The Android Wear team went to several locations around the world (Houston, left - Singapore, right) to learn about how people approach goals, how they think, plan, and achieve goals. We also learned about what factors push people to achieve goals, and what elements prevent people from their goals. We wanted to see how we as Googlers could help people achieve their goals more easily.

I co-wrote the study plan with 3 other researchers. We worked with a recruiting team to find appropriate participants for our study.

"How might we...

Help people achieve their goals? Think about our products/features/services in terms of increasing motivation and/or removing obstacles? Provide inspiration for beginning a new goal?"

Team:

20 members of the team went, and I led UX, ENG, and PMs (group of 3) to conduct field research with locals to uncover foundational insights on goals.

Analysis:

• The entire team would gather and start jotting down Post-It notes on their findings.
• Then began affinity diagramming to identify common themes.
• Further breaking down of themes by splitting off into groups and focusing on a certain aspect of the goals approach.

Deliverables:

• A framework that defines different types of goals and how they can be achieved.
• Findings presented to the greater Google audience.
• Many details confidential, please inquire for more details.

Many details confidential, please inquire for details.