Therapy Guide An App for Assisting With Home Physical Therapy Routines THE FEARLESS FIVE ESE Requirements Engineering – Fall 2013 Final Presentation

As-is: A Terrible Motorcycle Accident  Uncle Brian has been riding his Suzuki for years  He’s cut off by a driver  His foot catches as he drops the bike  He suffers a Tibial Plateau Fracture  Basically, his knee explodes  He also cracks his shoulder 2

A Physical Therapy Routine  After hospitalization and rehab  Brian gets regular physical therapy  In addition to his three times per week at the therapist  He is prescribed a long list of daily exercises 3

The List is Difficult to Follow  Brian is overwhelmed trying to follow the list  He spends two hours per day counting and setting timers 4

Brian Gets Frustrated  Brian’s frustration grows each day  His healing takes longer  Eventually he gives up and sells his Suzuki 5

The Problem - Decomposed 6 Quick Healing via Therapy & Exercise Other Factors Counting & Timing Exercises is Tedious + Exercise is Hard, Long & Boring –

Class Diagram Domain Model 7 Enters Prescription Runs On To Be Exercise Manager

Domain Environment – Use Cases 8

A Data Flow Diagram 9 ‹‹actor›› Therapist ‹‹actor›› Therapist ‹‹actor›› Patient ‹‹actor›› Patient ‹‹process›› SetupRoutine ‹‹process›› SetupRoutine ‹‹datastore›› Routine ‹‹datastore›› Routine ‹‹process›› ExecuteRoutine Timing & Counting Prescribed Routine (out of scope)

Design Solution  A Smartphone Application  Prototype using web technologies: HTML, JavaScript, CSS  Initial target, Windows Phone 8  Others possible – need an HTML5 compatible browser  Two Screens  One for “running” the exercise routine  Simple to use – one button operation  Audible feedback  One for setting up the set of exercises  Easy, touch-oriented operation 10

A Demonstration 11

Our Process 12

Key Project Discriminators  Team Diversity – Promotes Innovation  Different personal backgrounds: ethnicity, age, and gender.  The only team with women  Team comes from four different countries  Understanding the user’s Physical Therapy needs  80% of team has been through Physical Therapy  The rest of the team has had friends/family in Physical Therapy  Everyone agrees that home exercise is tedious  We have a fully working Prototype  Includes all functionality  And, we have a second, production version, partially coded 13

Project Scope Creep 14 User Interface Enhancements Planned – 10% Actual – 8%

To-Be: It’s Still A Terrible Accident  Uncle Brian has been riding his Suzuki for years  He’s cut off by a driver  His foot catches as he drops the bike  He suffers a Tibial Plateau Fracture  Basically, his knee explodes  He also cracks his shoulder 15

The Hospital, Rehab & Therapy  After hospitalization and rehab  Brian gets regular physical therapy  In addition to his three times per week at the therapist  He is prescribed a long list of daily exercises 16

But Now, A Smartphone App  After Brian gets home from therapy  He sets up his exercise routine in his smartphone 17

Exercise is Much More Pleasant  Now Brian lets the smartphone do the counting and timing  He can listen to his favorite music while he’s exercising 18

Back on the Bike in No Time 19