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CMPE451 Implementation Roadmap

Project: Affordable & Healthy Eating Hub Team: bounswe2025group9

Table of Contents

  1. Executive Summary
  2. Milestone 1: Initial Release (October 21, 2025)
  3. Milestone 2: MVP (November 25, 2025)
  4. Milestone 3: Final Release (December 16, 2025)
  5. Implementation Strategy by Team
  6. Critical Path & Dependencies
  7. Testing & Quality Gates
  8. Risk Management
  9. Success Metrics

Executive Summary

CMPE352 Baseline (Completed)

The following features were successfully implemented in the previous semester:

✅ Functional Requirements Completed

  • 1.1 Food Database (Partial)

    • 1.1.1: 500+ food items with nutritional details
    • 1.1.3: Nutrition scoring system (0.00-10.00 scale)
    • 1.1.4: Dietary options support (subset implemented)

  • 1.4 Forum & Nutrition Tips (Complete)

    • 1.4.1-1.4.7: Full forum functionality with tagging, posting, browsing, filtering, interactions

  • 1.7 Account Management (Partial)

    • 1.7.1-1.7.3: Basic signup, login, logout

✅ Technical Infrastructure

  • Backend API with Django REST Framework
  • MySQL database with migrations
  • Frontend with React + TypeScript + Tailwind
  • Mobile application (Android APK)
  • Docker containerization
  • Django admin panel
  • Backend pagination
  • Recipe models and basic integration

CMPE451 Objectives

Primary Goal: Implement all remaining functional and non-functional requirements to deliver a production-ready platform.

Key Focus Areas:

  1. Complete user profile management with allergens, profession tags, and moderation visibility
  2. Implement market features (producer inventory, consumer shopping)
  3. Build meal planning system with cost optimization
  4. Deploy automated moderation with appeals process
  5. Achieve full accessibility compliance (WCAG 2.1, WAI-ARIA 1.2)
  6. Implement security, data protection, and ethics requirements
  7. Establish performance and reliability standards

Milestone 1: Initial Release (October 21, 2025)

Timeline: October 2 - October 21, 2025 (3 weeks)

Main Goal: Bug fixes, design updates, and viable implementations of core features with deployed basic app.

Feature Status Targets

Feature Status Progress
1.1 Food Database ✅ Complete 100%
1.2 User Profile Management 🟡 Viable 40%
1.3 Recipe Management 🟡 Viable 60%
1.4 Forum & Nutrition Tips ✅ Complete 100%
1.5 Meal Planner 📝 Interfaces 10%
1.6 Market 📝 Interfaces 10%
1.7 Account Management ✅ Complete 100%
1.8 Moderation 🟡 Viable 50%
1.9 Community Features 📝 Interfaces 0%

Deliverables

1. Bug Fixes & Maintenance

  • Comprehensive bug search for features 1.1, 1.3, 1.4
  • Fix authentication edge cases
  • Fix recipe display and interaction issues
  • Optimize database queries for food catalog

2. Requirements Implementation

1.1 Food Database (Complete)

  • 1.1.2.1 User-proposed food items with moderator review
    • Backend: POST /api/foods/propose endpoint
    • Frontend: Food proposal form with mandatory fields
    • Moderation: Queue for pending food item approvals
  • 1.1.2.2 Optional micronutrient data submission

1.2 User Profile Management (Viable - Basic Features)

  • 1.2.1 Allergen selection from predefined list (gluten, lactose, peanuts, soy, shellfish, eggs, tree nuts, sesame, fish, sulfites, artificial colorants, preservatives)
  • 1.2.2 Custom allergen addition
  • 1.2.3 Personal recipes list view
  • 1.2.4 Contact information storage and update
  • 1.2.9 Profession tags (Dietitian, Store Owner) with "Unverified" badge
  • 1.2.10 Certificate upload for profession tags

1.3 Recipe Management (Viable - Cost Features)

  • 1.3.5 Recipe cost estimation with geographic scopes (Neighborhood → District → City)
    • Algorithm: Average of 3 lowest prices per ingredient
    • Scope expansion logic until ≥3 listings found
    • Display scope level used in calculation
  • 1.3.6 Recipe filtering by cost
    • a) Lowest to highest cost
    • b) Highest to lowest cost
    • c) Best cost-to-nutrition ratio

1.7 Account Management (Complete)

  • 1.7.4 Change password functionality (authenticated users)
  • 1.7.5 Password reset via email
  • 1.7.6 Email authentication on signup

1.8 Moderation (Viable - Basic Dashboard)

  • 1.8.1 Administrator and moderator privilege system
  • 1.8.2 Role definitions (General Admin, System Admin, Content Admin, Data Admin, Community Moderator)
  • 1.8.3 General Administrator privilege inheritance
  • 1.8.4 Food item submission review (Content/Community Moderators)
  • 1.8.5 Profession tag and certificate verification
  • 1.8.6 Moderation dashboard
  • 1.8.7 Report details display (reason, reporter, timestamp)
  • 1.8.8 Moderation actions (remove posts, warn users, ban users)
  • 1.8.9 Moderation history log

3. Design & Interfaces

1.5 Meal Planner (Interfaces Only)

  • UI/UX mockups for meal planning interface
  • Design for budget input and preferences
  • Wireframes for meal plan display and sharing

1.6 Market (Interfaces Only)

  • UI/UX mockups for producer inventory management
  • Design for store creation and product listing
  • Wireframes for consumer search and shopping lists
  • Market listing card design

4. Frontend Design Updates

  • Update design system per new requirements
  • Implement consistent styling across all pages
  • Responsive design for mobile/tablet/desktop
  • Update navigation for new features

5. Deployment

  • Deploy backend to production server
  • Deploy frontend to hosting service
  • Release updated mobile APK
  • Configure production database
  • Set up environment variables and secrets

Acceptance Criteria

✅ Deployment:

  • Application accessible via public URL
  • Mobile APK downloadable and installable
  • All existing features functional in production

✅ Features:

  • Users can propose new food items
  • Users can set allergens and profession tags
  • Recipe costs calculated and displayed
  • Password reset via email works
  • Moderation dashboard accessible to moderators
  • Moderators can approve food items and verify profession tags

✅ Quality:

  • No critical bugs in existing features
  • Response time <5s for search queries
  • All existing tests passing

Milestone 2: MVP (November 25, 2025)

Timeline: October 22 - November 25, 2025 (5 weeks)

Main Goal: Main functionality implemented according to good development practices with deployed MVP.

Feature Status Targets

Feature Status Progress
1.1 Food Database ✅ Complete 100%
1.2 User Profile Management 🟡 Viable 70%
1.3 Recipe Management ✅ Complete 100%
1.4 Forum & Nutrition Tips ✅ Complete 100%
1.5 Meal Planner 🟡 Viable 70%
1.6 Market 🟡 Viable 70%
1.7 Account Management ✅ Complete 100%
1.8 Moderation ✅ Complete 100%
1.9 Community Features 🟡 Viable 60%

Deliverables

1. Bug Fixes

  • Fix issues identified in Milestone 1
  • Address user feedback from initial release
  • Performance optimization for new features

2. Requirements Implementation

1.2 User Profile Management (Viable - Extended Features)

  • 1.2.5 Shopping list view on profile
  • 1.2.6 Inventory items view (for store owners)
  • 1.2.7 Liked posts view
  • 1.2.8 Liked recipes view
  • 1.2.11 User reporting system
    • Report panel with options (invalid certificate, misleading information)
    • Text description field
    • Integration with moderation queue
  • 1.2.12 View warnings, post removals, bans, and suspensions
  • 1.2.13 Personal contributions dashboard
    • Badges for positive actions
    • Recipe shares counter
    • Helpful forum posts acknowledgment

1.3 Recipe Management (Complete)

  • 1.3.7 Aggregated nutrition score for recipes
  • 1.3.8 Recipe sorting and filtering
    • a) Highest to lowest nutrition score
    • b) Minimum nutrition score threshold
    • c) Overall nutrition score
    • d) Ranking
    • e) Newest to oldest (by posting date)
  • Integration testing for all recipe features
  • Performance optimization for recipe search

1.5 Meal Planner (Viable)

  • 1.5.1 Budget selection (weekly/monthly)
  • 1.5.2 Meal plan sharing as post
  • 1.5.3 Deterministic meal plan generation
    • Seeded pseudo-random algorithm (userId + weekStartISO)
    • Dietary preferences and allergen filters
    • Target macronutrient totals (±10% of RDA)
    • Reproducible results with same seed
  • 1.5.4 Save and reuse meal plans
  • 1.5.5 Nutritional summaries for meal plans

1.6 Market (Viable - Full Implementation)

1.6.1.1 Producer: Inventory & Store Management

  • 1.6.1.1.1 Food item inventory with quantity tracking
  • 1.6.1.1.2 Assign/unassign food items to stores
  • 1.6.1.1.3 Registered location requirement for store owners
  • 1.6.1.1.4 Create and manage multiple stores
    • Store name, location, contact info, description
  • 1.6.1.1.5 Store-specific inventory (non-overlapping)
  • 1.6.1.1.6 Hide individual products from public visibility

1.6.1.2 Producer: Market Listing

  • 1.6.1.2.1 Market listing belongs to one store
  • 1.6.1.2.2 Listing information (price, stock, description, image)
  • 1.6.1.2.3 Display all available listings from all stores

1.6.2.1 Consumer: Grocery Search & Filtering

  • 1.6.2.1.1 Search and filter by name, price range, nutrition scores, dietary options
  • 1.6.2.1.2 Filter by nutrition scores, dietary options, price, allergies, store ratings

1.6.2.2 Consumer: Grocery Interaction

  • 1.6.2.2.1 Rate items, share via link, view item details

1.6.2.3 Consumer: Shopping List Management

  • 1.6.2.3.1 Create, save, and delete shopping lists

1.8 Moderation (Complete - Advanced Features)

  • 1.8.10 Automated harmful content detection (pre-trained sentiment analysis)
  • 1.8.11 User notification on flagged content with reason
  • 1.8.12 Appeal submission system
  • 1.8.13 Appeal status tracking
  • 1.8.14 Moderator override (approve or enforce flags)
  • 1.8.15 Fair and transparent conflict resolution processes
  • 1.8.16 Inclusive appeal review considering user backgrounds

1.9 Community Features (Viable)

  • 1.9.1 Aggregate community impact visibility
    • Total liked posts/recipes shared by user
    • Community-wide likes received
  • 1.9.2 Highlight positive contributions
    • Forum post tags for helpful content
    • Profile acknowledgments
    • Impact statements (e.g., "This meal plan helped 20 users")
  • 1.9.3 Surface high-engagement content
    • Top-liked posts in tag filters
    • Encourage collaborative participation

1.4 Forum Extensions

  • 1.4.8-1.4.12 Complete reporting system
    • Report reasons: spam, misinformation, inappropriate content
    • 48-hour acknowledgment and triage (1.4.9)
    • Moderation actions: warning, removal, suspension, ban (1.4.10)
    • "Reported Posts" tracking section (1.4.11)
    • Moderator review and actions (1.4.12)
  • 1.4.13 Post frequency limits
  • 1.4.14 Responsibility acknowledgment prompt before posting
  • 1.4.15 Anonymous posting option

3. Performance & Scalability (Partial)

  • 2.1.1 Support 50 concurrent users
  • 2.1.2 Search results <5s for 100k records
  • 2.1.3 Handle 500 recipe submissions/hour

Acceptance Criteria

✅ Features:

  • Users can create and share meal plans
  • Store owners can list products and manage inventory
  • Consumers can search products and create shopping lists
  • Automated content flagging operational
  • Users can submit and track appeals
  • Community impact visible on profiles

✅ Quality:

  • All unit tests passing
  • Integration tests for new features
  • 50 concurrent users supported
  • Search performance meets SLA

✅ Development Practices:

  • All PRs reviewed and approved
  • Code coverage >70%
  • Documentation updated
  • API endpoints documented

Milestone 3: Final Release (December 16, 2025)

Timeline: November 26 - December 16, 2025 (3 weeks)

Main Goal: Everything implemented, stable, and compliant with all requirements.

Feature Status Targets

Feature Status Progress
1.1 Food Database ✅ Complete 100%
1.2 User Profile Management ✅ Complete 100%
1.3 Recipe Management ✅ Complete 100%
1.4 Forum & Nutrition Tips ✅ Complete 100%
1.5 Meal Planner ✅ Complete 100%
1.6 Market ✅ Complete 100%
1.7 Account Management ✅ Complete 100%
1.8 Moderation ✅ Complete 100%
1.9 Community Features ✅ Complete 100%
Section 2: Non-Functional ✅ Complete 100%

Deliverables

1. Complete Remaining Features

1.2 User Profile Management (Complete)

  • Polish all profile features
  • Comprehensive testing
  • UI/UX refinements

1.5 Meal Planner (Complete)

  • Advanced meal plan customization
  • Performance optimization
  • Enhanced nutritional analysis

1.6 Market (Complete)

  • Complete all market features
  • Advanced search and filtering
  • Recommendation system (stretch goal)

1.9 Community Features (Complete)

  • Full impact analytics
  • Community leaderboards (stretch goal)
  • Enhanced engagement features

2. Non-Functional Requirements (Complete All)

2.1 Performance & Scalability

  • 2.1.1 50 concurrent users (load testing)
  • 2.1.2 Search <5s for 100k records (benchmarking)
  • 2.1.3 500 recipe submissions/hour (stress testing)
  • 2.1.4 48-hour appeal/moderation resolution SLA

2.2 Usability & Accessibility

  • 2.2.1 WCAG 2.1 Success Criterion 1.1.1
    • Alt text for all images
    • ARIA labels for interactive components
    • Screen reader compatibility testing
  • 2.2.2 WCAG 2.1 Success Criteria 1.4.3 & 1.4.4
    • Contrast ratio 4.5:1 (normal text), 3:1 (large text)
    • Text resizing up to 200%
    • No content loss on zoom
  • 2.2.3 WCAG 2.1 Success Criterion 2.1.1
    • Full keyboard operability
    • WAI-ARIA 1.2 roles and focus management
    • Visible focus indicators
    • No keyboard traps
  • 2.2.4 BCP 47 language tags (en-US, tr-TR, ar-SA)
  • 2.2.5 LTR and RTL script support (W3C i18n guidelines)
  • 2.2.6 Locale-appropriate formatting (dates, numbers, currency)

2.3 Reliability & Availability

  • 2.3.1 Manual database backup capability
  • 2.3.2 Automatic restart (deprecated)
  • 2.3.3 95% uptime target (monitoring setup)
  • 2.3.4 Auto-restart on process crash

2.4 Security, Data Protection & Ethics

  • 2.4.1 Anonymous posting and commenting (privacy protection)
  • 2.4.2 Optional profile fields (home address, city, postal code)
  • 2.4.3 Hidden product visibility for sellers
  • 2.4.4 Complete account deletion (GDPR-style data purge)
  • 2.4.5 Nutrition score transparency
    • Formula display
    • Data source attribution
    • Last update date
  • 2.4.6 Content source reliability display
    • Nutritional info: dataset name and organization
    • Dietary guidelines: institution and year
    • Recipes: author attribution
  • 2.4.7 Multi-source nutrition data aggregation
  • 2.4.8 6-month nutrition algorithm reevaluation process
  • 2.4.9 Bcrypt password hashing
  • 2.4.10 HTTPS for all communications
  • 2.4.11 Backup regime
    • Daily incremental backups
    • Weekly full backups
    • 6-month retention
    • Encrypted backup storage
  • 2.4.12 Tamper-resistant logging
    • Login/logout attempts
    • Password changes and recovery
    • Profile updates
    • Post/comment/recipe actions
    • Shopping list and inventory modifications
    • Administrative actions
  • 2.4.13 Basic privacy settings (private posts)

2.5 Compliance & Regulations

  • 2.5.1 Food safety certification upload (no auto-verification)
  • 2.5.2 Manual allergen information (not enforced)
  • 2.5.3 Terms of Service display and acceptance checkbox

3. Quality Assurance

Testing:

  • Comprehensive unit test suite (>80% coverage)
  • Integration tests for all user flows
  • End-to-end tests for critical paths
  • Performance benchmarking
  • Security audit (OWASP Top 10)
  • Accessibility audit (WCAG 2.1 AA compliance)
  • Cross-browser testing (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge)
  • Mobile device testing (Android, iOS)

Documentation:

  • API documentation (OpenAPI/Swagger)
  • User manual
  • Administrator guide
  • Deployment guide
  • Architecture documentation
  • Database schema documentation

4. Deployment & Operations

  • Production deployment with monitoring
  • Error tracking (Sentry or similar)
  • Performance monitoring (uptime tracking)
  • Automated backup system
  • SSL certificate configuration
  • CDN setup for static assets (optional)
  • Database optimization and indexing
  • Caching strategy implementation

Acceptance Criteria

✅ Functional Completeness:

  • All 90+ functional requirements implemented and tested
  • All features stable and production-ready
  • No P0 or P1 bugs

✅ Non-Functional Completeness:

  • All performance targets met
  • WCAG 2.1 AA compliance achieved
  • Security audit passed
  • 95% uptime achieved during testing period

✅ Documentation:

  • Complete API documentation
  • User and admin guides
  • Architecture and deployment docs

✅ Quality:

  • Unit test coverage >80%
  • All integration tests passing
  • Performance benchmarks met
  • Security best practices followed

Implementation Strategy by Team

Backend Team

Responsibilities: API development, database design, business logic, authentication, moderation system

Milestone 1 (Oct 2-21)

  • Food proposal API endpoints
  • User profile endpoints (allergens, profession tags)
  • Recipe cost calculation algorithm with geographic scopes
  • Password reset and email verification
  • Basic moderation dashboard API
  • Role-based access control (RBAC)

Milestone 2 (Oct 22-Nov 25)

  • Market endpoints (inventory, stores, listings)
  • Meal planner algorithm (deterministic generation)
  • Shopping list CRUD operations
  • Automated content detection integration
  • Appeal system API
  • Community features endpoints
  • Performance optimization (indexing, caching)

Milestone 3 (Nov 26-Dec 16)

  • Security hardening (bcrypt, HTTPS, CORS)
  • Logging system implementation
  • Backup automation scripts
  • Performance monitoring
  • API documentation (Swagger)
  • Database optimization
  • Load testing and optimization

Frontend Team

Responsibilities: Web UI, user experience, accessibility, responsive design

Milestone 1 (Oct 2-21)

  • Food proposal form
  • User profile pages (allergens, profession tags)
  • Recipe cost display and filtering UI
  • Password reset flow
  • Moderation dashboard UI (admin panel)
  • Design system updates
  • Meal planner and market mockups

Milestone 2 (Oct 22-Nov 25)

  • Market UI (producer and consumer views)
  • Meal planner interface
  • Shopping list management
  • Appeal submission and tracking UI
  • Community features (contributions dashboard)
  • Anonymous posting toggle
  • Reporting interface improvements

Milestone 3 (Nov 26-Dec 16)

  • WCAG 2.1 AA compliance implementation
  • Keyboard navigation improvements
  • ARIA labels and roles
  • Internationalization (i18n) setup
  • RTL support
  • Contrast and focus improvements
  • Accessibility testing and fixes
  • Performance optimization (lazy loading, code splitting)

Mobile Team

Responsibilities: Android/iOS app development, mobile UX, APK/IPA releases

Milestone 1 (Oct 2-21)

  • Sync with frontend feature updates
  • Profile screens (allergens, profession tags)
  • Recipe cost display
  • Password reset flow
  • Basic moderation view (for moderators)

Milestone 2 (Oct 22-Nov 25)

  • Market screens (browse, search, shopping lists)
  • Meal planner mobile interface
  • Appeal submission
  • Community features
  • Push notifications (stretch goal)

Milestone 3 (Nov 26-Dec 16)

  • Accessibility improvements
  • Performance optimization
  • Offline support (stretch goal)
  • App store preparation
  • Final APK/IPA release

DevOps / Infrastructure Team

Responsibilities: Deployment, monitoring, backups, security, CI/CD

Milestone 1 (Oct 2-21)

  • Production deployment setup
  • Environment configuration
  • SSL certificate setup
  • Database migration to production
  • Basic monitoring

Milestone 2 (Oct 22-Nov 25)

  • Automated backup system
  • Performance monitoring tools
  • Error tracking (Sentry)
  • CI/CD pipeline improvements
  • Database optimization

Milestone 3 (Nov 26-Dec 16)

  • Security audit and hardening
  • Auto-restart implementation
  • Logging infrastructure
  • Load balancing setup (if needed)
  • CDN configuration
  • Final production optimizations

Documentation Team

Responsibilities: User guides, API docs, architecture docs, wiki maintenance

Milestone 1 (Oct 2-21)

  • Update requirements document
  • API endpoint documentation
  • Meeting notes
  • Weekly reports

Milestone 2 (Oct 22-Nov 25)

  • User manual (draft)
  • Admin guide (draft)
  • API documentation (Swagger)
  • Architecture diagrams

Milestone 3 (Nov 26-Dec 16)

  • Complete user manual
  • Complete admin guide
  • Deployment guide
  • Final milestone report
  • Video demos and presentations

Critical Path & Dependencies

Dependency Graph

1.1 Food Database (Complete)
    ↓
1.3 Recipe Management (Complete) ────→ 1.5 Meal Planner
    ↓
1.2 User Profile ────→ 1.6 Market (requires store owner profiles)
    ↓                       ↓
1.8 Moderation ←───────────┘ (moderates listings)
    ↓
1.9 Community Features

Critical Path Items

  1. User Profile Management (1.2) - Blocker for Market (1.6)

    • Store owners need profile and profession tags
    • Must complete by Milestone 1

  2. Recipe Management Completion (1.3) - Blocker for Meal Planner (1.5)

    • Cost calculation required for meal planning
    • Must complete by Milestone 2

  3. Moderation System (1.8) - Blocker for Community Features (1.9)

    • Appeal system needed for fair moderation
    • Must complete by Milestone 2

  4. Market Backend (1.6.1) - Blocker for Consumer Features (1.6.2)

    • Listings must exist before search/filter
    • Must complete by Milestone 2

Risk Items

⚠️ High Risk:

  • Automated content detection (1.8.10) - Requires ML model integration
  • Geographic scope calculation (1.3.5) - Complex algorithm
  • WCAG 2.1 AA compliance (2.2) - Time-intensive accessibility work

⚠️ Medium Risk:

  • Meal planner algorithm (1.5.3) - Deterministic generation complexity
  • Multi-source nutrition data (2.4.7) - Data aggregation challenges
  • 48-hour SLA (2.1.4) - Requires monitoring and alerting

Testing & Quality Gates

Per-Milestone Testing Requirements

Milestone 1

  • Unit tests for new endpoints (>70% coverage)
  • Integration tests for food proposal flow
  • Integration tests for password reset
  • Manual testing of moderation dashboard
  • Smoke tests in production

Milestone 2

  • Unit tests for all new features (>75% coverage)
  • Integration tests for meal planner
  • Integration tests for market flows
  • E2E tests for critical user journeys
  • Performance testing (50 concurrent users)
  • Security testing (basic OWASP checks)

Milestone 3

  • Comprehensive unit test suite (>80% coverage)
  • Full integration test suite
  • E2E tests for all features
  • Load testing (stress test with >100 users)
  • Security audit (full OWASP Top 10)
  • Accessibility audit (WCAG 2.1 AA)
  • Cross-browser testing
  • Mobile device testing
  • Penetration testing (stretch goal)

Quality Gates

Milestone 1 Gate:

  • ✅ All P0 bugs fixed
  • ✅ Deployment successful
  • ✅ Core features functional
  • ✅ >70% test coverage

Milestone 2 Gate:

  • ✅ All P0/P1 bugs fixed
  • ✅ MVP features complete
  • ✅ Performance targets met
  • ✅ >75% test coverage
  • ✅ Good development practices followed

Milestone 3 Gate:

  • ✅ All P0/P1/P2 bugs fixed
  • ✅ All requirements implemented
  • ✅ All non-functional requirements met
  • ✅ >80% test coverage
  • ✅ WCAG 2.1 AA compliant
  • ✅ Security audit passed
  • ✅ Documentation complete

Risk Management

Risk Matrix

Risk Probability Impact Mitigation Strategy
Team member unavailability Medium High Buffer time between milestones, clear issue assignment
Automated detection integration complexity High Medium Start early, use pre-trained models, fallback to manual moderation
WCAG compliance delays Medium High Dedicated accessibility sprint in Milestone 3, use automated tools
Performance issues at scale Medium Medium Early performance testing, database optimization, caching
API design changes breaking integrations Low High API versioning, comprehensive integration tests
Security vulnerabilities discovered Medium High Regular security audits, OWASP guidelines, code reviews
Geographic scope algorithm bugs Medium Medium Thorough unit tests, edge case testing, clear algorithm documentation

Mitigation Strategies

Time Management:

  • 1-week buffer between milestones for unexpected issues
  • Weekly progress check-ins per Communication Plan
  • Early identification of blockers

Feature Prioritization:

  • 1.9 Community Features can be deferred if time-critical
  • Stretch goals clearly marked
  • MVP functionality prioritized over polish

Technical Debt:

  • Refactoring sprints scheduled
  • Code review mandatory per Team Policies
  • Documentation kept up-to-date

Quality Assurance:

  • Continuous integration with automated tests
  • Regular code reviews
  • Security and accessibility audits

Success Metrics

Functional Success Metrics

Milestone 1:

  • ✅ 100% of Milestone 1 requirements implemented
  • ✅ Users can propose food items
  • ✅ Recipe costs displayed and filterable
  • ✅ Moderation dashboard functional

Milestone 2:

  • ✅ 100% of Milestone 2 requirements implemented
  • ✅ Users can create meal plans
  • ✅ Store owners can list products
  • ✅ Consumers can create shopping lists
  • ✅ Automated flagging operational

Milestone 3:

  • ✅ 100% of all functional requirements implemented
  • ✅ All non-functional requirements met
  • ✅ Zero P0/P1 bugs
  • ✅ Production-ready application

Technical Success Metrics

Performance:

  • Response time <5s for search queries
  • Support 50+ concurrent users
  • 95% uptime during testing period

Quality:

  • Unit test coverage >80%
  • All integration tests passing
  • Zero critical security vulnerabilities

Accessibility:

  • WCAG 2.1 AA compliance
  • Keyboard navigable
  • Screen reader compatible

Security:

  • HTTPS enabled
  • Passwords hashed with bcrypt
  • No exposed secrets or API keys
  • Tamper-resistant logging implemented

Process Success Metrics

  • All PRs reviewed per Team Policies
  • Issues closed by reviewers (not creators)
  • Meeting notes documented weekly
  • Wiki kept up-to-date
  • No direct pushes to main branch

Conclusion

This roadmap provides a structured path to complete the Affordable & Healthy Eating Hub project during the CMPE451 semester. By following this plan, the team will deliver a production-ready application that meets all functional and non-functional requirements while adhering to good development practices.

Key Success Factors:

  1. Strict adherence to milestone deadlines
  2. Regular communication and progress tracking
  3. Early identification and mitigation of risks
  4. Continuous testing and quality assurance
  5. Comprehensive documentation throughout

Next Steps:

  1. Review and approve this roadmap with the team
  2. Create GitHub issues for Milestone 1 tasks
  3. Assign issues to team members
  4. Set up project boards for tracking
  5. Begin implementation on October 2, 2025

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