Assignment 5

Welcome

App Proposal by Kelly De Naples

Kelly De Naples App Research and Development


Unmet Need/DesireEstabrook Hall Laundry Room

• Knowing availability of machines• Warnings and alerts for completed cycles• Communication between users


Description of Observed Group

• Repeatedly in and out of room to read timers• Clothes are NOT picked up in timely manner• Users hesitate touching clothes that are not

theirs; wait around for people to claim them


Observed Group


Video Observationshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmgkKxKlCiA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmgkKxKlCiA


Video Interviewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkHghaPvOt0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkHghaPvOt0


Excerpts from interview

• Laundry experience = WAR• Machines are stolen when still full of clothes• Users are easily sidetracked; hard to

remember when cycles are finished• Trips to laundry room aren’t worth it if no

machines are available


Anecdotal Observations

• Knowing availability of machines is valuable • Saves a number of trips; more efficient

• Students are easily distracted. • Laundry is not a priority, often forgotten


Draft Idea for App

• display the timers of all machines in real time• alert users when cycles are finished• allow users to interact (alleviating the conflict

of moving other users’ clothes)

Kelly De Naples

Is this necessary?? I'm not liking this idea anymore


Ideation Session


Ideation Session

Additional Unmet Need/Desire:• Sign up sheet (who’s next in line for machine)• Messages between users • Ex: “I need this machine, come get your

clothes”


Ideation Session

How the App Works• Visual display of timers for all machines• User can set alerts for when certain machines

are finished (or about to finish)• Users can communicate with each other if

conflict arises


Ideation Session

Who app is intended for• University students• Public laundromat users


Research of Existing Apps“Laundry Timer”


• Only timers and alerts• Unable to use multiple timers in free version• How is this better than the iPhone timer?

Research of Existing Apps“Laundry Timer”


Research of Existing Apps“Laundry Alert”


Research of Existing Apps“Laundry Alert”

• Notifications when clothes are ready• Duke University uses this• Lists specific machines for each building• Shows time remaining


Research of Existing Apps“Laundry Done”


Research of Existing Apps“Laundry Done”

• Not the same purpose as my proposal, but I really like the layout

• Order and pay for laundry services• Schedule/pickup deliveries• Communicate with Brown Bag Laundry

Thank You


Assignment 5

Design

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