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- View connections between colleagues
Search for a colleague
Goal
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Find the location of a colleague.
Sub Tasks
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- Enter a name in the "Search" text field for searching by name. OR
- Select a category you are interested from the "Search by" drop down. this drop down menu contains options: interest, department, personalized groups. and enter the name of that particular category for search.
- the search results will be displayed as a list with a thumbnail image of the person with each entry. Identify the person you are looking for and select it (by clicking or tapping on it's entry)
- View profile for the selected person.
- View the location for the selected person ("off campus" or a building number).
Preconditions
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- Your colleague has a profile in the system.
- Your colleague must "turn on" the app for you to find his location.
Time constraints
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Search must be quick. Information gathered must be concise.
Frequency of use
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several times a day.
Enter user profile
Goal
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To present a unified profile view that contains up-to-date information about each user.
Use Case
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- User wants to look for a person and does not have a centralized directory to do so.
- User wants to find information about the user which is up-to-date and filled-in
Preconditions
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- User has approved for a public directory listing.
- User has filled in his/her user profile either manually or automatically by granting the app permission to populate the information
Time constraints
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None
Frequency of use
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several times a day, depending on the users preference.
Spontaneous meeting
Goal
: Get introduced to colleagues who share your similar personal and work interests.
Use Case
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- You or your colleague enter a public area (e.g. office kitchen, hallway, etc.).
- You and your colleague are identified as sharing a certain level of similar interests.
- You and your colleague are notified of your shared interests.
- You and your colleague are given the option to schedule a conversation at a future time.
Preconditions
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- You and your colleague are identified as being open to introductions.
- You and your colleague are not busy during the current timeframe.
Time constraints
: Matching must occur in under 30 seconds. Notification should present concise information on your shared interests or connections.
Frequency of use
: several times a day, depending on the users preference.
Real-time visualization of nearby friends
Goal
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Enable the ability to locate pre-approved friend(s) on a map view
Use Case
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- You wish to know about the availability of the person based on whether he/she is present in his office
- You wish to know about locality of colleagues in order to organize impromptu meetings
- For finer grained information, the system would display the user's location in text as well.
Preconditions
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- You and your colleagues would have pre-approved the sharing of location information.
- You and your colleagues would have turned on location-sharing
Frequency of use
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Daily
View connections between colleagues
Goal: Show strength of connections between employees based on their interactions and/or teams.
Use Case
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- Select a group, such as your project team, friends, or department.
- View the strength of connections between members in the selected group.
- View the people (outside the group) who have strong connections with members inside the selected group.
- Select a person and view their profile and major connections.
- View associations between people based on their teams.
Alternative Use Cases
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- Search for a person and be introduced to that person via a mutual connection.
- Maximize office layout based on teams or any other profile information.
Preconditions
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- Users approve sharing of their activity with their colleagues.
- Users team information filled in.
Frequency of use
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Daily or several times weekly.