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Trail Mate Hiking Made Easier Diane DiGleria, Shanmugapriya Rajasekaran, Kyle Witt December 2015 The Trail Blazers PROJECT MANAGEMENT RESEARCH & ANALYSIS Diane DESIGN DiGleria PROTOTYPING Poulsbo, WA EVALUATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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Trail Mate

Hiking Made Easier

December 2015 Diane DiGleria, Shanmugapriya Rajasekaran, Kyle Witt

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The Trail Blazers

Diane DiGleria Poulsbo, WA Shanmugapriya Rajasekaran Seattle, WA Kyle Witt Santa Monica, CA

PROJECT MANAGEMENT RESEARCH & ANALYSIS DESIGN PROTOTYPING EVALUATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT RESEARCH & ANALYSIS DESIGN PROTOTYPING EVALUATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT RESEARCH & ANALYSIS DESIGN PROTOTYPING EVALUATION

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Project Meetings

Skype In Person

40h 46m 30h 0m

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Design Evolution

Idea Pitch

  • Each team member pitched an idea
  • Team discussed pros and cons of each idea
  • Favorite idea was chosen

Winning Idea (sort of)

  • How can travelers be made more safe when walking in a city at night?

Final Idea

  • How can people be made more safe when hiking?
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So Many Ideas - Design Q & Scope

How can hiking be made safer through better preparation and real-time information? How can we provide hikers online crowd sourced information that would reduce time spent researching what gear to bring on a particular hike? How can hiking be made safer for novice and experienced hikers?

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Our Solution - Trail Mate Mobile App

Features

  • Gear Lists tied to specific trails
  • Use existing
  • Create your own
  • Share lists
  • Review lists

Benefits

  • A one-stop resource to determine

what to bring on a hike

  • Minimizes research time
  • Access to word of mouth hiking

gear list information

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Research

Survey Flow Analysis

Competitive Analysis Personal Inventory Secondary Research Follow up Interview

Affinity Diagram

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Survey

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Flow Analysis & Affinity Diagram

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Personal Inventory

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Competitive Analysis

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Secondary Research

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Design Process - Ideation

Core Tasks

  • 1. Search Existing GearLists
  • 2. Create New GearList
  • 3. Display GearList
  • 4. Modify GearList
  • 5. Save/Share GearList
  • 6. Rate GearList
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Design Process - Sketching

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Prototyping

Collaborate in real-time Create from scratch Variety of widgets and icons Intuitive, minimal learning curve

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Evaluation

6 Subjects Scenarios 3

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Future Direction

Near Term

  • Re-design to be more in line with iOS
  • More polished look
  • More usability studies

Long Term

  • Smart gear list generation
  • Multi-platform (Android, Windows, Web)
  • Third party checklist integration
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Hindsights & Surprises

Design Process

  • Narrow scope earlier in the design process
  • More specific survey questions
  • More one-on-one interviews
  • Paper prototype

Team Process

  • Distance was a non-issue
  • Very few disagreements
  • More task delegation
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What We Gained

  • Familiarity with the user-centered

design process from beginning to end

  • Hands on experience with

research methods and prototyping tools

  • A clear understanding of what

user-centered design means

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Thank You!