GR1 - Task analysis
User analysis
We separate our users into two main categories. The System Administrators and the regular target users.
Population Characteristics for target users.
Age: 16+. Basically, everyone can use it, but we think it is reasonable to assume that the users will be of some age.
Gender: Both.
Culture: As diverse as possible, in order to share a lot of different experiences. Primarily educated and English speaking.
Computer Skills: Basic Internet Browsing Capacity
Motivation: Experiencing, sharing, learning, and tracking.
Marital Status: All applicable
Task analysis
All of the tasks are learnt by trying and by watching others maybe.
We leave the possibility of instructions or a help button open, for later stages in the design.
General constraints for tasks:
1) Goal: Create a profile. No sub tasks.
Frequency: Done once.
2) Goal: Maintain profile
Preconditions: You have to create a profile, before you can do anything on the website.
Must know: Username and Password
Sub tasks: Log in, Update/Change your info, view your profile
Constraints: No time constraints and you can have 24/7 access.
Frequency: Depends on the user, since there are no restrictions.
3) Goal: Create/Update trip
This could be considered as part of the “Maintain Profile” task, but it is a very important task, therefore we are stating it separately.
Preconditions: Again, you have to create a profile and in order to update a trip you have to have it already created.
Sub tasks: Log in, type trip info, upload pictures. Also, you can just view the trip.
Constraints: Maybe memory constraints on the data that the website will be able to hold.
Frequency: Depends on the user, since there are no restrictions.
4) Goal: Add friends/Expand network.
Preconditions: Other users have created profiles already and you can add them to your network.
Sub tasks: Log in, type friend’s info (if you know it already) or search manually in the database, which will be conveniently separated into groups (like nationality).
5) Goal: Search
Preconditions: Other users have created profiles already and they have added information about their trips.
Sub tasks: - Log in.
- You can search for trips by country, by user, by nationality (given that we have grouped the users already).
- You can also search for friends.