First Scenario

In order to work on Shoebox, I need to pick a scenario.  Let's start with "create a homeschool group".

What is a homeschool group?

A homeschool group is a set of people that meet together to discuss homeschool ideas and to share resources.  The people in the system are represented by a user account.  A group will have 1 or more associated user accounts.  1 or more of these users accounts will be co-owners of the group.  A user can belong to any number of groups.

So, the group needs to have a name and one or more owners and one or more members.

The group also has a list of existing resources and desired resources.

Creating a Homeschool Group

It looks like I need to have a User setup before a Group can be created.

To create a group, the user will use the following steps:

1. User selects "Create a New Group"
2. System displays "New Group Screen" prompting for a group name.
3. User enters a name for the group.
4. System tells the user when the name is valid or invalid -- the "Do It" button is disabled until the name is valid.
5. User clicks the "Do It" button -- which is labeled something like "Create" or "Apply" or "Create Group" or "Done" ... I need to ask the ladies about this name.
6. System creates the group using the given name with the User as the owner and a member of the group.
7. System sends an email to the User indicating that the new group group has been created.
8. System displays "Group Created Screen"

Questions

• Does the group need a description?
• Is there other information that needs to be added to the group?
• Should the creator of the group be able to select other users as members of the group at creation time, or should this be a separate step?
• Should the system notify other users that a new group has been created?  Should this be an option that the creator can select if desired?

Next Step

I need to run this past the ladies.