Shared Product Blueprint

Gift List & Budget Tracker

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Personal gift list and budget tracker

Gift List & Budget Tracker

A single-user app for planning gifts by person and occasion, with per-person budgets, gift status tracking, over-budget labels, given-before warnings, and gift history.

Users and roles

The people who interact with the product.

Gift giver

The only user of the app, who plans and tracks gifts for family, friends, and clients.

  • Record gift ideas by person and occasion
  • Stay within per-person occasion budgets
  • Track each gift through Idea, Bought, Wrapped, and Given

Key workflows

The main paths users take to reach an outcome.

Sign inGift giverCore
1

Sign inEnter credentials to access your private gift list.

Outcome: The gift giver is signed in and can access their own gift list.
Add a personGift giverCore
1

Open PeopleGo to the People page.

2

Add personEnter a name and optional note to add a person.

Outcome: A new person appears in the People list.
Set up an occasion budgetGift giverCore
1

Open person detailSelect a person from the People page.

2

Add occasion entryEnter the occasion name, year, and budget amount.

Outcome: An occasion entry with a year and budget exists for the person.
Add a giftGift giverCore
1

Open person detailSelect the person and occasion entry.

2

Enter gift detailsAdd the description, your share of the price, status, and note.

3

Review warningsSee any Over budget or Given before warning; the gift can still be saved.

Outcome: The gift is saved under the occasion with a status and your share of the price.
Advance a gift's statusGift giverCore
1

Open person detailFind the gift under the person's occasion.

2

Update statusMove the gift to the next status in order.

Outcome: The gift status advances in order, with a price required before Bought and no edits after Given.
Review budgetsGift giverCore
1

Open PeopleSelect an occasion to compare budgets and planned amounts.

Outcome: The gift giver sees each person's budget and planned amount for the selected occasion, with Over budget labels.
Review gift historyGift giverCore
1

Open Gift historyBrowse gifts marked Given in earlier years by person.

Outcome: The gift giver sees all gifts given in earlier years, grouped by person.

Pages

4 pages in the MVP

Sign inSign in to access your private gift list and budgets.
Public
Sign in
PeopleReview people with their budget and amount planned for the selected occasion, and add a person. When no people exist yet, add your first person to start planning gifts.
Signed in
People
Person detailSet up occasion budgets for a person, add gifts with status and price, and see over-budget and Given before warnings. When no occasions exist yet, add an occasion and budget before adding gifts.
Signed in
Person detail
Gift historyReview all gifts given in earlier years, grouped by person. When no gifts have been given yet, gifts marked Given will appear here.
Signed in
Gift history
PersonOccasionYearDescription

Product decisions

Choices you can confirm directly in the Blueprint.

Must every gift be tied to an existing occasion entry with a budget, or can gifts exist without one?ConfirmedMust every gift be tied to an existing occasion entry with a budget, or can gifts exist without one?
Gift requires an existing occasion entry

Assumptions

Items that should be verified before implementation.

Every gift must be tied to an existing occasion entry with a budget; the gift giver sets up the occasion and budget before adding gifts.

High impactAccepted

The app is private to one signed-in gift giver; there is no sharing, multiple users, reminders, AI suggestions, imports, or file uploads.

Medium impactAccepted

The gift price field holds only the gift giver's own share of a shared gift, and budget totals count only that share.

Medium impactAccepted