USER PERSONAS appeal to coffee skeptics & current users - PDF document

STATEMENT OF INTENT GET ME CAFFEINATED! Tarek Almiski We teach you about Joe Cortes coffee. Help you master Fatimah Hoque Matthias Mohammod that favorite drink. And get you caffeinated . Target Users Educational Intent Coffee enthusiasts, cafe frequenters, coffee skeptics. Anyone interested in This application will educate users on how to brew brewing their own cafe drinks at home will benefit from this application. different varieties of coffee. After using the application, This interface will be appropriate both for new coffee drinkers and for users should feel confident in their ability to brew many those who already know how to make coffee, but would like to learn to types of coffee at home. brew new varieties at home. For novice users, there will be a step by step tutorial on how to brew coffee. Advanced users, however, will be able to quickly access information about different varieties of coffee. ARE WE ADDICTED? ★ very popular drink ★ great variety is unknown ★ fundamental knowledge is lacking ★ brew at home? ★ educate and offer learning tools ★ make caffeine "more accessible" (in its many forms) NO, WE ARE USER PERSONAS ★ appeal to coffee skeptics & current users CAFFEINATED ! AND GOALS

semantic knowledge semantic knowledge Background Background 65 year old 21 year college student Has seven grandchildren! Has a high proficiency with computers Recently began using a computer Doesn’t know much about coffee Drinks coffee often Goals PRIMARY Joe Myers Discover new and The Undergraduate Student PERSONA unfamiliar types of coffee. Goals SECONDARY Bob Donaway Learn the fundamentals necessary PERSONA to brew a cup of coffee. The Retired Grandfather Discover new types of coffee drinks. INTERFACE GOALS AVOIDING USER ERROR RETENTION OVER TIME 5 4 This goal was not emphasized because we intended the interface to be very quick to learn. However, we have tried to stay close to the user's mental model when The cost of errors is low, so this is the least possible in order to facilitate this goal. We emphasized aspect of the interface. However, intended the interface to be as simple as when errors do occur, we've tried to make the possible, so there would be less for the feedback constructive and have the interface user to remember. blame the system rather than the user.

SUBJECTIVE SATISFACTION TIME TO LEARN 3 A primary goal: Ensure that the interface is 2 Although simplicity and speed were our simple enough that a user will pick it up very main interface goals, we tried to ensure quickly. User should spend time learning that the interface was also comfortable about coffee, not about the interface. To this for the user. We aimed to use friendly, end, we tried to provide concise explanations user-centered language, as well as of functionality wherever possible. When familiar navigation methods to make the appropriate, we used familiar features from user feel at ease when using the other websites in order to leverage the user's interface. past web experience. SPEED OF PERFORMANCE 1 Our primary interface goal was to ensure that users can quickly find resources that interest them. Our users will most likely use the site as MOCK UPS... CHANGE. a reference, so they should not be impeded when they choose to return to the site. We tried to eliminate excise wherever possible, and in particular, limit navigation. The site was also designed to remember user information, saving the user time during subsequent visits. THE DEMO

THE DEMO WHAT WE LIKED NEW TECHNOLOGIES LESSONS Github effective for version control and sharing. LEARNED Balsamiq easy to create interface mockups Google+ Hangout easy to have online meetings. Google Drive great for collaboration

LIKED, NOT SO MUCH FOR NEXT TIME OTHER NEW STUFF Framework Use an established html framework for more consistent structure + styling JQuery UI Widgets difficult to customize and style. Focus Less features, perfected, than more Ambitious prototype and making them stand out Led to difficulties during development. REFERENCES available in previous project submissions Thank you. QUESTIONS?