GR3 Paper Prototyping

Briefing

We are developing an application called PackIt. This is a mobile application to help you pack for your trips. By entering your trip information, you can see a list of suggested items that you should pack. From there, you can also add more/remove items to pack, and then mark them off as you pack. In addition to a list of items to bring, this app offers packing and travel tips to help make your trip a memorable experience.

User testing - Iteration One

Task No.

Paper Prototype

Task Description

Observations

1a


(figure 1a.1)

 
(figure 1a.2)

Add a new trip entitled "My New Trip" to Europe for 7 days for yourself from March 24 - March 30

Users thought the '+' button was to be pressed first in order to add the trip. Thought the gender slider was interesting.

2a

 
(figure 2a.1)


(figure 2a.2)

'Pack' these items:
-2/3 shirts
-pair of mittens

Users were confused by the green number on the backpack (there to indicate the number of luggages/backpacks currently using). Wasn't sure where to start when packing shirts

3a

 
(figure 3a.1)


(figure 3a.2)

View weather information

Users had no trouble finding the weather information

4a

(see figure 2a.2)

'Unpack' 2 shirts

Generally had no trouble. One user thought that the 'Reset' button at the button would automatically unpack all the clothes already packed

5a

(see figure 1a.2)

Change your trip and extend it by 3 days

The reset button was misleading for users, since they believed that pressing it would erase all the packing they had done earlier. The task of the button itself was intuitive, and users knew that they could press it to go edit their trip information.

6a

 
(figure 6a.1)


(figure 6a.2)

Add these items to the list of things you want to pack:
-4 more shirts
-bagpipes

Users had a hard time finding the +/- button indicating adding and removing items from the list of items to bring. Would generally look around aimlessly until they found it. When they pulled up the edit popup, didn't realize what to do. Some users would try and press add before actually typing in an item name

7a


Remove all scarves from the list of items that you want to bring

Users didn't realize they had scarves in their to-bring list. They were also confused on the distinction between packing an item and removing it from the shelf, since both actions removed items from the shelf but the latter removes it entirely without the possibility of it returning

Modifications

All Trips View and Create New Trip View
  • Changed + button to arrow button to indicate 'continue'
  • Removed placeholder text in textfield
  • Changed calendar widget to allow for switching months
Packing Tab
  • Green number on backpack removed for unless there was more than one backpack
  • Labelled list of items as to-bring list for each category to clarify
  • Changed reset wizard to edit to make it clear packed items stay packed
  • Remove recycling bin for the open backpack view
  • Combine open backpack view with closed backpack view
  • Change +/- button to edit
  • Added recycling bin to edit mode
  • Added plus buttons to icons for adding
Trip Tips
  • Changed tab name from Tips and Tricks to Trip Tips

User testing - Iteration Two

Task No.

Paper Prototype

Task Description

Observations

1b


(figure 1b.1)

Add a new trip entitled "My New Trip" to Europe for 7 days for yourself from March 24 - March 30

Users had no trouble creating a new trip.

2b


(figure 2b.1)

'Pack' these items:
-2/3 shirts
-pair of mittens

One user had trouble understanding the paper prototype - tried picking up the icons to move into the backpack. Users correctly packed the items and navigated through the different shelf categories.

3b

(unchanged - see figure 3a.1 and 3a.2)

View weather information

One user took a while to scan for the buttons at the bottom of the screen. Users had no trouble finding the weather information.

4b

(see figure 2b.1)

'Unpack' 2 shirts

Users had no trouble unpacking the two shirts.

5b

(see figure 1a.2)

Change your trip and extend it by 3 days

Users had no trouble editing trip information and extending it by 3 days.

6b


(figure 6b.1)

Add these items to the list of things you want to pack:
-4 more shirts
-bagpipes

Users were still slightly confused with the concept of editing the list of things you want to bring (as opposed to the list of things you have packed), although they realized that there were only 3 shirts on the shelf, and that they had to add more. Same with the lack of bagpipes in the MISC category. Shelf concept and 'edit shelf' button made it better for users to recognize a shelf of items they want to bring. Eventually figured everything out faster than in first iteration.

7b

(see figure 7b.1)

Remove all scarves from the list of items that you want to bring

One user did not think he was bringing scarves until he checked the winter gear category. Users had no trouble removing all the scarves. 2 out of the 3 users also intuitively used the 'click to move one, drag to move all' on this to remove all the scarves.

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1 Comment

  1. Would have liked to see rationale behind each modifications made between iterations. Would have liked to see raw notes as well. Not clear how many users were tested. Good use of tables and subheaders. Overall, solid report.