User Stories

“As a User…”

1. As a user, I want to easily be able to find hiking trails with picture-worthy views. 

2. As a user, I want to be able to accurately track my health and hiking progress.

3.  As a user, I want to be able to read a review about a hike before I go on it.

 

User Story Narrative 1

Pain:

One day, Audrey was going on a hike and wanted to track her progress via the Fitbit app. She wasn’t with friends today, so she decided to turn her hike into a slight workout. She turned on her Fitbit tracker and started her adventure. Audrey wasn’t really in the mood for a leisurely hike; she just wanted to get to the viewpoint, take pictures for her blog, and then leave. When she got to the viewpoint, she felt a little tired, and wondered what her Fitbit’s health tracker picked up. She was excited to see her progress, and felt proud of herself for taking the hike at a faster pace than normal. She looked down at her Fitbit app and her pride turned into frustration. The hike was a mile and a half to get to the viewpoint, and her Fitbit only tracked it as half a mile, giving her misleading information about her progress and only showing about one third of the calories she actually burned. Audrey huffed and took her Fitbit off. She figured if it wasn’t going to track her progress correctly, she shouldn’t be using it at all. She has had issues with Fitbit in the past, and has been researching on the web for something that could accurately track her hikes. Even when the Fitbit tracked the whole hike, she said, it still seems a tad bit inaccurate.

 

Pain to Positive:

One day, Audrey was going on a hike and wanted to track her progress via the Fitbit app. She wasn’t with friends today, so she decided to turn her hike into a slight workout. She turned on her Fitbit tracker and started her adventure. Audrey wasn’t really in the mood for a leisurely hike; she just wanted to get to the viewpoint, take pictures for her blog, and then leave. When she got to the viewpoint, she looked down at her Fitbit app and her excitement to see progress turned into frustration. Audrey huffed and took her Fitbit off. She has had issues with Fitbit in the past with inaccuracy, and today it only tracked a third of her hike before it gave up tracking.  A nearby hiker came to her in concern. She said, “Hi, I’m Anna. I see you’re having trouble with your Fitbit. Those things can be so finicky sometimes!” Audrey explained the situation and expressed her wish for something that actually worked. Anna proceeded to show her a great new app she found called Roam. She showed her how accurately the live GPS feature tracked her progress each time she hiked, and showed her how you can click on different trails and see progress each time you do them. Best of all, she showed her how you can beat personal records on the trails you’ve hiked before. Audrey smiled, thanked Anna, and immediately downloaded Roam.

 

User Story Narrative 2

Pain:

One day, Brad wanted to go to a hike that had a swimming hole. He was going with his best friend and her little brother, who was about eight years old. Brad did not do much research for this hike before going because it had good reviews on Yelp. When they got to the parking center for the hike, they parked the car, and started walking towards the trail. Part way through the trail, they came to a river crossing, which they were not prepared for. Thinking that it was the only one, and seeing that the water was only so deep, they decided to cross. They didn’t have water shoes on, so they had to cross in sneakers, leaving their feet wet and uncomfortable for the rest of the hike. The first river crossing went pretty well, and they were excited to get to the swimming hole. The part of the trail they came across after the river crossing was very rugged and steep. It looked like it had been washed away partly with the storm that had occurred a few nights prior. They were as careful as they could be, but since their shoes were wet from the river crossing, the eight-year-old boy slipped and twisted his ankle, making it so that Brad had to carry him from then on. Brad decided they should turn back, so that nobody else would get injured on the hike. Brad wishes he knew that getting to the swimming hole would be too difficult, instead of wasting his time going on that trail.

 

Pain to Positive:

    One day, Brad wanted to go to a hike that had a swimming hole. He was going with his best friend and her eight-year-old little brother. Part way through the trail, they came to a river crossing, which they were not prepared for. They had to cross in sneakers. The river crossing went pretty well, but the part of the trail they came across after was very rugged and steep. They were as careful as they could be, but since their shoes were wet from the river crossing, the eight-year-old boy slipped and twisted his ankle, making it so that Brad had to carry him from then on. Brad decided they should turn back, so that nobody else would get injured on the hike. Brad wishes he knew that getting to the swimming hole would be too difficult, instead of wasting his time going on that trail. When they got to the parking lot, they met with another group of people to discuss the hike. The group said that they were fully prepared for the hike, and that it was fun if you had the right gear to safely hike the trail. They showed Brad an app called Roam, and explained that the review section updates every day in order for hikers to make suggestions about the weather, point out dangerous or strange things they came across on the trail, and explain what to bring with you for a successful hike. Brad immediately downloaded Roam, found the trail, and warned other potential hikers of the possible dangers of the hike.