Barbiverse

Barbiverse

1. User Problem

   • User Persona
     • Superfan
       • Wants
         • Detailed doll information for each doll (hair colour, date made
       • Needs
         • User-freindly Navigation
       • Details
         • Likes to research all details on barbie dolls
     • Doll collector
       • Wants
         • Articles and tutorials with doll restoration and care
       • Needs
         • Feature that displays purchase dates, market value, rarity (limited edition)
       • Details
         • Enjoys restoring dolls, also has investment mindset and cares about ROI with dolls

2. Data Searching Mechanisms

   • Search Bar
   • Tags
   • Filter

3. Impacts

   • Social
     • Community engagement: could create community around barbie dolls
   • Economic
     • fully/partially sponsered by Barbie
   • Personal
     • Deeper understanding of barbie

4. Constraints and Limitations

   • Skill
     • Skill level for designing app may limit effectiveness of application
   • Data limit
     • The data may be limited as it may not have all barbies since 1956

5. Developer problem

   • Features
     • Theme toggle (Dark/light)
     • Account creation
     • Email notifications for doll info
   • Useability principles
     • Safety
       • Data Protection
     • Utility
       • Relevant features
     • Effectiveness
       • Search Functionality
     • Accessibility
       • Screen Reader
     • Learnability
       • Guided tours
   • Coding Enviroment
     • SQL for Database
     • Python connects database and webpage
     • HTML + CSS for web application
   • User Interface Components
     • Search bar
       • Allows for search quiry to quickly retrieve relevant info
     • Tags + Filters
       • Year made
       • Rarity
       • Appearance
     • Images
       • Display Barbie doll
     • Tabs
       • Details/review/comment

6. Prescribed Criteria

   • Web application displays Barbie Data from an external data source
   • web application lets users search Barbie data.

7. Self-determined Criteria

   • Web application displays data in aesthetic way
   • Application has comment forum for each product

8. Data sources