Designing a Service for Bookcrossing

Student: Dyachkova Polina

Faculty: St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science

Educational Programme: Information Systems and Human-Computer Interaction (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2021

This research is devoted to designing a modal for bookcrossing service. The work consists of four chapters. The first one presents the theoretical background related to bookcrossing concept and modern tools for bookcrossing, in addition, application of gamification in bookcrossing service. The second chapter of the paperwork presents research and prototype methods. The third chapter contains the results of bookcrossing practices research that conducted using survey methods and semi structed interviews and a description of the concept of a bookcrossing service using the methods of Personas and Job Stories, as well as functional and non-functional requirements for the bookcrossing service. The last chapter of the paperwork is about the implementation and description of a low-fidelity prototype of the service.

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