Re: [ACTION-56 CLOSED] User Story: Business Advantages of Open Protocols

LOL! I like it :-)

I'd rename it something like "Business Advantage of the Social  
Web" (as I am not sure one really needs much of a protocol to get this  
working)

I'll try a business case user story too.

On 26 Aug 2009, at 13:25, Toby Inkster wrote:

> I have an action to write up this user story. With this e-mail, I
> consider is closed. I'm posting this to the mailing list instead of
> adding to Wiki because I know Henry is in the middle of overhauling  
> the
> stories on the Wiki.
>
> = User Story: Business Advantages of Open Protocols =
>
> == Goal ==
>
> Isaac wants to get as many people to join Social Network X as  
> possible.
>
> == Summary ==
>
> Isaac has recently started a new social networking site (Social  
> Network
> X) where people review hamster cages socially. At a barbecue he  
> meets a
> few friends of friends who have heard of his site and thought it an
> interesting idea, but not use the site.
>
> Alice explains that she is tired of typing in the same details (name,
> e-mail, age, location, etc) every time she wants to use a new social
> site, then waiting for a confirmation e-mail to click on. She had  
> tried
> to join Social Network X a few days ago, but only got as far as  
> filling
> in two fields before her hamster started screaming and she needed to
> urgently care for it. She never ended up completing the sign-up  
> process.
>
> Bob explains that he did manage to sign up and tried adding his friend
> Alice to his list of trusted cage reviewers (i.e. "buddies list"), but
> couldn't find her. He also wanted to find out which of his hundreds of
> friends from Social Network B were also signed up for Social Network  
> X,
> but didn't want to search for each one manually.
>
> Carol says she considered signing up to his site, but wanted to make
> sure she'd be able to get her data back out again, so that she could
> mirror her own reviews on her personal blog.
>
> Isaac realises that by implementing open protocols for importing and
> exporting data, he can reduce these barriers to entry and sign up more
> people to his site, hence sell more advertising to hamster cage
> manufacturers.
>
> == Actors ==
>
> * Alice, a user of Social Network A
> * Bob, a user of Social Network B
> * Carol
> * Isaac, the owner of Social Network X
>
> == Preconditions ==
>
> * Alice and Bob are friends
> * The three social networks have no prior knowledge.
>
> -- 
> Toby A Inkster
> <mailto:mail@tobyinkster.co.uk>
> <http://tobyinkster.co.uk>
>
>

Received on Wednesday, 26 August 2009 11:47:25 UTC