Jari, the project manager
Name: Jari
A role or job title: works at a middle-sized company as a project manager
Quotes in the personas language: “tykkään pomottaa.”
Relevant demographics: 25 years old, manDescriptions that reveals goals, motivations, pain points: his goal in life is to become the president of the company. His motivation is to provide a livelyhood for his family. He can’t handle stress very well.Descriptions that describe primary activities this user type will engage in: Jari is an active cricket player and has been in the world championship contest of cricket.
Usability criteria to be suitable for this user type? (design imperatives)
e.g.
- ease of learning
- retention of learning
- efficiency of interaction
- reliability of interaction
User Story
- "As a cricket fan, I want to watch the cricket championship on a big screen television."
- "As a driver, I want a new car so everybody will be jealous of me."
Definition of Done must describe exactly what “done” means
- end user can make a search on the main page for television (“I want a search function based on a category, like tv’s”)
- end user goes to RunToShop.fi to find recommendations on what car to buy
- picture is scaled to fit the profile picture box on the profile page (“I didn’t find recommendations on cars.”)
Lissu, the nurse
Name: Lissu
A role or job title: works in a hospital in a big city
Quotes in the personas language: “koiranpennut on söpöjä.”
Relevant demographics: 29 years old*,* woman, Lissu belongs to the young active and fashion aware demographic.
Descriptions that reveals goals, motivations, pain points: Her goal in life is to have a husband and two kids in a red house in the countryside. Her motivation is to achieve her goal one day. She can’t handle criticism. Descriptions that describe primary activities this user type will engage in: Lissu likes to run and go to the gym.
Usability criteria to be suitable for this user type? (design imperatives)
e.g.
- ease of learning
- retention of learning
- efficiency of interaction
- reliability of interaction
User Story
Template: As a <some role>, I want <something>, so that <some value>
Describes who wants, what wants and what for in one sentence
Examples:
- “As an end user I want to be able to upload my picture to my profile page, so that my profile page looks cool”
- “As a sales person, I want to see statistics of my performance in graphical charts, so that I monitor my performance”
- “As an administrator, I want to have database backups, so that I won’t be in big trouble if something unexpected happens”
Definition of Done must describe exactly what “done” means
“What’s not in DoD, is not needed”
Item is either “done” or “not done”
Example:
- Story: Picture upload
- end user can upload his/her picture from profile settings page
- picture is shown on the left upper corner of the profile page
- picture is scaled to fit the profile picture box on the profile page
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Persona:
Jari is a 25 year old engineer. He works in a middle-sized company as a project manager. “tykkään pomottaa.” Jari is part of the group who are considered to be part of RunToShop’s target audience.
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