Connected Devices/Projects/Project Cue: Difference between revisions

*Project Cue grew out of the study and research conducted by the Project Link team. Initially, the team looked at a hub that would manage smart devices in the home. They evaluated what was desirable from a hub angle, if it was going to be viable from a Mozilla perspective, and desirable for customer.  The team used the "Design Thinking" innovation approach by IDEO, where the philosophy of Product Innovation is at the center of technology (feasibility), person (desirability) & business (viability). After prototyping certain fundamental elements like first time user experience, device discovery, interoperability, and a rules engine, and evaluating the market and competitor landscape, the team concluded that a hub was not where we should be.  

The results of the study confirmed for the team that it should pivot to a smart digital assistant, or family organizer, the concept tested in the first of the four hypotheses in their study. This family organizer could include scheduling, list management, and reminders. The team doesn’t know yet if all these possible tracks will result in one product. Integration or convergence of the scheduling and list management aspects of the family organizer could come later, but this would need to be researched or tested. The team decided to focus initially on reminders to provide the who, when, what, where, and whether recurring for the busy family members' to do's, events, and activities, and therefore, Project Cue was born.