Skip to content

Chapter 5 Challenge

Meet POUR

POUR gives you four questions to ask about any barrier you find.

  • Your learner profile: Just Curious
  • Concept: Naming the principle behind the barrier
  • Not started

You have not chosen a learner profile yet, so this challenge uses an everyday situation. Choose your profile to get situations tailored to you.

The situation

Lina · Everyday User

Lina uses technology every day for shopping, learning, health and staying in touch.

Lina's banking app shows a new screen after she taps a button, with no explanation of what happened.

She is not sure whether her transfer went through.

  1. Spot

    Describe the barrier in one sentence.

  2. Think

    Ask: can I perceive it, use it, understand it, and does it work with my technology?

  3. Decide

    Name the principle that is failing.

  4. Fix

    Choose the change that restores that principle.

Your decision

What should happen next?

Which POUR principle is most directly affected?