GroceryList++(MEAL BASED SHOPPING LIST)

Team MembersStaci Menz

Major: Computer Science

Outside Interests: Video games, music, reading

Brian Chan Major: Informatics

Outside Interests: Gaming, Football, Android

Peter Huss

Major: Computer Science, Statistics

Outside Interests: Running, music, video games

Darrin Cole Major: Computer

Science

Outside Interests: Video games, reading

Anna Kong Major: Informatics: HCI

Outside Interests: Hiking, Drawing

Concept Map Result

Prioritization Matrix

Concept Substantial? Feasible? Interesting?

Recipe Sharing / Browsing

Yes ? Yes

Shopping List Yes Yes Yes

Combine Recipes Into Meals

? Yes ?

Finding Grocery Store No Yes No

Dietary Concerns Yes Yes Yes

Pantry Yes ? Yes

Budgeting / Estimate No Yes Yes

Time Estimates / Planning

No Yes Yes

Savings / Coupons / Offers

No ? ?

Top 3-4 problems Pantry: we want to be able to keep an inventory of the

groceries we already have

Shopping List: a list that can automatically generate based on recipes the user has selected and whats currently in our "pantry“

Dietary Concerns: we want to save preferences about our dietary concerns. For example perhaps we don't want to see recipes that contain peanuts because a family member is allergic.

Recipe Sharing/Browsing: we want to be able to share recipes with others, browse through recipes found online, search for different types of recipes, and be able to add some/all ingredients for a recipe to our shopping list.

Top Problem

Creating a shopping list from recipe browsing: Combines two of our top 4 problems to form the main goal

we have in mind

We want to be able to plan meals by picking recipes, and then form a shopping list for the items we would need for those recipes

Top Problem - Reasoning

Creating a shopping list from recipe browsing: We chose this as our top problem because it is something

that we would like to be able to do, that doesn't seem to exist.

Creating a shopping list and being able to browse recipes are two problems that are essential to meal planning, and being able to do both with one app would be ideal

It also would be more efficient, since you won't have to write down all the ingredients you need for each recipe - the app would do it for you.

Problem Analysis - Significance

Planning meals for a family can be very difficult and time consuming

Even more difficult knowing what ingredients are needed for those meals

Difficult to type each individual ingredient, would be nice to have an "add all" feature

Problem Analysis - Stakeholders

Families, housemates, etc. Anyone who wants to or has to cook their own meals, or

cook for large groups

App streamlines planning, purchasing, cooking

Possible monetary incentives (coupon offers)

Problem Analysis - Stakeholders

Stores, corporations Potential to draw in business

(Customers + Revenue)

Financial incentive to support app

Have reason to partner if coupon offers are added later

Problem Analysis - Precedents

Recipe Browsers Apps with advanced recipe

searching and filtering

Includes ingredients list,preparation instructions, favorites,meal randomization, & more

Despite all these features, theylack grocery list integration - haveto save or write down eachingredient

Problem Analysis - Precedents

Shopping Checklists Essentially checklist / to-do list

applications with slightly more features

Autocomplete / categorization ofingredients, price estimates, list syncing& sharing, barcode scanning, pantry list

Lacks integration with recipe browsers.Typing each ingredient is slow.No guidance when making list

Problem Analysis - Competition

AnyList for iOS Fairly new app. First to effectively

integrate grocery lists and recipebrowsing.

Making a list is easy - look up recipes for the week and simply "add all ingredients“ to your list

Acts as an recipe aggregator by parsing many different recipe websites instead of having its own recipe database

Problem Analysis - Competition

AnyList for iOS (cont.) We can improve on this by polishing

features and understanding the customer

Pantry feature will eliminate unnecessary items in list

Better recipe discovery: filter based on preparation time, dietary restrictions, type of dish, price, etc.

Greater focus on meal planning – more than just individual recipes