IXD414, 'Design Systems', Spring 2025
MW / 3:20-05:50pm / Chalmers 307
Matt Kirkland / mattk@ku.edu

IXD414 - Designing with Systems

This is a studio course about designing digital products for the screen, with an emphasis on designing with systems in mind. This syllabus will be updated with more information throughout the semester. I'll let you know in class about updates.

Questions? mattk@ku.edu.

Inventory User Stories

What should this thing... do?

This list of user stories is going to be the benchmark of: does this prototype support all the uses it needs to? You can compare user stories to a functional spec; instead of describing what the system does, we're defnining what a real person will be able to acommplish with it.

Everybody's project should support all of the user stories below.

For our client

  1. As the Ops Manager, I want to log into this system so that I can access our secret company info.
  2. As the Ops Manager, I want a system/app that can be learned quickly, so that it doesn't take me long to show the employees how to use it.
  3. As the Ops Manager, I want to review a report of my warehouse's inventory so that I can monitor stock levels and make informed decisions.
  4. As the Ops Manager, I want to be alerted to discrepancies in the difference between what I think we have vs what my warehouse's inventory tells me I have so that I can quickly investigate and resolve potential errors.
  5. As the Ops Manager, I want to see when inventory was counted so that I can track how up-to-date the data is.
  6. As the Ops Manager, I want to see which employee did the count so that I can ensure accountability and follow up on any discrepancies.

For the warehouse staff

  1. As the Warehouse staff, I want to log into the system, so that I can access our secret company info.
  2. As the Warehouse staff, I want to enter the count of each item so that the inventory records are accurate and up to date.
  3. As the Warehouse staff, I want to identify myself so my boss gives me credit for this work and knows who completed each count.
  4. As the Warehouse staff, I want to be done with this as quickly as I can so that I can move on with my life.
  5. As the Warehouse staff, I want to be guided on which things to count so I know which things I need to do and don’t miss anything.
  6. As the Warehouse staff, I want to have some sense of progress so I do not despair about this tedious task and stay motivated to complete it.
  7. As the Warehouse staff, I want to save my work midway through so I don't lose progress if I'm interrupted or take a break.