FUSPREDICT PROJECT MEETING
On 16 September, a follow-up meeting for the FUSPREDICT project was held at the TEREOS facilities in Villanueva de Gállego (Zaragoza), where the partners shared the results achieved in recent months and agreed to launch new actions.
The aim of this project is to develop predictive models of mycotoxin contamination in barley and maize grain (as well as the impact of fusarium wilt on stubble and crops) and to complement this with the identification of agronomic alternatives to aid in the prevention and control of the disease.
Our role in the consortium, as a technology partner, is to develop a prototype cloud-based information system that will host the prediction model, feed it with relevant data and obtain results that support decision-making and risk management in relation to fusariosis.
At this meeting, the various partners presented the agronomic work carried out and analysed the data obtained in the field. On behalf of Geoslab, we addressed the design of the cloud-based information system through a collaborative workshop in which all project participants contributed their experience and set out the system requirements under the fundamental premises of operability, usability and efficiency, with a focus on placing the user at the centre of the design process.
We use the storyboard technique to facilitate the creative and collaborative process. A storyboard is a sequential visual representation of a process or experience, commonly used as a software design tool that allows us to design user interaction with the system in a highly visual and intuitive way.
The storyboard technique applied to software design allows us to:
- Identify user types
- Visualise and plan flows
- Identify user touchpoints with the system
- Collaborate among all project stakeholders
- Identify design flaws or improvements
- Serve as a guide for the next stages of development
