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Andres Lopez-Pineda, Jesse Riemer, Taylor Gilbert
User Analysis
Rower
- Physical limitation: No hands available to use interface
- Motivation: Interested in retrieving relevant information, quickly
- Environment: Will be used on a boat while rowing
Coxen
- Physical limitation: No hands during race, since they will be needed for steering
- Motivation: Interested in retrieving relevant information and saving it for review
- Environment: Will be used on a boat while steering and communicating with rowers
Coach
- Motivation: Interested in easily comparing data from multiple races
- Environment: In a chase boat, so cannot directly interact with other boat, rowers, or coxen.
Our analysis is based primarily on interviews with a rower, coxen, and crew coach. In our interviews, they described the constraints on the use of an app like this and provided feedback as to what data is most important (this determined what we decided should be front and center and what can be in another tab on the interface).
Task Analysis
Access boat-related data in real-time
- Goal: To monitor the status of the boat in order to communicate that to the rowers
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- Precondition: iPhone is secured to boat, in view of the user
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- Subtasks:
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- Once started, view all relevant information with minimal interaction
- Once started, view all relevant information with minimal interaction
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- View pre-written notes
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- View ghost trail of current path and desired path
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- View stroke + accelerometer data
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- Toggle between on-boat and coach modes
- Toggle between on-boat and coach modes
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- If in coach mode, use a button to count strokes
Store race data
Goal: Save a set of data related to a race
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