Minutes 11-04-14

Minutes

Design Thinking Group Meeting – 11/04/2014

Meeting called to order at 2.00pm

Members Present:

Katie Moon

Bianca Pretorius

Hannah Biddell

Mahmood Khalfan Al-yarubi

Ann-Maree Chua

Srivastava Akanksha Hirokawa

Agenda:

1)   Evaluation matrix

2)   User testing possibilities

1)    Evaluation matrix

Evaluating top 5 alternative concepts (Pin the pixels, Grid it, Asobu box, Balance it, Hooping around) against dominant concept (Barnyard Bounce) on specific criteria. Criteria are:

Brief requirements	Interactive design principles
Skill building (overall) Targeted and specific Self sufficient, self explanatory (mapping) Original Physical and reproducible Fun factor Develops/improves a physical skill Social Usability Cost	Feedback Feed-forward Visibility & Constraints Affordances Feasibility

RUN 1

Balance it

Balance it came out as the most positive within our specific criteria.

Safety à rubber stabilisers under the edges of the foam board.

Make it more self explanatory/self sufficient

Have feet marked on the board for levels (i.e. put your feet here)

            Put a map/story/adventure/pictures on the board

Fun factor

            At a story to the board

Kids have to move around the board

Physical skills to be done at each level (stand on one foot, run on the spot)

Affordances

            Lights will guide to the centre of the board to start

***Earn your sea legs (pirate theme) – steady the ship to stop sinking***

***Blue lights -  water coming on the board/ship when it is unbalanced (feed-forward)

OUTCOME

à Improved concept – feet marks, board levels.

à New concept – Pirate Ship

Grid-it

Grid it came out the most negative within our specific criteria.

OUTCOME

à Not targeted to a specific skill.

à This concept has been put on hold for the interim.  

Asobu box:

Make it more targeted and specific

Add more sensory/touch elements so users know how to interact with/use the object

Click/stack/pull apart

Make it more specific and directional – give goals.

Add interactivity (NFC card)

Options for what you can do with each object – i.e. Pokedex

Goals to build specific things

NFC and journal in ipad

Add a modular element to the box

OUTCOME

à New/improved concept Asobu box 2.0 (NFC, ipad, additions)

Hooping Around:

It’s not a self-explanatory product; it’s a game with rules.

How to make it more self-explanatory?

Themed? Moving hoops?

OUTCOME

à It is a game, not a product. Making it into more of a product detracts from it’s originality.

à This concept has been put on hold for the interim.

Pin the Pixels

Make it more skill building?

Target practice. Reaction time.  Timer

Make the target smaller and more precise for each level.

OUTCOME

à Improved concept – increase difficulty over levels with more difficult target practice.

à This concept has been put on hold for the interim.

RUN 2

Comparing the original Balance It to new/improved concepts. Same criteria as above.

Concepts: Balance it 2.0, Pirate Ship, Asobu Box 2.0, Barnyard Bounce.

OUTCOME

Pirate ship came out as the best option from our specific criteria. Second was Barnyard Bounce, third Balance It 2.0, fourth Asobu Box 2.0.

2) User testing possibilities

Poppy

Kid’s church

Stall option

Secondary user testing – i.e. teachers, parents, etc.

Meeting adjourned at 5.00 PM