GR1 - Task analysis
User analysis
- List Owners (users who have accounts)
Online shoppers, mostly aged between 18 and 30, who are looking for a way to keep track of items they like online - List Viewers (users who may not have accounts)
Friends of the list owners, also mostly aged between 18 and 30, who are interested in what the list owners like and may want to buy items for them
Task analysis
Tasks for List Owners
- Manage wish list
Goal: to keep track of items you like while shopping online- Add an item
Preconditions: have a link or descriptive words for an item
Frequency: fairly often, while browsing online stores - Delete an item
- View items currently in wish list
- Add an item
- Share wish list (by link)
Goal: to show friends/family items you like or may want to buy- Share all items in list
- Share sub-list
Tasks for List Viewers
- View a wish list
Goal: to see what a list owner likes and possibly buy an item for him/her- View items in a list owner's wish list
Precondition: have a link to the wish list - Go to shopping page (Amazon, etc.)
- View items in a list owner's wish list
- Exploring friends' wish lists
Goal: to see what items your friends who use the site like- View (Facebook) friends who own lists
- View items in a friend's wish list
- Comment on items in a friend's wish list
- View recently added items from all friends