user profiles? user scenarios?
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- spk
anyone got any good ones? examples or outlines? thanks in advance and peace.
- unknown0
...what?
- luke0
where´s the bathroom
what?
the bathroom
the whatroom?
the bathroom
the whatwhat?
- jox0
hahahaha luke
- luke0
LOL jox i´m so drunk and i didn´t get it
- jox0
now that's an accomplishment.
- semiot0
hey spk,
Don't know of any available off hand...in case you haven't looked, here a few places where you might find what you're looking for:
Also try searching for "Use Cases" and UCD or User Centered Design...
- protoculture0
Here's one we discussed in one of my previous classes.
You're building a website tool that allows its users to create web pages tripod, geocities, etc...) Many different types of people are expected to use the site.
Question is how you design for all of them?
Answer, you don't. Design the site for 2 or 3 specific types of users. You don’t sew an average suit because it will not fit anyone
Example Persona
Heather
Female, no specific ethnicity, single, 26 year old grad student
From Lincoln, Nebraska; now lives in Berkeley, Ca, grad dorms
2 brothers – both play football at U of Nebraska
Family is middle class and well-educated, she’s a starving grad student
Goes to Berkeley for Marine Biology, full scholarship, works in the lab
Took time off between to work for non-profit (Greenpeace)
Interests: marine biology, oceans in general, wildlife,...
Advanced web user and builder
Brand new laptop (gift from family for grad school)
Uses computer from dorm room, coffee shops, library, lab
Uses computer for homework, writing her journal, maintaining her site
Dorm room connection (T1?)
Main goal: Stay connected with her friends & family -- an avenue of personal expression
Comes to Tripod, because it’s free and has more advanced tools
She has two sites and two usernames: one is her personal site, and the other is her thesis site
Uses our most advanced tools (FileManager, FreeForm, Gear, etc.)
- protoculture0
Some guidelines for creating personas.
Be specific; detail can be very helpful when debating features
Hypothetical: personas don't have to be real people; make them up to include attributes of your target users<br
Give personas a name: avoid using the word 'user' in conversations about design.Check out this link too:
http://www.uie.com/Articles/Pers…
- protoculture0
Scenarios
Personas focus on the people whereas scenarios focus on the situation. Tell a story of stakeholders, activites and artifacts. The stories are often fictional BUT may be based on real data. Use personas within the story.
Different kinds of scenarios:
Problem Scenarios: current practices, activites, stakeholders, artifacts...
Design Scenarios: invent new practices, envision the future
These types can broken down even further:
Daily use (check stocks)
Necessary use (take a piss)
Edge case - special cases and activites that occur infrequently
- the_user0
use cases and scenarios are not the same.
and personas are not necessary to write effective use cases since they really just capture business requirements
(User System).