GR1 - User and Task Analysis

User Analysis

User sample #1:

Female, 19 years old, Chinese American, originated from Southern California
Second year of college at MIT
Dislikes looking at a small screen for a particularly long time
Highly experienced with technology, somewhat familiar with mobile devices
Has a large collection of clothing, and needs a product to organize it
Often accidentally buys multiples of something due to liking something specific and forgetting it already exists in one's collection
Currently utilizes an excel spreadsheet to organize
- PROS: easy and simple to use
- CONS: can't see everything at once, relies on recall rather than recognition, not easy to see on a mobile interface

User sample #2:

Female, 22 years old, Chinese American, originated from Northern California
First year of graduate school at MIT
She can't fly, incredibly short (<5 feet)
Highly computer literate, owns and is familiar with a Samsung Galaxy S
Is highly addicted to the show Sherlock and collects many paraphernalia surrounding it
Currently organizes collection with pictures in a computer file folder
- PROS: visually interesting
- CONS: not easily indexable and searchable, cannot be transported easily

User sample #3:

Male, 18 years old, Chinese Canadian, originated from Vancouver
Second year of college at MIT
Highly computer literate, owns an IPhone, multiple laptops, etc. Does dev/web work.
Has worked in theatre productions in props, dealing in a varied assortment of items
Cataloged props by taking pictures of them and renaming the file names to be more descriptive
- PROS: better than having no organization at all. cameras of any sort are easily obtainable
- CONS: not easily indexable and searchable beyond filename/photo organization, requires separate camera and transfer of image files

Task #1: Catalogue and recall subsets of items for use (for example: cooking)

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