Interface Usability Project Report for ITC504 Assignment 01 Project

This report presents the project scope, initial requirements, and key assumptions for an interface design project centered around an online gift shop. The report begins with an abstract outlining the subject's focus on interface design and evaluation, emphasizing usability principles. It then analyzes a local gift shop's need to enhance its online presence to compete with larger online retailers. The vision includes attracting customers through a user-friendly website with attractive features. The report defines the project's outcomes, including a loyalty card system, discounts, and inventory management. It outlines the scope, objectives (categorizing gifts), outputs, targets, and success criteria, such as special orders and an online chat system. Key assumptions involve providing special deals, event notifications, and a seamless user experience across devices. The report details the project's structure, focusing on providing a practical approach to interface design and usability testing strategies.

ITC504_ Assignment #01
Interface Usability project report
Project scope, initial requirements and assumptions for that project
Hamza Saeed Khan
3/22/2017
You are to prepare the project scope and initial requirements and assumptions for a new Interface
Design project. This project may be either…

Contents
1. Abstract...................................................................................................................................................2
The online gift shop case study that is located in the ITC504 Interact Resources folder.............................2
3. Overview.................................................................................................................................................2
4. Vision.......................................................................................................................................................2
5. Outcomes................................................................................................................................................2
6. Scope.......................................................................................................................................................3
7. Objectives................................................................................................................................................3
8. Outputs and targets.................................................................................................................................3
9. Success criteria........................................................................................................................................3
10. Key assumptions....................................................................................................................................4

1. Abstract
This subject provides an advanced study of Interface Design and Evaluation. The subject will
look at various contexts that affect interface design and will employ both design and usability
principles to evaluate and design interfaces. It includes the creation of usability testing
strategies to ensure that both the design and usability requirements are met as well as the
evaluation of test results. We have to discuss the main points as given below;
• Overview
• Vision
• Outcomes
• Scope
• Objectives, Outputs and Targets
• Success Criteria
• Key assumptions
So our case study as we selected for the assignment will be:
The online gift shop case study that is located in the ITC504 Interact
Resources folder.
2. Overview
A local gift shop wants to get their online presence to high stage in front of users. They observe
that their business gradually slowing because more customers ordering gifts from another gift
shop which is “click on it to go to that gift site please” and another site also involves as
https://www.daraz.pk/gifts/.
3. Vision
So our local gift shop panel decided to protect us from that sites we have to increase their
customer base having better online presence having to that stores. However, they realize that
they cannot compete directly with the large online gift sellers on price or range of stock. So we
have to find attractive point to attract customers for our site for more business.
4. Outcomes
That shop sells gifts for everyone including females, males and kids in this store. Also they take
special gifts orders from people and provide them from store on demand. The gift loyalty card

system also available for customers. Loyalty card holders receive a voucher to acquire gifts free
every four months. The value of the voucher is calculated at 8.5%.
5. Scope
Customers can also receive discounts for more purchases. The gift store has an inventory
management system and orders gifts for the store online. The gift store has a simple online
presence, but it is more of a point of presence which merely advertises the store and does not
give any real information about products or services. The site is updated, perhaps, once every
couple of months.
6. Objectives
Best categories for our customers are;
 ornaments,
 Homemade cultural components
 Jewelry ,
 perfumes,
 clothing,
 hampers,
 Baby items, etc.
The owners are not sure which one of these categories may provide them with an entry to a
successful market.
7. Outputs and targets
They are interested in spotlighting one of the categories on the new site for a period. They
intend to rotate through these categories on a regular basis so that they can measure the
response to each. They intend to use these measurements to determine how to further
position themselves in the market.
8. Success criteria
1. Enquire after gifts not currently in stock;
2. convert those enquiries into special orders if required;
3. Have an online chat system running so that customers can chat with each other and gift
store staff.
The success criteria will be succeeded when they have to apply on their systems.

9. Key assumptions
1. Provide special deals for loyalty card customers;
2. Provide notifications of coming events such as gift launches, coffee mornings, gift
readings, etc.;
3. Provide a notification system to staff when an order or enquiry is received.
4. The online presence should be seamless across devices, so that it has the same user
experience and functions on a PC screen, a tablet or a smartphone
5. will need to provide drawings of the interface design for your chosen system also
We have not to worry about the accounting system for payments the gift shop nor about the
delivery system for deliveries for goods ordered because of successive criteria assumptions.
Note: Do not use any existing gift shop name, trademarks or pictures
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