Update Chatbot Development Google Conversational Design process authored by Adham Beshr's avatar Adham Beshr
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# Introduction to Google Conversational Design (GCD) #
**Google Conversational Design (GCD)** is a framework that helps create user-friendly chatbots and voice assistants. It focuses on making interactions smooth, natural, and easy for users, ensuring clear communication and understanding of their needs. In the context of Movie recommendation, **GCD helps ensure that the chatbot can effectively guide users through the process in a conversational, intuitive way.**
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# Is Conversation the Right Fit? #
Before developing **WatchBot**, it’s important to ask, "Is conversation the right fit?" For this project, a conversational interface is ideal since movie recommendations often involve answering specific questions, exploring preferences, and discovering options—all of which can be easily handled through conversation. By using a chatbot, users can find their desired movies or explore new ones efficiently without navigating complex systems or interfaces.
![GCD](https://mygit.th-deg.de/ab11885/chatbot/-/raw/main/Wiki%20Images/Is_conversation_the_right_fit.png)
## Use Case 1: Searching Movies by Genre
- **Users already have human-to-human conversations about this task or topic.**
People often ask friends or search online for movie recommendations in specific genres. WatchBot simplifies this process with a quick and interactive chat.
- **The interaction is brief, with minimal back-and-forth dialog.**
Users type their preferred genre (e.g., Action, Comedy), and WatchBot provides a list of movies in that genre.
- **Users would have to tap multiple times to complete the task with a screen.**
Instead of navigating through a catalog or filtering genres manually, users can get recommendations instantly by entering the genre.
- **Users might have to navigate multiple apps or widgets to complete the task with a screen.**
WatchBot combines this functionality in one place, eliminating the need to search through multiple platforms or apps.
- **The feature is difficult or cumbersome to find.**
WatchBot’s simple interface makes it easy to find movies in a specific genre without any complicated menus or settings.
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## Use Case 2: Searching Movies by Director
- **Users already have human-to-human conversations about this task or topic.**
It’s common for people to discuss movies by a specific director. WatchBot enables users to explore a director’s filmography in a convenient way.
- **The interaction is brief, with minimal back-and-forth dialog.**
Users type the name of a director (e.g., Christopher Nolan), and WatchBot responds with a list of their popular movies.
- **Users would have to tap multiple times to complete the task with a screen.**
Instead of searching for a director’s name and then browsing through multiple lists manually, WatchBot provides the movies in one response.
- **Users might have to navigate multiple apps or widgets to complete the task with a screen.**
WatchBot consolidates the search functionality, saving users the trouble of switching between different apps or websites.
- **The feature is difficult or cumbersome to find.**
Searching for movies by a director is not always intuitive in traditional apps, but WatchBot makes it easy by offering this feature as part of a conversational flow.