Task Analysis and Design Sketches
We conducted the task analysis in the context of our application. We analyzed our previous tasks and refined them based on difficulties like easy, moderate, and hard. We created our first design sketches of our application. Finally, we created the sceanrios in which we would perform our tasks with participants.
Task Analysis Questions:
WHO IS GOING TO USE THE SYSTEM?
Users of Sociall are going to a) have a desire to meet new people and create new connections b) have access to and be comfortable with smart phone technology and c) be comfortable with the privacy and safety implications of meeting relative strangers. From our research we believe that college students best fit these three criteria. The results of our interviews show that even traditionally “shy” students have a desire to meet new people if it is made convenient.
WHAT TASKS DO THEY NOW PERFORM?
People tend to socialize within their already existing groups of friends. Services like Facebook allow for limited viewing of information of “new” people (depending on privacy settings), but these people are still friends of friends and there is little opportunity to meet these people in person.
WHAT TASKS ARE DESIRED?
Users of this application can generally be broken up into two groups: those that are already fairly social and those that are not. For those who are social, their main concern is finding another person who is in a mood to talk. This same desire exists for those who are not as social, but there exists an additional want of some sort of identification of shared interest to ensure there is something to talk about. The social desire more access to people, the not as social desire more confidence in talking with new people.
HOW ARE THE TASKS LEARNED?
As everyone should have some experience both interacting with and meeting people, there is no additional training required for our tasks.
