Requirements Gathering

• Who is our primary user?
• Researchers? Plant biologists? Farmers?
• Is this user tech-savvy?
• Which is the goal of the interface? What do we want the interface to enable the end-user to do?
  • Present details about all stages/models of plant simulation?
  • Guide the user through composition and parameter entry?
  • Enter a parameter set and display output visualization(s)?
  • Execute some composition of models?

Implementation Details

• Does the end software need to be an installable executable?
• I had heard somewhere down the line that this was a hard requirement
• I would advise against forcing users to install anything, where possible / within reason
• This may deter non-tech-savvy users from using the platform

Live Prototype

Live Prototype: http://www.mldev.ndslabs.org:8085/

UI Design Mockups