[Project 3 : Explainers] Product Design Sprint

Hampers: Eugina Chun, Hridae Walia, Ruitao Liang

Search tool for CCA animation students

Persona:

After coming up with a persona, I linked her attributes to the molecule.

Using the molecule, I came up with three different use cases:

I chose the middle scenario where the user can diversify her animation through variety of references. The following is her story:

The team came up with three possible features for the search tool:

This is what the Hamper search tool's main home page looks like.

And this is how Jenny will navigate her way through different pages:

Process work:

1. Identifying user behavior as a group

2. Identifying user's needs and goals as a group

3. Identifying possible features for the search tool as a group:

4. CCA Animation student journey map

Reflection:

The set time limit for each phase was difficult for me to keep up with. I’m used to a slower working pace because I am afraid of messing up or I’m doubtful that I’m not thinking the problem thorough enough. However, it did push me to think fast and to think of the most crucial points. I learned the importance of cohesive story telling through different platforms. If I could do this again, I would try to focus even more on the main user story because I did find myself feeling lost when coming up with wireframes. I would also try making my language more clear and concise. In some parts I felt like I was either repeating myself or wasn’t being clear enough with my language. Having the physical interview notes helped put myself into the user’s shoes every time I started to wander off into what I thought were the users’ needs. The journey map was difficult for me because it was my first time doing it and I felt like my comments were broad and didn’t really add to the core story of the user. I also liked the fact that I was sitting with my group but it still required individual effort - which made it more effective and efficient when we did need to collaborate as a team. Today’s class was fast, intense, and a little bit stressful but it was rewarding to see what I am capable of accomplishing.