Solution Analysis

Solution Analysis

1. User Persona

   • Jeremy Zhang
     • A young adult tourist, who has just finished high school, doesn’t have much money and would like to explore Brisbane.
       • The solution will be based on this user persona, however it will also account for other users.

2. Existing Solution Analysis

   • Brisbane Application
     • An application that provides events and bus routes, and everything related to the city, to help tourists and locals explore Brisbane.
       • Certain features from the application such as the events features and locations will be incorporated into the final solution.
   • Get Your Guide Application
     • An application that identifies local events that occur around your area and provides discounts to these events and possible routes to your location.
       • Features such as event discounts and reviews will be added into the final solution.

3. Prescribed Criteria

   • Combines data from two open datasets from the stimulus.
     • The two ideas selected were bus stop and events which helps people explore across Brisbane by travelling by bus and visit events across the city.
       • It was determined this idea would solve a major problem for a range of users who are tourists and locals.
   • Help Brisbane residents tourists locate outdoor activities and participate in outdoor hobbies.
     • The final solution must allow users to explore, and participate certain activities and events and allows them to reach the location.
       • The solution must be realistic and solve a major problem in the Brisbane Community.
   • Follows the Useability principles
     • This will be achieved through incorporating these principles throughout the design, in order to develop a reasonable solution.
       • These features also allow the final solution to be enhanced and furthermore refined.
   • Australian Privacy Principles
     • These requirements will be followed the best of the solutions ability and incorporates sections dedicated towards the Australian Privacy Principles in order to protect users personal data
       • A good protection of the data creates trust, and thus increase the usage of the application.
   • Design Principles
     • These factors will be applied across the solution in order to assist and enhance the user experience.
       • User experience is important as it affects a range of factors and a good user experience is required for a strong application.
   • Follows WCAG 2.0 colour contrast checker
     • This will be incorporated in the solution through using appropriate colours and using the colour checker in order to check if it is suitable for all people, including people who have vison impairment.
       • Thus, the solution can be used for a wider range of people, such as people with disability.
   • UX Princples
     • This will be achieved through refining through user feed back, and including features that are used across other apps and include interactive features.
       • This will make the solution more aesthetic and interactive solution.
   • Provides a Solution to a problem to Brisbane Residents and Tourists
     • This will be achieved through incorporating a solution of bus stop and events which resolves the solution of allowing people who don’t own a car allowed to travel across Brisbane on a low budget.
       • It will help solve a solution for a range of people who struggle with money.

4. Usability Principles

   • Accessibility
     • the ability of a product to be used by many different people, even people with disabilities.
       • The solution will be able to access the solution on any device as long as it has an internet connection.
   • Effectiveness
     • the ability of users to use the system to do the work they need to do, includes reliability. If a system is reliable it is constant and dependable or consistent and repeatable.
       • This will be achieved through creating an effect process to get events and bus stop locations.
   • Safety
     • the ability for users to make errors and recover from those mistake.
       • This will be resolved through strong data validations systems and accurate surveys.
   • Utility
     • the ability of the system to provide all the functionality that users need. It is a measure of how much satisfaction or happiness that a person gains from a particular application.
       • The solution will be utilised by a large population as it solves a problem.
   • Learnability
     • how easy a system is to learn
       • The solution will incorporate universal features and logos throughout the application.

5. Self-Determined Criteria

   • Caters Towards Users Passions and Interests
     • The solution must cater towards the users interest such as swimming, running, animals or bike riding.
       • This will be achieved by having a range of different languages for people to select from when using the application.
   • Caters towards All Ages
     • The application should have events that cater for all ages and interest, such as certain events for children and providing appropriate bus stops/locations
       • This will be achieved through having a minimum age for the use of the application as it requires travelling in public transport.
   • Easy use for tourists
     • This solution must cater use to all tourists who come across the world so they can use the application.
       • This will be achieved through having a short survey that asks for their interests and display the events relating to their interests.

6. Elements and Principles of Visual Communication

   • Shape
     • They can be used symbolically represent an action or create proximity by grouping similar elements.
       • Shape will be incorporated into the model through using negative space to highlight certain features.
   • Colour
     • Colour can provide contrast or emphasis unify a design, fill a shape and imply emotion.
       • Strong and bold colours will be incorporated in order to highlight certain sections in the model.
   • Space
     • The use of space can create clutter or simplicity.
       • This will be applied in the solution, when developing wireframes and mockups.
   • Scale
     • Refers to the size of an element, it can used consistently to provide order and repetition.
       • Scale will be used when deciding to increase or decrease certain features such as the logo.
   • Contrast
     • Contrast is also an important factor for readability of text.
       • This will be applied through colour contrasting checker WCAG 2.0.

7. Impacts

   • Social
     • effect on people and communities that happens as a result of an action or inaction
       • The solution encourages people to get out of their comfort zone, and meet new, thus improving the community.
   • Economic
     • The financial effect the solution has to the community.
       • It can help people who run the events make money, and create incomes source for the government on a larger scale.
   • Personal
     • How the solution affects the specific user.
       • It can increase their quality of life and explore their passions and interests.