls boyfriend to ask about groceries)

        • Ring ring ring…Hey how many eggs do we have left

        • Ring ring ring…do we have any salt left?

        • Ring ring ring…do we have any broccoli at home

        • Boyfriend is busy and annoyed that Aidan keeps calling about the fridge

      • This is Aiden.

      • Goes to the grocery store and doesn’t remember what’s in his fridge, so he just buys whatever he sees or is on sale. [This looks good, that looks good]

      • When he’s putting things in the pantry and the fridge, he realizes that he has duplicates of some items…and that a lot of things are expired. Oops

      • It’s also time to pay off his credit card. Woah, I spent a lot… “I didn’t even eat out that much this month.”

      • He realizes he needs to figure out where his money is going. Does cooking at home actually cost this much money??

      • **Walkthrough Starts Here: (start third person voice)

      • He gets Food at Home to figure out how much he’s spending on groceries. He finds out that all he needs are his receipts to track both his food and the money he spent. 

        • Show receipt scanning function >> inventory screen (overlap with next bullet point)

      • When he’s at the grocery store now, he can check what he has in his fridge right where he is and won’t risk buying duplicates.

        • Show the inventory screen and have him mention something along the lines of “Oh, we already have 2 jugs of milk.”

      • More importantly, he can see how much he is spending by the day, week, month, and year! Tracking his overall expenses helps him set reasonable monthly budgets that he is more likely to stick to. 

        • Show Aidan clicking on metrics drop down (day, week , month, year) >> Aidan selects week 

      • Through consistent usage, he’s able to track his groceries and spending, and even share the good news with friends and family.

      • [now he’s telling a friend about it] - ~ 1 year later 

        • “Yeah, I’ve been using Food at Home for a year now, and I never knew I spent so much on desserts!” 

          • (show the pie chart)

        • I’ve saved hundreds of dollars and wasted less food knowing what’s in my fridge. I even have a better idea of how long it takes for cheese to go bad now

    • Video Characters

      • Narrator

      • Aiden

      • Boyfriend

      • Friends

    • Settings

      • Grocery Store - shopping and phone call (aisles, freezer?)

      • Home - living room for phone call with bf

      • Kitchen - Fridge, Freezer, Pantry

      • Public Space for Friend Conversation

        • Just solid or simple background


Dev Meeting: (02/10/26) | 1 hr


Design Meeting: (02/24/26) | 1 hr

  • Attendees: Yen, Fei, Maria

  • Meeting agenda:

    • Lobby poster

    • IG post

    First draft

    2nd draft

    • Work on lobby poster together

    • Lobby poster due saturday → draft for ig post

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