1. Discuss the progress on each task since the last week's posting:
We completed and submitted our individual research projects and had our final prototyping session.
2. Outline the tasks and who is doing what in the coming week.
We will meet as a group today and discuss:
1. Finalizing the prototype
2. Draft the presentation outline
3. General discussion on the presentation and set the goals for the final two weeks of the semester.
Friday, November 30, 2007
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Fifth Week
1. Discuss the progress on each task since the last week's posting:
We continued with our individual research.
We met prior to the 8pm session with participants to finish up the first prototype and the tasks/scenarios we wanted to play out.
We conducted the first "participatory design" session. Troy and Liz met the next day to discuss changes to the interface.
2. Outline the tasks and who is doing what in the coming week.
We will be celebrating THANKSGIVING....
We will finish our individual research (to be submitted on the 28th) and conduct the second (and final) round of participatory design" sessions on Monday the 26th.
We will meet after the session to discuss what we need to change on the prototype based on the second session.
We continued with our individual research.
We met prior to the 8pm session with participants to finish up the first prototype and the tasks/scenarios we wanted to play out.
We conducted the first "participatory design" session. Troy and Liz met the next day to discuss changes to the interface.
2. Outline the tasks and who is doing what in the coming week.
We will be celebrating THANKSGIVING....
We will finish our individual research (to be submitted on the 28th) and conduct the second (and final) round of participatory design" sessions on Monday the 26th.
We will meet after the session to discuss what we need to change on the prototype based on the second session.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Fourth Week Posting
1. Discuss the progress on each task since the last week's posting:
Troy and Becca met to set up tasks for first session with participants.
We conducted our first prototyping session with four participants. It was more of a contextual inquiry session where we asked the participants to complete three exercises and discuss after each.
exercise one (20 minutes):
on cards write about 1) how your finances are organized, 2) adjectives/phrases that describe how your finances are organized (more?)
- - X cards per person (marked on back to keep track)
- - use cards to create an affinity diagram as a group - ask the group to look for any themes that might have appeared
exercise two (20 minutes):
what might make the process of organizing your finances easier or more enjoyable (real or unreal)?
- - X cards per person (marked on back to keep track)
- - use cards to create an affinity diagram as a group - ask the group to look for any themes that might have appeared
exercise three (20 minutes):
Group discussion
* If all of these traits existed in a character, who would that person be? (How might that character act in X scenario?)
* Talk about how this could be done (with a device).
From this session we learned a lot about our participants, their mental models, how they approach organizing their receipts, their anxieties, and frustrations. We wanted to know what matters to them in their process.
Additionally, we wanted to see what they could bring to the table if given no restrictions on a interface's functionality.
We have conducted two more brainstorming sessions and have built the initial prototype.
2. Outline the tasks and who is doing what in the coming week.
We will conduct one more session as a group to iron out any other kinks prior to the second session with our participants on Monday the 19th.
Troy and Becca met to set up tasks for first session with participants.
We conducted our first prototyping session with four participants. It was more of a contextual inquiry session where we asked the participants to complete three exercises and discuss after each.
exercise one (20 minutes):
on cards write about 1) how your finances are organized, 2) adjectives/phrases that describe how your finances are organized (more?)
- - X cards per person (marked on back to keep track)
- - use cards to create an affinity diagram as a group - ask the group to look for any themes that might have appeared
exercise two (20 minutes):
what might make the process of organizing your finances easier or more enjoyable (real or unreal)?
- - X cards per person (marked on back to keep track)
- - use cards to create an affinity diagram as a group - ask the group to look for any themes that might have appeared
exercise three (20 minutes):
Group discussion
* If all of these traits existed in a character, who would that person be? (How might that character act in X scenario?)
* Talk about how this could be done (with a device).
From this session we learned a lot about our participants, their mental models, how they approach organizing their receipts, their anxieties, and frustrations. We wanted to know what matters to them in their process.
Additionally, we wanted to see what they could bring to the table if given no restrictions on a interface's functionality.
We have conducted two more brainstorming sessions and have built the initial prototype.
2. Outline the tasks and who is doing what in the coming week.
We will conduct one more session as a group to iron out any other kinks prior to the second session with our participants on Monday the 19th.
Third Week Posting
1. Discuss the progress on each task since last week's posting:
We have individually been working on our research.
Liz and Becca conducted ethnographic research. We had a phone interview with the most typical user of our potential tax deductible software and asked him a series of questions including:
Interview Questions:
* Do you use a PDA?
* What do you like most about your PDA?
* What do you find most challenging about your PDA?
* Tell us about some of the requirements you have when you gather receipts. This could include stuff you need, types of receipts you collect and why, and anything else you can think of.
* Tell us about a time when you lost a receipt. Did you find it again?
* Do you get reimbursed for expenses? What is the most difficult thing about that process? Have you ever had unusual delays?
* What worries you most about expenses and taxes?
* What is the worst thing that ever happened to you with receipts?
* How do you feel when you face an accountant at the end of the year?
* If you could choose, would you use an accountant?
* How do you categorize your tax deductions (if you do at all)?
* Where do your receipts end up after you receive them? At the end of the day? At the end of the month?
* Tell us the story of: Your last client meeting in which you payed (food, drinks, etc). (what did you do with the receipt? how did you note it then/later?)
* Tell us the story of: When you did something wrong in recording a tax exempt expense.
2. Outline the tasks and who is doing what:
Continue with individual research.
Liz will be out of the country but Troy and Becca will have a brainstorming session to set up how we want to conduct the first session with participants.
We have individually been working on our research.
Liz and Becca conducted ethnographic research. We had a phone interview with the most typical user of our potential tax deductible software and asked him a series of questions including:
Interview Questions:
* Do you use a PDA?
* What do you like most about your PDA?
* What do you find most challenging about your PDA?
* Tell us about some of the requirements you have when you gather receipts. This could include stuff you need, types of receipts you collect and why, and anything else you can think of.
* Tell us about a time when you lost a receipt. Did you find it again?
* Do you get reimbursed for expenses? What is the most difficult thing about that process? Have you ever had unusual delays?
* What worries you most about expenses and taxes?
* What is the worst thing that ever happened to you with receipts?
* How do you feel when you face an accountant at the end of the year?
* If you could choose, would you use an accountant?
* How do you categorize your tax deductions (if you do at all)?
* Where do your receipts end up after you receive them? At the end of the day? At the end of the month?
* Tell us the story of: Your last client meeting in which you payed (food, drinks, etc). (what did you do with the receipt? how did you note it then/later?)
* Tell us the story of: When you did something wrong in recording a tax exempt expense.
2. Outline the tasks and who is doing what:
Continue with individual research.
Liz will be out of the country but Troy and Becca will have a brainstorming session to set up how we want to conduct the first session with participants.
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