Blog Scenario

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Persona & Story:

• Sarah is a 25-year-old recent college graduate who is passionate about finding and sharing budget-friendly food options. She frequently engages in online discussions about meal planning, nutrition, and grocery savings. Sarah is looking for an interactive forum where she can create posts, explore discussions, and interact with a community interested in affordable and healthy eating.

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Goals:

• Goal 1: Create and publish posts to share budget-friendly meal ideas and tips.
• Goal 2: Browse and explore other users’ posts to gain insights and discover new meal planning strategies.
• Goal 3: Engage with the community through likes, comments, and sharing posts.

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Pre-conditions:

• None, because she is exploring the forum for the first time.

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Scenario:

• Step 1:

  • Action: Sarah opens the forum and sees a homepage featuring trending and recent discussions on budget-friendly meal planning. A banner highlights the key topics, such as “Best Grocery Deals This Week” and “Healthy Meals Under $5.”
  • Details (Optional): Internal analytics show that first-time users typically spend 5–10 minutes browsing existing posts before engaging with content.

• Step 2:

  • Action: She navigates to the "Create Post" section, writes a detailed post about her latest grocery haul and meal prep strategies, and adds relevant tags such as "budget meals" and "meal prep."
  • Details (Optional): The system suggests trending tags based on her post content. Posts with relevant tags receive 40% more engagement than those without.

• Step 3:

  • Action: Sarah explores other posts by searching relevant tags and scrolling through the forum feed. She finds a discussion about affordable protein sources and engages by liking and commenting on the post.
  • Details (Optional): Data shows that 65% of users interact with multiple posts before publishing their own.

• Step 4:

  • Action: She shares a helpful post about seasonal produce deals on her social media to help others save money on groceries.
  • Details (Optional): Posts that are shared externally receive a 25% increase in engagement from new users.

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Outcome

• This scenario demonstrates how a typical user like Sarah engages with the forum features, emphasizing content creation, discovery, and community interaction.

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Requirements Covered:

• 1.3.4.1: The user should create and publish posts.
• 1.3.4.2: The user should write the content of the posts.
• 1.3.4.3: The user should browse the feed and explore other posts.
• 1.3.4.4: The user should add tags to the post.
• 1.3.4.5: The user should search posts by tag.
• 1.3.4.6: The user should like and comment on posts.
• 1.3.4.7: The user should share the post.