GastroMighty | Usability Research

Timeline: January – April 2012

Course: Evaluation of Systems & Services

Team Members: Omkar Chandgadkar, Andrea Neuhoff, Soma Ray

Methods: Competitive Analysis, Heuristic Evaluation, Interaction Maps, Interviewing, Personas & Scenarios, Survey Design & Analysis, Usability Testing

Synopsis

This research project will focus on usability research for a start-up website centered on meal planning and recipe discovery. We will conduct various types of testing over four months and provide our client with recommendations on how to create a more effective and enjoyable user experience.

Client Feedback

The following changes have already been implemented at GastroMighty based on our research:

• Ability for users to input their own recipes into the system
• Ability for users to add comments to individual recipes
• Ability for users to upload recipes from outside websites