Problem:

No-code conversational design tools are easy to pick up, but create apps that are limited in capability and/or usability. Rasa promises apps that are both capable and usable, but creating them has a much steeper . Jargon's IDE will soon make assembling Rasa apps faster and less error-prone for developers, but it's ill-suited for the envisioning, design and review of the app that precedes* assembly.

“ML is not a silver bullet. You have to do a lot of pre-work to get to the point where the algorithm helps you out.” - Nikhil Mane
“Building a prototype is not the hard part. Getting to something you’d want to ship is.” -Alan Nichol

Solution:

Jargon will help teams envision, design and refine the app experience, by supporting this process in a way that suits the skills & needs of those responsible for the user experience (conversational designers, linguists, stakeholders). The (eventual) solution will cover initial creation through subsequent refinement, with a seamless end-to-end integration with assembly.


* While design & refine precedes assembly, the process is highly iterative and cyclical, based on new insights from feedback and usage, as well as introduction of new functionality/scope.


Initially informed by UX research and best practices, and later by actual usage.


It's really hard for teams to create conversational apps that are both capable and usable. Designer-focused, no-code tools are fairly easy to pick up with some domain knowledge, but create apps with limited utility and/or usability. Developer-focused tools, such as Rasa, offer great opportunities for have a much steeper learning


Situation

It's hard for teams to create conversational apps that are both capable and usable. No-code tools 


Help teams envision, design and refine a conversational app in Jargon. 


Jargon currently lacks a way for non-devs to envision and design (rather than build & assemble) a conversational app. This gap reduces Jargon's immediate value




Help designers, linguists, PMs and stakeholders envision and design the foundations of a capable and usable conversational app without intimate knowledge of Rasa or other platform constructs.


Situation
Teams need sample dialogs and other