GR1 - Project Proposal and Analysis

User analysis

• Persona 1: Novice user - Monica Neugebauer - Resident of East Campus 1W
  • General opinions: 
    • Useful thing to have. 
    • Without having to exchange multiple emails back and forth, you can schedule a meeting. It is convenient
  • Additional features: 
    • Reminder email for any change in plan. It is hard to get notified of sudden changes. It will be nice to get reminders if anything changes ( location, time etc.)
• Persona 2: Power User - Drew Whisenant - Executive Committee Chair for Sigma Nu 
  • General opinions
    • Great idea, especially for users who have to constantly deal with scheduling meetings
  • Favorite Features
    • Being able to invite other people without having them log on
    • Having a recurrence option that can allow users to choose a day in the week to schedule a recurring event can help users because they don't need to recreate an event every time
  • Additional Features
    • An optimal message to be attached to the invite
    • A way to rank/select pre-scheduled flexible events that can be moved so it can be moved
• Persona 3: Bret wants to have lunch with his friends (short time a lot more people), Dan Handal - office socialite
  • General opinions:
    • Only wants to use MashCal if it is easy to set up
    • Likes that he doesn't need to coordinate the optimal time for everyone
    • Wants to have everyone go to lunch with him. If the program says it can't happen, he doesn't have to feel bad about not accommodating everyone.
  • Additional features
    • Invites via text message
• Persona 4: Tito does not have a smartphone (non mobile user) - Adam Vickerman - Dumbphone user
  • General opinons
    • Tito liked the idea but thought it wouldn't be useful for him if it were mobile only.
  • Favorite features
    • Ability to import calendar once makes MashCal easy to use in the future because it is always in sync
    • Use of email as the communication medium means that even people without smartphones can use MashCal.
  • Additional Features
    • Make the interface not mobile only. There should be a standard, non-touch web interface.

Task analysis:

Tasks:

• Linking of calendars/create accounts
• Create meetings
• Sending invitations
• View mashed events
• Group circles

Linking of calendars/create accounts,

• Goal: 
  • To link/register users on to MashCal

• Precondition: 
  • User want to create or join an event
• PostCondition:
   
  • Have account,
  • Have calendars imported
  • Being able to create events

• Subtask: 
  • Input login, 
  • Importing calendar

Create meeings:

• Goal: 
  • Create a meeting 
• Precondition: 
  • Have an account
• Postcondition: 
  • Invitations sent, 
  • Subscription deadline set
• Subtasks: Event recurence, deadline

Inviting people:

• Goal: 
  • Sending invitations to people
• Precondition: 
  • Existing event, 
  • Have intended users/ mail group (emailing list)
• Postcondition: 
  • Users receive emails with a link
  • Event link created, 
• Subtask: 
  • Choose group/emails 

View mashed events:

• Goals: 
  • Browse through history of events
• Precondition: 
  • Have an account; 
• Subtask: 
  • Reschedule, edit events,
  • Filtering of events

Group circles:

• Goal: Create a circle for your friends/email group
• Precondition: 
  • Have an account, 
  • Have users emails/group
• Postcondition: 
  • Have a group for quick inviting
• Subtasks: 
  • Adding removing emails, 
  • Sending mails individually