Milestone 2 : Analysis and Findings
Problem and Population
Procrastinator
Most students procrastinate. Although they understand the importance of time management, however, not all students work well. Is there a possibility to provide a service to solve procrastinations?
- Who is the population?
- Graduate students
- What’s the problem?
- Accumulate lots of affairs until the deadline, and these affairs explode at the same time which leads to staying overnight with a bad result.
- Who is the stakeholder?
- People who aren't able to arrange the schedules well、Team member、Partner
Interview
Who were our Interviewees?
7 Male
Master students
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23yr 清大工科碩二
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22yr 交大多媒碩一
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25yr 交大資科工碩二
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25yr 交大資科工碩二
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22yr 交大多媒碩一
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22yr 交大電信碩一
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25yr 成大醫資所碩二
1 Female
Master students
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23yr 交大傳播碩二
Stage
What did we ask?
Background
Recognition
Behavior
Mind
Pain Point
Procrastinator
Procrastinate under what circumstances?
What schedules do they procrastinate?
What's the latest schedule of procrastination?
What's the reason for procrastination
The procrastination situation
after starting
Does procrastination owe to other people?
What's the situation and mood when procrastination happens?
What's the mental situation when the schedule has already been procrastinated?
Does procrastination affect you?
What's the effect?
Review after job done
Does procrastination owe to other people?
Willing to solve the problem that leads to procrastination?
Why?
Any services or products you used before?
Why choose to use them?
What kind of service or product do you wish to help solve the procrastination?
Result of procrastination
Analysis Method
Affinity Diagram
Key Finding
Reason for procrastination
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Laziness and distraction
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Unable to predict or control the time should cost
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Lack of motion
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Insufficient of ability
Improve methods
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I would be more motivated if there are rewards after completion or penalties when fails
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Split a task into multiple simple subtasks or provide the steps to achieve
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I will be less procrastinative when someone works with me or when I'm in working environment
Used tools for
solving
procrastination
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Might not open the app frequently
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Only notification rather than mandatory
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Unable to evaluate the importance, doesn't know what to do next
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Unable to see the whole todo list
Take-away message
What would be the focus of our design?
Most graduate students often start working when the deadline is near, which leads to enormous mental pressures. Tasks might not be satisfactory or even sacrifice sleep, which might cause unhealthiness physically and mentally. The reasons for procrastination vary, maybe because of external effects or internal factors. However, the biggest problem that leads to procrastination is yourself, maybe because of unwillingness or no motivations, etc.
Although there are plenty of tools that help record what to do, such as calendar, todo list, etc., however, most of them are just record rather than the functionality to make users being motivated.
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We focus on designing a product that provides convenient management and motivation to improve quality and health.
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What do we need to consider in our design?
Does everyone fit the solution?
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The practice of using tools in the past.
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What do we want to know about more?
How much time does the user willing to spend on schedule arrangements?
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Tend to use physical or virtual tools?