GR1: Proposal & Analysis
Problem Statement
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Observations & Interviews
Give a narrative of the three people that you observed and interviewed. Don't use their names. Don't identify the users by name, but do describe who they were. Each narrative should include a particularly interesting moment -- a breakdown or workaround that exhibits a feature of the problem you're aiming to solve.
We interviewed three people, each with a different background in musical groups (a cappella/musical theater), and used their responses to put together a portrait of both our potential users and their needs.
Interview One - The A Cappella Veteran
Background: The interviewee had been involved in an MIT a cappella group for three years.
Interview Two - The "New Guy"
Background: The interviewee is currently involved with a musical theater group, but he has had no prior vocal training.
This interview was focused on understanding the difficulties that arise for new singers when joining an ensemble music group. The interviewee mentioned 3 specific difficulties with singing in a large group:
1. He has a hard time hearing himself while everyone is singing. This makes it hard for him to determine if he is singing the correct pitch or not.
2. He has a lot of difficult with rhythm because it is hard for him to be on beat when other singers are singing parts at different rates.
3. He would like to get feedback from the other members of the group because it helps him get used to singing in the group.
Some other things that he mentioned were that he always needs to hear the starting note of his part to make sure that he sings on pitch.
Interview Three - The Vocal Director
Background: The interviewee is one of the vocal directors for a musical theater group on campus that has an especially high number of amateur performers. In addition, she is also currently one of the music directors for an MIT a cappella group.
User Classes
Describe the user classes that you have identified, and their major characteristics.
Needs & Goals
Describe the goals that you have identified, with reference to the observations you made.