CLASSIFIEDFLOCK

Ketan Kumar

COEN 163 Web Usability

Assignment #2

1/31/12

PART #1

PROJECT DETAILS

Title: ClassifiedFlock

Purpose of site: to connect buyers and sellers of

items & services.

Client: LiveFlock Corporation

PROJECT DETAILS (CONTINUED)

Users:

Mainly students

Sellers or buyers

Textbooks, clothes, electronics

Sellers want ability to post items quickly and efficiently

Buyers want to be able to search for and find items easily

No Spam

This is a new website (not a redesign)

PART #2

PROJECT INFORMATION

We can’t do a usability study

The site does not exist yet

We will be making the first version of it.

The users are college students

They want to buy/sell items.

Student marketplace

PROJECT INTERVIEWS

We will gather information in several ways Focus groups

Call in students and ask a set of questions

Mailed surveys

Send a list of questions out to several people

Cheap and easy to distribute

PROJECT INFORMATION

We have the time to visit and talk with the users.

We do not need permission to talk with users

They are ready to meet with us.

The interviews will take place within a week.

PROJECT PLAN

Week 1 – Interviewing

We will talk with the users.

Try to get an understanding of what they want.

Week 2 – Mock up/design

We will make paper prototypes and computer prototypes

We will come up with a good plan

Week 3 and On – execution and implementation

We will make the website

PROGRESS

Everything is going well so far

We have most questions answered and are ready to go.

We will talk with LiveFlock if any questions arise in

this process.

They have a good understanding of what they want.