Mentor Me

Why are we here?

To enhance DBC's learning environment.

Who is this for?

For DBC students who want to learn, the mentor me site is a resource allocation tool that matches people needing help with those willing to give it. Unlike the current post-its and whiteboard system, our product is realtime, visible, universally accessible

Selling points:

1. Help when you need it, want it, and without having to look for it
2. Reinforce your learning so you get more from your time here and are better prepared for the workplace
3. Immediate
4. Online
5. Low friction (github user authentification only)

Scope

1. NOT IN Scope

• tinder
• feedback (student)
• chat
• custom profile
• sf/ chicago/ san diego
• not testing view/angular

2. IN Scope

• notification - email - text - slack
• scheduling
• auto profile
• user specified cohort
• paid mentor queue
• paid mentor status
• testing for rails api and database

3. Unresolved

• admin + permissions
• cohorts from git
• authentication
• rating

Community

Members of the community we will most likely need to communicate with:

• paid mentors
• dbc staff
• students
• github
• heroku
• auth0
• circleCI
• envato
• erin

Technical Stuff

• angular - json - auth0(included in rails api as well) - github
• rails api - send grid - sms - slack#
• postgres
• heroku

Scary Stuff

• We don't know angular
• David is possibly homeless
• Everyone pulling their weight
• Lack of Communication
• Halloween
• Exhaustion

Trade Offs

Our priorities for when its down to the wire:

1. Usability
2. Code Quality
3. Design
4. Scope
5. Testing
6. Optimization