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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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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.

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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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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

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Build and test. Step 8: Build your solution Make something your partner can interact with. Submit picture here:

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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.