Project: User Personas & User Stories

Team Members: Mark, [add you name here]

Purpose:
- help the debian design team and debian project to reveal existing challenges and find solutions from a user-centred perspective


Goals:
- Define user/stakeholder Personas that aggregate core presonal characteristics and backgrounds as well as needs, desires, expectations and barriers in relation to Debian.


User Persona Definitions:
- Debian End User 1 (tech savvy user with lots of Linux Experience)
- Debian End User 2 (users with previous Windows/Apple experience, but no deep Linux/Admin experience, i.e. knows how to use MS Word/Outlook, but has no idea what a filesystem, IP address or mounting point is) 
- Debian End User 3 (users who use Debian mainly through VNC / connection over network)
- Debian User 1 (people who are creating distros based on Debian)
- Debian Collaborator 1 (Debian Designer who wants to contribute to the Debian Project)
- ... [please add further]


Persona Stories:

Format: As a [Persona Name], I want to [...] so that [...]

Story Collection:
1) As a Designer, I would like to contribute to Debian even if I don't have any tech skills (e.g. theming)
- challenges: there are many designers highly motivated to improve debian, but
-- it's hard to get an overview where design skills are needed
-- it's hard to get an overview where design has the potential to have high impact
-- they lack the skills required to join the project and make contributions
- solution ideas:
-- create overview graphic (such as https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Design/DraftNewFrontpage?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=debiandesign.pdf)
-- create mentorship/buddy program, where experienced designers help new designers get trackion in the project
-- point in directions where help/knowledge can be found

2) As a distro creator I would like to be able to create a visually unique desktop, not just use an already existing theme.
- Challenges: Figuring out where to tweak visually 
-- information is hard to find
-- it varies according to choice of gui engine.
-- documentation missing
- Solution ideas:
-- Overview graphics
-- helpful links
-- Team up with experienced distro creators
-- Team up in Debian Design and fumble together/ share findings/ encourage each other

3)... [add your stories here]