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  Week 1-2

  Initial Needfinding

  We set off to interview a variety of dog owners and a dog trainer to gain insights on what life with a dog was like. We purposefully interviewed people with a wide range in ages and dog-caring experience.

  presentation (pdf) (pptx)

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  Week 3

  POVs and Experience Prototypes

  After some additional needfinding, we settled on a few POVs and created and tested our experience prototypes to focus in on key assumptions moving forward. We ultimately decided to focus on the family experience.

  presentation (pdf) (pptx)

  write-up (pdf)

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  Week 4

  Concept Video

  Upon settling on our problem domain and POV, we created a short video detailing our project concept. Without going into implementation detail, we wanted to show how taking care of a dog could be fun and rewarding for everyone involved.

  presentation (pdf) (pptx)

  video (YouTube) (.mp4)

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  Week 5

  Low-Fi Prototype

  From here, we iterated through many sketches and created a low-fi paper prototype emulating the basic screens of our idea and tested the experience with users. This helped us learn what parts people liked and what parts were confusing to navigate.

  presentation (pdf) (pptx)

  write-up (pdf)

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  Week 6

  Medium-Fi Prototype

  With the feedback from our initial testing, we created a medium-fi prototype using Proto.io to better present our ideas and create a semi-realistic experience of our app. Click the link below to try it yourself!

  prototype (link)

  readme (pdf)

  presentation (pdf) (pptx)

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  Week 7

  Heuristic Evaluation

  Now that our basic UI/UX was prototyped, we worked as a class to peer-evaluate each others' prototypes through a heuristic evaluation, based off of Jakob Nielsen's 10 usability heuristics for UI design. Linked below is the group heuristic evaluation curated by our classmates.

  Heuristic Evaluation (pdf)

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  Week 8-10

  Hi-Fi Prototype

  Our final, high-fidelity prototype was created through React Native and gives a realistic experience of using our app. Feel free to try it out, snatch and complete tasks, and see if you can earn a reward!

  prototype (link) (download zip)

  readme (pdf)

  presentation (pdf) (pptx)

  write-up (pdf)

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  Week 9-10

  Final Poster and Pitch

  We also presented our design to the class through a 30 second pitch and poster session.

  poster (pdf) (pptx)

  pitch slide (pdf) (pptx)

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And finally, a huge thank you to our professor, the TAs, our classmates, and wonderful users for helping us make dog-care a family affair!