This week included card sorting with fellow class mates, a completed customer journey map, an updated information architecture, and brand new wireframes. I was a little frustrated with the card sorting exercise because I felt my class mates weren’t my target audience and they didn’t actually understand some of the words in English. Even though the card sorting didn’t go so well, I was able to gain a few points that I thought would be helpful to all users. Mostly, using possessive language like “My Plan” in some places confused people when it sub-sections included “My…” as well. My completed customer journey map shows the current state of a user who attempts to begin their own garden. It’s shows the high points and the low points, but mostly it shows the opportunities my app has to help the user out along the way. My new information architecture shows when a database of items will be needed and when storage of information to the database will be necessary. Lastly, the wireframes were created to start showing the very basic idea of what this app will be laid out like. So far it’s just been in my head, but it’s nice to finally have the skeleton in place.
