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User Analysis

There are several types of users who will use our product. To detail each persona, we interviewed people from each user group:

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-          ... the HR Manager

Jason the Engineer

Jason wants to find the colleagues he works with daily. They are sometimes away from their desks at meetings or in break rooms. During those instances, Jason must spend time searching for them around the office, sometimes without success. Jason wants an efficient way to connect with his colleagues in a non-intrusive way. He prefers to be able to set his own privacy settings in the app, so that he has "quiet time" to think through his work. On the other hand, Jason is open to spontaneous meetings with coworkers who share similar work or personal interests. Jason would love to meet new coworkers around the office, especially if they are working on similar projects.

Lessons learned from  the Engineer/Front-line Office Worker

Laura the Project Manager

Laura wants his project team to interact with each other by sharing ideas and receiving feedback. He wants to see how frequently his team members are meeting with each other, and receive notices if one member of his team is working in isolation. Laura recognizes that his team's success depends on getting "buy-in" from marketing, finance, and other groups in the company. Furthermore, his team can improve their technical solution by learning from other engineering teams. As a result, Laura would love for the app to automatically connect his team members with other groups with similar interests. Of course, he want the tool to be efficient, so that his team can still concentrate on finishing project work.

Lessons learned from the Manager

... the HR Manager

Task Analysis

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-          View connections between colleagues

Search for a colleague

Goal: Find the location of a colleague.

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Frequency of use: several times a day. 

Enter user profile

Spontaneous meeting

Goal: Get introduced to colleagues who share your similar personal and work interests.

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Frequency of use: several times a day, depending on the users preference. 

Real-time visualization of nearby friends

View connections between colleagues: provide introductions via connections

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