GR2 Designs

Scenario

Vincent is a college student going on a vacation in Western Europe for winter vacation, and wants to be able to know exactly what to pack, since he has just finished his spring semester and has very little time to pack between coming back from school to flying to Europe. He decides to use PackIt, our mobile phone app that helps people decide what to pack on trips. He pulls up the app and inputs his destination, Western Europe, how long he is staying, 12 days, and the nature of his trip (vacation).

After inputting his travel information, Vincent sees a list of suggested items to bring, generated by the app, in the appropriate amounts for the 12 days that he is staying in Europe. The list includes winter attire, since the weather in Western Europe is freezing. He also sees suggestions for how to pack his items efficiently in a suitcase. Looking through the list of items, Vincent realizes that he would also like to pack his glasses and his laptop, so he adds them to the list.

As he begins to pack his things, he marks in the app that he has packed them into his suitcase. As the items that Vincent has packed accumulate, he can see the current estimated weight of his suitcase. After Vincent has finished packing, he pulls up the list of item that he has already packed, double checking that he has packed everything. Once he has finished, he clears the information in the app and closes it, ready to use for another trip.

Paper Prototypes & Storyboards

Design One

Vincent starts by creating a new trip. He enters in the destination with a textbox that has autocomplete
with locations. Since he will be flying to Europe, he picks the plane icon, along with the male symbol.
He then selects the 12 days he will be there using the calendar module that appears as he clicks the date. | Pros
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After he hits go, a selection of items are selected and automatically placed in his backpack. However,
because he is a hat-enthusiast, he decides to bring along 12 hats with him, increasing the weight of his
backpack, and now notices that a luggage symbol has appeared, suggesting that bringing just a
backpack may no longer be appropriate. | | | |

Once he is satisfied, he clicks the checklist tab, and he begins to pack, checking off the items as he goes.
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   Before he leaves, he clicks the trip information tab, and he remembers that bringing a camera could be a
good idea as there may be times for sightseeing. | | | |

Design Two

Design Three