Use Case: Suggest Plants

Summary

  • Scope: Plants Layer
  • Level: User Goal
  • Actors: App User
  • Brief: The user gets plant suggestions that she would not have thought of herself.
  • Assignee: Lukas

Scenarios

  • Precondition:

    • The user has opened the app.
    • The plants layer is enabled.
    • Plant(s) or a position on the map are selected.
  • Main success scenario:

    • A choice of plants that

      1. work well with already placed plants and
      2. fit the environmental conditions
      3. have a high ecological value

      are presented to the user. Further more, the plants should be grouped by:

      • available seeds with early expiration days first
      • favourites of users
      • and lastly which were recently planted
    • Within those suggestions the user can see what plants go well with each other.

    • The user can see why these plants have a high ecological value. e.g.:

      • Attracts wildlife
      • Attracts pollinating insects
      • Is a nitrogen fixer
      • Is a cover crop
      • Are less commonly planted
      • etc.
  • Alternative scenario:

    • No plant(s) or position are selected.
    • Polyculture groups that fit the environmental conditions are suggested.
  • Error scenario:

    • In case of any technical errors the users is notified about these.
    • When there are no matches due to too many constraints the user is informed that she has to remove a plant and try again.
  • Postcondition:

    • The user can consider plants she would have never though of herself.
  • Non-functional Constraints:

    • Performance