Prototype photos
Initial screen
Two tasks added
Dialog after clicking "complete" button
Selecting who you are in the completion dialog
Dialog after clicking "show off your work" button
File picker dialog for selecting a "show off your work" picture
After selecting a "show off your work" picture.
After completing a task
After clicking someone's face on the top right corner. Shows you what that chores that person did.
After clicking the "last week" button. Shows you the tasks that were completed last week.
Picking an icon for your task
Briefing.
The briefing you gave to users.
Scenario Tasks
Task 1
You're Joe/Maria and you're having a dinner party tonight. Your kids Chris and Sara have nothing to do, so you'd like them to help out. To do so, you'll use our family to-do list.
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You're Maria/Joe and you're away on business. You want to check on how the family has been doing.
Observations
User 1
Task 1
This user tried to assign a task to a child, which isn’t possible in our system. He also tried to click on his own picture to log in. In our system, there isn’t a login system, since you only specify who you are when you complete a task. User also mentioned that the “Complete” label in each task row was confusing, since he didn’t know if it meant that the task was already completed.
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Task 4
The task wasn’t very well defined and the user didn’t know what to do. We were hoping this task would lead to discovery of the “previous week” feature, but it didn’t happen.
User 2
Task 1
When completing the task, this user didn’t know what our camera icon did. He also wanted to add a task deadline but there is no way of doing that. He also didn’t think it was convenient to upload a task completion picture. He’d have to get a phone, somehow get the picture to the computer, and upload.
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In the end, the user liked the prospect of using this tool for managing a rebellious teenager. He mentioned the concept of task completion pictures was valuable, but that it wasn’t obvious from the user interface. The user interface didn’t convey any sense of importance, or an indication of how a user would get credit for work done.
User 3
Task 1
User wasn’t sure if the todo list was for him or for everybody. There is also no editing interface, so if there’s a typo in a task there’s no way to correct it. When completing a task, it wasn’t clear that the “who am i” section of the completion dialog was a button for him to indicate himself.
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In the end, the user wasn’t clear on what needed to happen when you wanted to help the family out. Does somebody just look at the list? click anywhere?
Prototype iteration
From our first user test, we learned:
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