Conclusion: Mark's Personal Conclusion

As a team, I believe we functioned very well, showing evidence of strong communication and dedication to the project.

The final product is a very strong concept and is well designed in terms of both the physical and software features.
By testing the product on a group of personas twice, it meant we could come up with a strong re-prototype in order to iron out all the problems we missed in the first stages of design.

On a personal note, using personas was a good learning curve for me - it's not something i'd ever considered using before, and as such gave me a good insight into how developers of products act when there is no sample audience available.
The user-centred design practise was also very worthwhile as it is far easier to grasp the concepts using a hands-on approach rather than simply reading and researching it.

Overall, I think the team worked very well together - no-one acted as the overall 'leader', although Elliot took on a co-ordinating role in organising meeting times and tasks, which was beneficial for all involved as it would have been quite easy to not take a long task like this seriously.

In summary, I feel the project, product and blog were a huge success.