Step 4 Key Takeaways

User Name: Female (64 years old)

Problem Statement: Users sound sleep   depends in   following closely the established

bedtime routine.

User : Female (64 years old)

User Problem: Users sound sleep depends in following closely the established

bedtime routine.

 Solution Idea 1

Taking dinner, cleaning the bedroom, preparing for the clean sheets, washing dishes, etc. while listening or watching favourite TV shows

Thoughts on Why I like the idea?

This multitasking of performing chores while listening to music or watching TV shows. TV is affordable thus, all areas must have TV in the bedrooms, kitchen, dining, etc.

 Solution Idea 2

Digital station scheduler of task performed as check list and prompts to avoid missing out the task of  bedtime routine.

Thoughts on Why I like the idea?

This will prevents missing out tasks in preparing the bedtime routine and will promote health, efficiency, energy savings, and safety. This gadget has a w  planning function, scheduling, and performance evaluation of the actual time each task is performed. Other functions in idea 3 & 4.

 Solution Idea 3

Celphone Apps to remind beforehand needs for the bedtime routine preparation.

Thoughts on Why I like the idea?

This is interfaced with CCTV and to the digital station scheduler that sound off the user the lacking tasks & materials that need to be attended beforehand, like toiletries, groceries, laundry soaps, laundry schedule, cleaning agents, attendance of household, abnormalities of the house systems, weather, utilities, etc.

 Solution Idea 4

Celphone apps on prayer, bible reading and reflection.

Thoughts on Why I like the idea?

The user has the freedom to pray, study and meditate anywhere during the day and thereby save some time during the bedtime routine.

 

Solution Idea 5

A User seminar or teaching to review of the user’s discipline on faithful observance of the bedtime routine priority task.

Thoughts on Why I like the idea?

No matter how the user is equipped with the best digital gadgets and equipments, if this is  not used properly according to its purpose and the she has no discipline to follow the routine schedule faithfully, I doubt she can achieve her desire to sleep according to schedule, stay healthy and acquire peace in life.

 

Solution Idea 6

List down & study tasks for bedtime routine preparation

Thoughts on Why I like the idea?

Make a time and motion studies and set standards of performance of each task. This is required as input to idea 2.

 

Solution Idea 7

Set alarm to sleeping time.

Thoughts on Why I like the idea?

This will sound the alarm as a warning to be decided by the user before the time to bed.

User: Female (64 years old)

User Problem:  Users sound sleep depends in following closely the established bedtime routine

Prototype Use of Digital Apps Check list and Scheduler 

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Interview Question | Response
| How do this  solution helps  in your desire  to sleep on time? | This will help organise my tasks and get warned if I overextended a task. This will help me to review each task’s performance and update the standard time to perform.
| What is your suggestion/s to improve the digital solution?
| I suggest if I can have the apps in my cellphone in parallel to the tab station I have in the house.
| What can you say about the proposed set up, operation, data entry and display of the information? | Since this is installed in my extra tab or old tab in my house, touch screen, less input only during set up of standard time, check in tap, alarm,& others, I hope the operation is very friendly and less hazzle as I previously very apprehensive  when this idea is  first brought  to me.
| What other solutions you think  you have? | I suggest if this can also interfaced with my cellphone and other appliances, house items  inventory, utilities control, security locks control, etc. Thus, will give me alarms even I am in the office or somewhere else and be still able to control or switch “off’ from remote.
| What is the effect of this application to you personally? | This future apps has some sense to me, I think my stress and worries will be addressed and I can be at peace the whole day and have a good night sleep and rest.

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Key Feedback Takeaways |

Reflection on ways to iterate prototype
| Needs to organise the tasks | Prototypes showed the checklist of tasks to manage this to avoid missing out tasks. Also showed the initial time each task is expected to be performed.This initial standard time is the start which can still be improved and decreased. Thus, improving the performance time of the whole tasks by lowering the time.
| Needs to be warned of missed tasks | For safety & home management, the apps has the capability to warn any unlock doors & windows, open gas valves, lower inventory of detergents & groceries, open appliances, etc.
| Needs to be simple data check in/input | Daily check in is by tapping the iPad screen and input is made very simple and friendly.
| Needs to interface with other applications, inventory, utility control, etc | This is the future interfaces that needs to be prototype and shown to the user.

 

My user is a retired secondary school teacher of the government and she is 64 years old. As a  very active and involve in the mission person, she has no household helper and do all the house chores with her husband. 

The two important things I learned in Unit 1 that I applied to look for  her problem to sleep early by maintaining or reducing the time spent to her bedtime routines,  was the  process of problem identification in step 1 to 3 and Solution formulations in step 4 to 6.

In step 3, I made a discovery  as the first step in design thinking using the  interview  tool that was used  and with the brainstorming that followed on all possible questions. This was  narrowed to 4-5  open-ended questions that explore and focus possibilities that is very important in data gathering and design consideration.  Responses are noted that included the physical aspects and body and facial expressions in order to verify the seriousness of the issues and help the interviewer the focus on the ideas presented.

Using our dreams and imagination by expressing this using the paper prototyping  tool in Step 5, I was amazed by the generation of brainstorming ideas. This   was qualified and evaluated and  selected  about 5 to 6 best and doable ideas that are categorised further into digital, existing ideas that need to be improved, new experience and creative ideas.

Finally, the design thinking process came into fruition in step 6. In this step, she was allowed to try the prototype of the digital check list Apps from prototype  drawing the tab/cellphone screens  on the paper and give her ideas what happens if the screens are tapped for check in or data entry. I learned that she understood because after the prototyping, she suggested to interface or connect this to her cellphone and further suggested to include interface with his unlocked doors & windows, switching off of light, water and gas and finally use this to replenish medicines and grocery inventories.

Finally, I learned how the design process is done and  this is applicable in our intervention to advance the K-12 program  curriculum particularly the STEM subjects with the goal of enhancing the understanding of the courses.

Thank you to all professors.

BENIE A SY