The User Narrative helped me to understand the personas better. It allowed me to state to problems faced by the demographics and what solutions the app would be able to provide for them. It also was an opportunity to come up with some value propositions for the site.
User Story Grid:
• Social
– “I usually go out to eat with a group of friends”
• Individual
– “I usually make food or go out in small groups in small groups”
• Frequent
– “I go to downtown Harrisonburg to eat very often”
• Occasional
– “I rarely go to downtown Harrisonburg to eat”
What Can They Do?
Colin Stolle SMAD 203 User Story Narratives
Social |
-Find new specials -Find parking and transportation options |
-Find new restaurant options and affordable prices |
-Show new transportation options |
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-Find new specials
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– Show new transportation options
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Individual |
– Find new specials |
-Find menu items and reviews of restaurants. |
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Frequent |
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Occasional |
Value Propositions:
1. “Eat like you mean it.”
– Meant to show the viewer they are able to find restaurants catered to their taste.
2. “Your personalized dining experience.”
– Shows viewer that by using the website they will be able to customize the settings to
their liking.
3. “Eat like royalty.”
– Tells the viewer that they will be catered to when using the website
User Stories:
- “As a user, I want to easily find new restaurants in downtown Harrisonburg I have not tried.”
- “As a user, I want find current and updated specials in downtown Harrisonburg”
- “As a user, I want to find available parking options and bus routes in downtown Harrisonburg”
Narrative Stories:
- Terry: “As a user, I want to easily find new restaurants in downtown Harrisonburg I have not tried.”
- – Pain: “Terry was going out for dinner with his friends, as they do often, but Terry did not feel the same this time. Terry usually goes out with his group of friends to the same restaurant options that they always go to. But when Terry’s friends startedmentioning the same restaurants they always go to, Terry was disappointed, but had no other options to suggest. Terry has grown tired of the same old restaurants theyalways go to and is looking for new experiences.”
- – Solution: “Terry and his friends were going out to dinner, and terry was worried thathe’d have to yet again go to the same old places. But, one of Terry’s friends said he knew a website that could find them new restaurants in the downtown area, personalized to what they were looking for. Terry was excited that they would be able to find new options and not be limited to the usual options.
- Regina: “As a user, I want to find available parking options and bus routes in downtown Harrisonburg”
- – Pain: “Regina friends invited her out to go get dinner with them in downtown Harrisonburg, however she was unable to meet them, because it is so hard to find parking downtown. Regina usually has to stay in. and make food due to the limited parking at downtown and lack of knowledge of the public transportation options.Regina was disappointed she couldn’t join her friends, but she had no other optionsto get downtown. Regina wants an easier way to find transportation to downtown Harrisonburg.
- – Solution: “Regina was invited out again by her friends and knew that she didn’t havea way to meet them. One of her friends suggested she use a new website that gives detailed descriptions of public transportation and parking in the down town area. With this she was able to find the most convenient parking options and even have the ability to take public transportation if she wished. Regina was pleased she now had an easy way to meet up with her friends downtown.