Alarm Clock Redesign
Design a useful and meaningful alarm clock for your partner. Start by gaining empathy. Step 1: Interview 8 minutes (2 sessions 4 minutes each)
Notes from your first interview:
Moderate Sleeper
Likes to hear the same noise because he wants to go turn it off
Only sets one alarm
Has a hard time getting out of bed
Doesn’t get back in bed after he gets up
Switch roles and repeat interview
Step 2: Dig Deeper 6 minutes (2 sessions 3 minutes each)
Notes from your second interview:
Looks for an alarm that causes him to think
Likes vibration and sound as a phone alarm setting
Easier to wake up at a consistent time
If there’s any light in the morning, he has to turn it off
Biggest problem waking up is motivation
Switch roles and repeat interview
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Reframe the problem. Step 3: Capture Findings 3 minutes
Needs: Things they are trying to do (use verbs)
Get motivated to get up
Gets up to turn off lights
Wants to think to remain awake
Insights: New learning about your partner’s feelings and motivations. What’s something you see about your partner’s
experience that maybe s/he doesn’t see? (make inferences from what you heard)
Step 4: Take a Stand With a Point-Of-View 3 minutes
Partner’s name/description – Alec Swaim
…needs a way to (user’s needs) – wake up and get up
…because / but / surprisingly (circle one) – because he is not motivated to get out of bed.
Alarm Clock Redesign
Ideate. Generate alternatives to test. Step 5: Sketch at least 5 radical ways to meet your user’s needs 5 minutes
Write your problem statement –
Insert picture of 5 sketches –
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Alarm Clock Redesign
Step 6: Share your solutions and capture feedback 10 minutes (2 sessions 5 minutes
each)
He likes all of the potential solutions and thinks that they will all be effective. He thinks the one with all of the
“solutions” would work best.
Switch roles and repeat sharing
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Iterate based on feedback. Step 7: Reflect and generate a new solution 3 minutes
Sketch your big idea, note details
Alarm Clock Redesign
Build and test. Step 8: Build your solution Make something your partner can interact with. Submit picture here:
Alarm Clock Redesign
Alarm Clock Redesign
Step 9: Share your solution and get feedback 8 minutes (2 sessions 4 minutes each)
+ What worked…
Everything worked as intended and allowed my customer/client/roommate to wake up and stay up
- What did not work…
Product image was an issue (rubber bands) and the time was on the back
? Questions…
Q: Is it all one device or do I have to connect my phone to it?
A: It is all one device, no cell phone required.
! Ideas…
Find a way to mount a LED light inside the speaker housing and have the time on the front of the device.