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1. Set Profile: Fill out personal information for your profile page. Your profile page will contain information that identifies yourself to others. In the context of this site, your profile will provide the necessary information for other users to identify for the purpose of playing pickup basketball together.
   1. set your name
   2. set your location
   3. set your skill level
2. Create Game: Initiate a game by providing the necessary details. Use the game creation page to establish a landing point for all players interested in playing at the time, location, and skill level that you establish. Potential players will be able to view all of the game parameters you set to determine whether or not they would like to join. As the join, they will be added to the game page. Since you are the game creator you have admin power to edit the game parameters as needed.
   1. set a time
   2. set a location
   3. set a desired skill range
   4. set the desired number of players
3. Find Game: Search for a game that best fits your criteria an decide whether or not to join. Use PickFind to filter all active games based on the specific details that are important to you. Choose a time that is convenient for your schedule. Choose a location that you would ordinarily frequent. Choose a skill level that would be within a competitive range for your abilities.
   1. choose a time
   2. choose a location
   3. choose a desired skill range
   4. look through results to find a game that fits your criteria
   5. join a game

Observations

First Iteration of User Testing

1. User 1
   1. user wants to scroll the single column list of available games
   2. doesn't know which courts are available for playing basketball
   3. misses search functionality at the top of the page
   4. gender choice - should change from a selection box to a pair of radio buttons (either/or)
   5. user doesn't understand rank
   6. user has difficulty finding navigation for the main page
   7. user wonders how to close out of game details drop down
2. User 2
   1. user would rather not specify an exact time. Instead, wants to select something such as "evening"
   2. user wants to select Z-Center (i.e. from a drop down menu)
   3. user wonders what to do if there is nothing to join on the day selected
   4. clicks on myprofile - finds relatively intuitive
   5. finds rank to be confusing
   6. doesn't want to give out personal information such as phone number, or even email address
   7. clicks on create game
   8. user wants a more general time range (ex. afternoon, or evening)
   9. confused about court number
3. User 3
   1. user likes the layout of the start page
   2. wonders how to create a profile - register with the site
   3. would like to scroll through available games
   4. doesn't notice the button for viewing additional games (button adds more games using javascript to the end of the column list)
   5. user is engaged in filling out the profile information
   6. wonders how to set a profile picture - does it need to be a personal photo?
   7. estimates a ranking for himself, but is unsure of whether it is accurate
   8. creates game fairly easily - wants to know if it can be modified
   9. searches through games, and adds himself to two games on the same day

Prototype iteration