GR1 - Task analysis

User analysis

• Internet savvy viewers
  • Familiar with search terms
  • Familiar with computers and the Internet
    • Gamers
    • Journalists
  • Persona: Sean is an 18-year old high school student who just got into college so he's playing Starcraft 2 all day. He wants to improve his skills so he wants to watch professional Starcraft 2 players play.
  • Persona: Jane is a 29-year old journalist for the local newspaper. She wants to keep track protests in Egypt through different webcasts.
• Non-technical viewers
  • Unfamiliar with search terms, need to click through navigation.
  • Less familiar with computers and Internet
    • Sports viewers
    • Talk show viewers
  • Persona: Tina is a 38 year old housewife. She is sitting at home, bored, waiting for the turkey to roast. There is nothing good on TV, so she wants to browse internet streams for shows that she is interested in, mainly talk shows and cooking shows.
  • Persona: Garret is a 30 year old male who likes to watch soccer. His favorite team is the Real Madrid, but his cable package doesn't cover it, so he watches internet streams for their games.

Task analysis

• Browse channel by category
  • Goal: Go to a quality channel in a interesting category
  • Precondition: User has a general sense of what he wants to watch
  • Subtasks:
    • Choose the category
    • View channels under that category
    • Read channel information
    • Select channel to watch
• Search for channel
  • Goal: Go to a specific channel
  • Precondition: User has focused sense of what he wants to watch
  • Subtasks:
    • Search for channel
    • Organize information (by popularity, relevance,...)
    • Look at results
    • Select channel to watch
• Watch previously viewed channel
  • Goal: View a channel again
  • Precondition: Already watched a channel before
  • Subtasks:
    • Get previously viewed channels
    • Organize information
    • Select channel to watch

Domain analysis