Application Prototype and Evaluation

Running head: APPLICATION PROTOTYPE AND EVALUATION
Application Prototype and Evaluation
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Table of Contents
Part 1:.............................................................................................................................2
1.1 Personas:..............................................................................................................2
1.2 Sketches of System:.............................................................................................5
1.3 Various Input Methods:........................................................................................6
Part 2:.............................................................................................................................8
2.1 Prototypes:............................................................................................................8
2.2 User Evaluation:.................................................................................................13
2.3 Portfolio of Evaluation Sheets:..........................................................................16
Part 3:...........................................................................................................................20
3.1 Critical Analysis:................................................................................................20
Bibliography:................................................................................................................23
Appendix:.....................................................................................................................26

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Part 1:
1.1 Personas:
Persona 1:
Name: Tyson Neale Age: 32 Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married Income: £62,000/Year Location: 74 Dunmow Road,
GRIMMET
Education: Bachelor in Computer Science, De Montfort University International College
Company: Bettendorf's
Occupation: Computer scientist
Work Experience: After graduating from the Harvard University in Computer Science,
Tyson began his career in Local IT farm as an assistant engineer. After getting a satisfactory
experience he applied for Computer Scientist Post at Bettendorf's. She is working in this
organization for 3 years.
Interests: Biking, Hiking, Reading Books, Going to Opera, Watching Films, Volunteering at
the local NGOs
Favourite Brands and Products: Nike, Garmin
Values: Good communication, well skilled computer expert, work-life balance
Goals: Creating a tech blog, forming a small NGO that helps people live on street
Challenges and Frustrations: Lack of time to invest in creating blog
Scenario for Using System: Tyson will use the system to book campaign and buy
merchandise mainly. Tyson can search for the location of various areas of the campaign. As

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Tyson is from different city, he may want to search for hotels nearby to for staying near to the
venue. He also wants the application to show the details of the hotel and rooms along with the
option of boking it.
Persona 2:
Name: Charlotte James Age: 45 Gender: Female
Marital Status: Unmarried Income: £78,000/Year Location: u10 Exning Road
HANNAH
Education: Business Management (Finance) BA (Hons), University of Derby
Company: Bennett Brothers
Occupation: Finance Manager
Work Experience: After graduating from University of Derby, she has worked in a local
retail shop for three years as an internal finance manager. Then she moved to Australia for
working as an intern and after one year she got a full time job in the same organization. Right
now she is working at Bennett Brothers as finance manager for seven years.
Interests: Biking, Hiking, Reading Books, Going to Opera, Watching Films, Volunteering at
the local NGOs
Favourite Brands and Products: Adidas, Allensolly
Values: Good communication, well skilled management specialist
Goals: Starting her own constancy business
Challenges and Frustrations: Lack of fund to start her own business
Scenario for Using System: Being a stakeholder of the festival, Charlotte wants to access the
how many people are arriving at the campaign each day. She may also want to view all the

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options that are accessible by the normal users. She wants to have an administrative account
in the application.
Persona 3:
Name: Keira Smith (Cognitive Disabilities) Age: 39
Gender: Female Marital Status: Unmarried
Income: £28,000/Year Location: 25 Harrogate Road
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Education: Master in Fine Arts, Newcastle University
Company: Freelancer
Occupation: Painter and Sculpture
Work Experience: During her graduation
Interests: Biking, Hiking, Reading Books, Going to Opera, Watching Films, Volunteering at
the local NGOs
Favourite Brands and Products: Woodlands, Apple, H&B
Values: Creative, very focused on work
Goals: Opening an art academy for poor and mentally disabled children
Challenges and Frustrations: Lack of fund to open the business and inconsistent income,
Low communication skill
Scenario for Using System: Being a person of Cognitive Disabilities, Keira has issues in
accessing various options of the application. Keira wants the system to be simple to use and

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provide instructions on how to use the application. Each of the input and output will have a
help option that will allow her to understand the purpose of it.
1.2 Sketches of System:
Figure 1: Sketch of Home Page
(Source: Created by Author)
The sketch of the home page illustrates that the home page will be very simple and
easy to understand. The home page will have an automatic slideshow of the images of
campaign. The user can access the menu from the top-left corner of the screen. There is a
login option in the application at the top-right corner of the screen.