OBJECTIVE
Design a mobile product experience that appeals to millennials that makes it safe and quick to find the ideal roommate in Bangalore
SCOPE
It is estimated that 47% of India's population lives in urban
communities, most of them work in cities and tend to spend most of their
twenties living with roommates. Finding and keeping a good roommate, however,
TARGET AUDIENCE
Working professionals
Age 23 to 35
PAIN POINTS
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I need an ideal roommate who is easy going and fun to be with.
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My roommate should be in a decent financial situation who pays rent on time.
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Roommate should keep the space clean.
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All the expenses should be shared equally and be transparent
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Roommate shouldn't do illegal activities or drugs in my house
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Roommate should respect my privacy
USER PERSONA
I conducted interview with my 5 of my close friends and got some insights from them on how
they would choose an ideal roommate.I Created a persona from the common insights from the
interview.
User Journey Map
This user journey map is a visual representation of the user experience while finding and
keeping a good roommate
TASK FLOW
There are two kinds of user’s task flow. One is the house seeker and another one is the house
owner who posts the Ad looking for a person to share the room.
House Owner
House Seeker
WIREFRAMES
Final UI
01
SIGN UP
Sign up or sign in with Facebook/Google.
The personal details will be
used for background verification
of the advertiser by the app and
also for the viewer’s
02
OnBoarding
The room owner has to share his interests, food habits, addictions if any, Norm of the house
and cleaning responsibilities so that the roommate would have a clear idea if the room is
suitable for him to live
03
POST AD
To post room space availability, the user can do it in 6 simple steps.
The progressive disclosure makes the process simple and easy.
04
LISTING
The listing page displays the profile picture of the roommate in big thumbnail instead of room
images because it will be easy to assume if the person is suitable for the seeker or not.
05
HOUSE / PERSON DETAILS
The detail page displays the interests, Norms, amenities, description, etc, as mentioned by the advertiser.
Conclusion
I have tried to identify the main pain points of a user trying to find an ideal roommate and proposed a solution for it. And there is lot more scope for development of this concept which would be based on the user testing and feedback.
