Week 2 Class 1 work: User Research

Details

In-class exercise: Week 2-1b In-class: Mini-project Intro, research script (slide 14 to 18) (opens new window)

Work in groups of 3-4 to create a quick research plan/script to learn about people's fitness-tracker use/habits.

Things to consider:

• What do you want to learn? (goals)
• Who can help you learn it? (participants)
• What will you ask them? (protocol)
• How will you execute the interview? (roles, set-up, etc)

Your questions should help you learn specifically about:

• General diet, exercise, and fitness habits
• Current and past use (or non-use) of fitness tracker(s)
• Positive health experiences or successes with fitness trackers
• Positive health experiences or successes with other products or services
• Negative health experiences or successes with fitness trackers
• Negative health experiences or successes with other products or services
• Perceived barriers to success with use of fitness trackers
• Desired features in an 'ideal' fitness tracker
• Any other thoughts or concerns on the topic

Each student in the group will run this quick research script on 3 people between classes 1 & 2.

Things to remember for each study session:

• Try to keep it to 10-15 mins max
• Prepare a set of questions, AND follow-up probes
• Do a dry-run (with each other) to make sure that:
  • the questions make sense
  • are in a logical order
  • the interview won’t run too long/short