Feature Pack / Deliverables Goals / Objectives Benefits Assumptions, constraints, risks Resources needed

1. Forum homepage: Axure

1.1 List of categories Laptop for testing
1.2 Search bar // Ask question
1.3 IT News and Events UI element
1.4 Subscribe to newsletter
1.5 Sign In / Register
1.5.1 Connect with Facebook / G+
1.6 Breadcrumb
2. Category page
2.1 Search bar // Ask question
2.2 List of topics for each category
2.2.1 Title
2.2.2 Beginning of message
2.2.3 Solutions
2.2.4 Content quality information
2.2.5 Author profile information
2.3 Tags List
2.4 Learning Modules List
2.5 Useful Links list
2.6 Breadcrumb
3. Topic Discussion page
3.1 Discussion
3.1.1 Question
3.1.2 Best Answer
3.1.3 Comments
3.1.4 Content quality information
3.1.5 Participants profile information
3.1.6 Invite someone to answer
3.1.7 Answer form
3.1.8 Opt in / out of subscription
3.1.9 Expert contributions
3.1.10 Sharing features
3.2 Linked Content ("related")
3.3 Search bar // Ask question
3.4 Breadcrumb
Minimum
Do a rough demonstration of the UI, not much
enhanced; we are mainly concerned with how the
information and features are placed in the page,
how the user interacts with the functionality, and
how he navigates in the website.
Explore possible ways of solving the challenges
that the traditional forum UI poses to less internet
savvy users, with the benefit of improving the
experience of the experienced ones as well
5. The lack of a more enhanced design may render less clear to
some users what the page would look like if it was finished
Available users
1. Since we only have a small subset of users to test the
prototypes for us, the design may not be inclusive enough.
2. Some of these problems have been solved already, it's safe
to rely on the design used in other websites.
3. The main challenge in UI design of a forum is organising the
information in the screen and facilitating navigation in a
relatively complex structure of pages
4. There will not be enough time to perform a sufficient
number of iterations to improve the design.
Recreate the main basic components of the forum in
a simple, engaging way that works even for less
internet savvy users
Include all the UI elements identified in the
requirements In order to prototype how all of them
should come together in the page
Same as above
Prototype additional pages:
1. User profile page
2. User register page
3. Search results page
4. Settings page
Same as above
1. News and events
2. Subscribe to newsletter
And also three additional pages:
1. List of news and events page
2. Read 1 news / event page
And also the email communications:
1. Newsletter
2. Notifications
2.1 New post in subscribed topic
2.2 Summary of contributions
2.3 "We missed you"
Amazing
Same as above in "minimum", except 5.
Understand how the users would respond to the
email communications.
Recreate (and test) the full experience for the users
Even more time
Good
More time
Rough demonstration of additional pages, like
above.
Test all the pages that directly pertain the forum. 5. as above in "minimum"
Same as above in "minimum", except 5.
Prototype the complete website, including
some additional features in the home page:
Additonal pages as above, with the more
enhanced design.
Same deliverables as above, but looking
better.
Be in a position to present a complete prototype to
any interested parties
More insight on what works and doesn't work, and
how the forum would integrate with the rest of
the website.
More enhanced design, with complete colour set
and more complex animation effects where
relevant.
Being able to do a more realistic test.
Test the added features, including colors that work
and don't work.
Create prototypes that look like they are part of a
real website.