Scenarios

Scenarios are used to describe how users will interact with other users and the system.

Scenario 1

Purpose: Scenario that describes how the application restricts access to non-University of Southampton students

Individual: Felix – 3rd-year student studying Fashion at Solent University

Equipment: Any smartphone with access to the internet

Scenario:

Felix is on his way home from lectures, on the bus he overhears some students talking about a hobby link app.
He takes note of the app and downloads it from the app store
Once he launches the app, he is asked to log in
Felix inputs his university email and a password
He sees an error message that says “Sorry, this app is only available to University of Southampton students! We may be coming to your Uni soon :)”.
Disappointed, he closes the app, with the hopes that one day his Uni will have access.

Scenario 2

Purpose: Scenario that describes the successful registration of a user with a UoS email

Individual: Xao – fresher at the UoS

Equipment: Any smartphone with access to the internet

Scenario:

Scenario 3

Purpose: Scenario that describes how a user registers and chooses interests

Individual: Leo – Leo is a fresher studying Law at the UoS

Equipment: Any smartphone with access to the internet

Scenario:

Leo opens the app
He clicks the ‘register’ button
He inputs his University of Southampton email address, name, hobbies etc.
Once authenticated, he is then presented with a series of cards with various hobbies
He swipes (left or right) based on his preferences
Once he completes this he is taken to the ‘matches’ page
Here, he can see a list of users who he has been matched to
He clicks the ‘link’ button on Shauna’s profile
He then views her profile
He sees that like him, she likes reading books and is also a Law student
He sends her a chat request
They start chatting

Scenario 4

Purpose: Scenario that describes how users can form offline friendships from online connections

Individual: Whitney – 2nd Nursing student

Equipment: Any smartphone with access to the internet

Scenario:

Whitney registers for the app and sets her hobbies/interests as ‘Gospel music, arts and fashion’
After one week of using the app, Whitney receives a chat request from Maxine
After looking at Maxine’s profile and seeing that they both love Gospel music, she accepts the request
They both have a long conversation about their favourite artists
Maxine invites Whitney to a Choir concert being organised by the University
Whitney is excited to meet Maxine in real life and take a break from studying

Scenarios and Storyboards