Prototyping

There were three overall stages for our prototyping: persona construction, low and mid-fidelity prototyping. Specifically:​

• Storyboarding​

• Wizard of Oz​

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Motivations for the two forms of prototyping:​

• Storyboarding: Enabled for fast iteration; easy to quickly get feedback without committing​

• Wizard of Oz: Best reflected our Minimum Viable Product (MVP) in terms of fidelity and user interaction as opposed to ​

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Feedback Methodology:​

• Informal qualitative surveys with several Likert scales for prototypes.​

• Survey and some interviews for MVP.​

This was the first step before we began prototyping. Done for two reasons:​

• Pragmatics​

• Ethics​

The information collated about Parkinsons can be defined by two broad categories:​

• Objective: prognosis, medications, etc. (UpToDate, Mayo Clinic, Michael J Fox)​

• Subjective: emotional feeling, patient experience (Reddit; user aggregate sites)​

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From this, we generated our persona, Darren. ‍​

Incorporated it into all domain interviews, context interviews.​

• Quick to incorporate; doesn't disrupt conversation.​

• Qualitative feedback — useful clarifying questions; feature scoping.​

Ethical considerations​

• Risked misrepresenting Parkinson patients, could be insensitive​

• Well received in the end​