GoodGym Mission Prototype
We’ve been working on a prototype to test some ideas in response to feedback we got from runners about missions - you can read more about that here.
The prototype is available to play with but please note that as a prototype it is buggy and incomplete. It is also completely public so be careful with your personal information!
Potential Mission Listings
The main idea behind this prototype is to list potential missions on the website. Instead of asking runners to tell us when they’re going to be available (i.e. the Missions Selector slots), we will present when the older person is available for the mission. Runners will be able to browse potential missions on the website, pick times on missions they want to run on, and if enough runners pick the same time the mission can go ahead.
Here’s what a pre-listing might look like for a mission:
A screenshot showing how potential missions might be listed on the website. Runners will be able to read a description of the mission and see it’s location, and then pick the time they’d prefer to do it.
Things to note about these listings:
- We will be displaying the approximate location of the mission on a map (to the nearest 275m using Plus Codes)
- Runners can register their availability on hourly time slots
- Information about the mission will be presented, so runners can decide if they want to do it
- Runners will be able to see who else has signed up to missions, so they can look out where their friends are running.
- We will also be looking into ways for runners to ask friends to join them on a mission.
- We are thinking about highlighting when newbie mission runners have signed up to experienced runners so that they can choose to buddy up with them
Mission Locations and Alerts
We’ll start asking runners to set up any locations they want to run missions from, including their postcode and run radius. We will also ask for their general availability for missions, e.g. weekends.
This information will be used to target mission alerts, so runners should no longer get asked to do missions which aren’t possible for them.
Referrers will have access to this information to help them plan referrals with the older person and then suggest to GoodGym time slots to display on the pre-listings.
Mission Preferences
We will ask runners whether they are happy with missions involving heavy lifting, homes with cats, homes with dogs, smokers’ homes. That way runners can be confident not to be assigned missions they are uncomfortable doing.
Step 3: What comes next
The prototype is available to play with, but please note that as a prototype it is buggy and incomplete. It is also completely public so be careful with your personal information.
We believe that by switching to pre-listing missions will improve the process for runners signing up to missions and as a result we will be able to schedule and operate many more.
We are starting to implement these changes on the website. We will be implementing these features bit by bit and rolling them out, but we won’t promote the new approach until we’re happy with it.
The rough timeline is as follows:
- Phase 1 - We will do some internal testing over the next couple of weeks in some areas, so you may see some mission pre-listings appear in your area.
- Phase 2 - We will work with our referrer in one or two areas to prelist missions in that area, but we will contact all mission runners in that area before we do so.
- Phase 3 - We will then start rolling out the new approach to all areas
Please do have a play with the prototype, and provide any feedback to support@goodgym.org.