Helping young couples to manage their shared expenses
Motivation?
Hearing a lot of stories from my close friends
Remembering various arguments of parents related to shared finance
Personal experience
Initial research
Interviews of 3 couples
Talking about general finance management
Budgeting and spending apps came into discussion
To have a solid budget for a month helps us greatly to spend money evenly and reasonably
It's definitely rational to take money out from a set budget than to throw it away and realise that there's no more in the half of the month.
Seeing how much and on what I spend money would help me a lot
Insights from the research
User journey outline
1. Decision
2. Discussion
3. Agreement
4. Planning
Prototyping key interaction
Using Prototype On Paper allowed me to quickly prototype the key interaction from the concept – dialogue between the both sides of a couple on how much money they will invest in their relationship.
Values
More time spent together
Fun will be more evenly spread in the month
Less personal financial issues
Less financial harm when one partner pays too much