ReWork App Prototype | Week 5

Week Overview:

Research continued and I initiated the transition from user modeling to user testing. Wireframes were started, focusing on three key user tasks: Buy an item, sell an item, add an item to a wishlist.

The initial wireframe sketches focused on the three aforementioned tasks, helping to work out any initial bugs that I may have missed in the conceptual stages of the product. These sketches were informally shown to a two users, Benny Stiemsma and Jacob Martinez. Users noted a lack of easily-accessible messaging icon, and also exhibited confusion at the dropdown functionality of the filters function in the “buy” tab. Users did, however, indicate an appreciation for the gallery layout of the app.

From these innitial wireframe sketches, a more legitimate set of lo-fi wireframes were constructed in adobe illustrator for broader user testing. Once again, these wireframes focused on the three tasks: Buy, sell, and add to wishlist.

Weekly Goals:

• Goals and Metrics for Successful Project (due October 23)

• Prototyping & Testing Strategy (due October 23)

Weekly Outcomes:

• Prototyping & Testing Strategy

  • Testing Methods

    • User Testing

    • User Interviews

    • Prototype Engagement

  • User Testing Timeline

    • November 15th - Establish Interview Plan/Recruit Participants

    • November 20th - Conduct Usability Testing and User Interviews

    • November 25th - Analyze Results and make revisions

  • User Goals

    • Decrease clutter (Jordan Altergott)

    • Get art supplies in time for upcoming classes (Chris Yost)

    • Find supplies for experimental project (Joseph Le)

  • Participants from the target audience (art students) will partake in a prototype testing session wherein they will be tasked to:

    • Create a ProfileFind an item for sale

    • Put an item up for sale

    • Purchase an item (payment understanding)

• Design Requirement Revisions

  • Accessible Messaging system that users can access throughout the app, most likely in the upper corners of the screen, which will allow users to quickly communicate with their buyers or sellers.

  • Easily-accessible wishlist capabilities for users on the go, conceptually a button next to or within products that allows users to quickly save items for later.

  • Loaning capabilities, within the selling category (Interview #1, Tia Tuyet, Interview, #3 Miles VanZweden)

  • Peer Rating capabilities, easily viewable, with the aim at ensuring product quality. (Survey #3)