Team meeting Thursday 3 June 2015

Attendance: All

Project 2:

Phase document and video are complete, last chance for feedback. Send any video feedback to Felix and document feedback to Lilly.  Felix will load video to Masters Google Plus page and supply Lilly with link.  Lilly to submit document for group

Design Methods:

Group had a look at the d.school cards and discussed concepts that we write up.  Frame analysis and success criteria were chosen.
Each team member to:

• Pick one of these concepts (detailed below)
• Write (approx 1 page) on why, how, analyse own experience with design method, look at other case studies on design methods

Frame Analysis: Nhi and Felix
Success Criteria: Lilly, Lisha and Sissi

DUE: Group meeting, Tuesday 10am, meet at classroom

Once we’ve looked at these design methods separately, we will combine our research into required documents.

Optional app for Phase 2:

This will be an opt-in for group members.  All group members to post on our Brave New World community site by Monday if they would like to be involved. Participation must be equal between group members for this piece of assessment.  On Monday, Lilly will email Ben and Peter (and CC all group members) if not everyone will be involved for marking purposes.

App:

Lilly and Nhi will definitely be doing the app component and discussed initial thoughts and brainstorm. We have chosen Android OS.  Lilly to do quick mock-ups of app as discussed. Nhi to look at how our needs meet Android requirements.
Group members who are interested int he app should look at Material Design specs http://www.google.com/design/spec/material-design/introduction.html# and samples here http://www.materialup.com/

To Dos:

• Write 1 page each on one design method by Tuesday meeting
• Post to community if you want to be involved in the app by Monday
• Lilly and Nhi start working on app already

Next meeting:

Tuesday 9 June, 10am, Group classroom in General Purpose South (building 78)

Notes for success criteria

Initial ideas from brainstorming

Users:
- Level of interaction (time spent, engagement)
- Number of participants
- Reflection on thesis

Messages:
- Reflection on surroundings/ environment
- Message quality (how appropriate, how long, how detail, etc)

Thesis:
- How well the installation works, which demonstrates to what extend does the installation deny the thesis.

Installation it self: (Based on user interview/ survey; questions need to be prepared)
- Physical effectiveness
- Originality
- Thought-provoking

Installment from Sissi

Some ideas about installment.

Use line and pipe to make our installment.

We can use the normal bottles, the soft drink bottles. These bottles can be shaped.

People can take bottles out easily by themselves. This step is used to take paper out from bottles.

Workshop Session 5- Sissi

Participants:

#1 an undergraduate studying tourism

#2 a postgraduate studying hotel management

General Feedback:

How can they get reply messages from others?

How to take paper out from the bottles if the bottles are installed in the wall?

How do we deal with those message papers if the bottle is full?

Complexity:

It is easy to understand and implement.

Invitation:

·      The design of installment should be unique and attractive.

·      Use an eye-catching headlines and sub-headlines. Headlines must interest people at first, and the sub-headlines can be used to illustrate the product.

Suggested Concept Change:

Leave an area on the paper, which can leave personal information like name, social account (Facebook, We chat, line) if writers would like to. Therefore, others can reply message to them.

Team meeting 25 May 2015

Minutes

Attendance: Lilly, Hoang, Felix, Lisha
Absent: Zhou
Aim: Check-in on tasks from last week, confirm team deadlines ahead of Phase 2 due date

Urgent:

• Everyone to post two critiques to Google Plus ASAP

Tasks from last meeting

• User Testing was done by all team members
• Lilly wrote the Workshop Plan

Minutes

• Discussed tasks, task delegation and due dates of sub tasks
• Everyone needs to add research about user testing to blog
• Discussion of the logistic for the installation

Next team meetings:

Thursday class time:

• Disucss Success Criteria (for Lisha to write up)
• Write notes (approx 20) to bring along on Monday at installation

Task	Member	Due Date
Workshop Evaluation	Nhi	Wednesday
Workshop Feedback	Lilly	Tuesday
Statement of design intent	Lilly	Tuesday
Frame analysis (external sources)	Everyone (1 each)	Sunday
Frame analysis (our concept)	Sissi	Sunday
Success criteria	Lisha	Sunday
Installation Roles	Everyone	Monday
Video Editing	Felix	-
User evaluation	-	-
Formatting	Lilly	-

Logistics for installation:

Nhi: Cardboard

Lilly: Sign printing

Lisha: Color pen and paper

Felix: Desks and whiteboard
Everyone: see what clear jar's they have and post photos on Google Plus

Roles for installation:
Set-up - everyone
Filming - Felix
Notetaking/user interview - Lilly
Manning installation - Nhi, Lisha, Sissi

Workshop session 4 - Lisha

A workshop was run with 2 user, one is a postgraduate accounting student, another is a postgraduate student studying event management.

Here are the feedback from them:

Complexity:

• few steps to participate;
• easy to understand

Invitation:

• It is up to where the installation is placed, if it is placed around a bus stop or train station, since users may worry about the time, the participation may be limited.
• It would be helpful for attracting users attention if the staff could be dressed specially.
• The decoration is definitely important.
• Music could help.

Suggested concept changes:

• What if someone want to leave a response message? People may also want to go back to check what happened to their message, is there any responses or is there anyone else agree or like their message.  

Workshop session 3 - Felix

Participant feedback (in-class) Thursday (21 May) 

Participant #1 suggestion 

• Taking message out of bottle would be difficult (time consuming?) 
• Bottles are good choice 
• Message should be hidden well (privacy/ read before taking out) 
• Motivational elements, colours, large in size
• Attraction of the installation 
• Need to encourage to people writing things on the board 
• Pre-fill messages

Participant #2 suggestion 

• No interaction? 
• Fun part missing (how to attract people to participate) 
• No emotional connection

Participant #3 suggestion 

• First step should stand-out and attract people 
• The scale of the message (need restriction?) 
• Confused about purpose, why would you swap a message?
• What if the message is negative
• Easy to understand 
• Not complicated, but need more invitation/fun

Individual feedback from user test of potential installation participant 

Participant #4 

UQ postgraduate student majors in Management of Tourism.

Feedback:

Complexity:
The installation is easy to understand.

Motivation to participate
Depends on what is already on the board.
It would be highly motivated to read the other’s message on the board.
Not read the message on the board = not participate.

Suggestions?
The idea is good but perhaps a frame of leaving message is necessary.
The feedback toward an individual from the installation is little, as the only feedback is “seeing your own message”. If there is a board with sticks (notes with words), people would be very likely to read them, but to persuade them leaving own messages needs more excitement other than random messages.