MF is a frequent user, has been planning sprays for 3 years now. Uses primarily to set up sprays.
MFs Goals (i.e. what he uses the system for):
spray planning
would really like to use it to be able to monitor and assist the spray plans of growers that he uses, and/or consults for, but adoption has been difficult.
Perception of Crucial Barriers to Adoption
perceived complexity (too much on first page)
Menus are too granular
chems, locations could be grouped under settings
Pages that require scrolling are intimidating
Most Useful Functions
chem application rates/PHI/REI
chem spray management
copy spray events
MF uses this to take crucial sprays from one year to next
Streamlining Interface
drop-down to switch years instead of link based, a la : 2021 2020 2021
make location selection menu vineyard only
waaaaay too long, even if you have only one vineyard
you never need to focus on a single block, unless you are focusing on a single block like on a report page, which can show it's own dropdown
consider making Vineyard selector less prominent, since you will generally only select it once in a session, or even if managing multiple vineyards, you will select it once per large block of work
Top menu could be: Planning | Reports | Settings
Under those pages simple, streamlined pages to select sub-topics
Maybe "Home" could be useful, though home page should be super-streamlined
Reports: (what we have, plus any missing from Events page)
Planning: upcoming events, link to planning grid, copy events &U event template screens
Help
Have a help/search function
Video links could be on pages where they are relevant. i.e., a link to the spray planning video on the spray planning page, a link to the block setup page on the block setup page.
Optimized Behavior
"Add Action" menu should allow you to add all actions, or not be there. Needs friendly names for category headers
remove "Events" page from standard user menus (should be in reports if it is actually useful to end user)
Search function (to find pages you need)
Make links to IPM guide & Mizuho blog accessible all the time
Spray planning, quantities should update when changing fields, dropdowns, etc. instead of "Update" button or pressing enter
Show rates in Chem search screens (would help in purchasing)
MF is a frequent user, has been planning sprays for 3 years now. Uses primarily to set up sprays.
MFs Goals (i.e. what he uses the system for):
Perception of Crucial Barriers to Adoption
Most Useful Functions
Streamlining Interface
Optimized Behavior
Desired Functions