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Observers are briefed about the goals of the Innovation Games® sessions, and their role and contributions to the design research effort. The client organization (not named here, but shown as [Client]) is building software to help individuals manage their activity levels and dietary changes. Observers are employees or supporters of the Client. Participants in the sessions were recruited specifically for the occasion.
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Innovation Games Focus Groups Briefing for [Client] Observers
Prepared by Nancy Frishberg, Ph.D. – January 2009
Feedback from Users Is
• Helpful to improving products • Surprising in content • Easy to collect • Challenging to interpret • Worth gathering at every stage of
product development
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Traditional Focus Groups
• Moderator uses script to stimulate discussion • Participants report their behavior and preferences
– We find out how they want to appear – They influence one another – Vocal participants stifle less assertive ones
• Ideas which are not in the script may be missed • Observers sit behind mirrored glass with no direct
contact with participants
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Design Games
• Games can shed light on issues such as – What customers donʼt like about your product – Customerʼs definitions and dimensions of success – Time of day and context of use – Priorities for features – Important artifacts created using your product – Hidden needs and essential functions
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Goals for the February 2 & 3 Design Games
• Present proposed features of a cellphone + web plan to support personal program for weight loss and increased physical activity – Which combination of features is desired? – Which are higher priority, which are less preferred?
• Invite participants to project themselves into a successful future and describe their steps to success (in an imagined progress through the program) – Learn about their ideas of key milestones, barriers
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Participants
• All ages (20’s - 60’s), diverse professions, mix of men and women in all groups
• All have stated desire to lose weight and increase physical activity
• Two groups Spanish-speaking (probably bilingual, Mexican or Mexican-American); two group English-speaking (unknown other languages, cultures)
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February 2009 – 4 Sessions
• Monday, February 2 – 8:30 - 11:30 am (English Speakers) – 5:30 - 8:30 pm (Spanish Speakers)
• Tuesday, February 3 – 8:30 - 11:30 am (Spanish Speakers) – 5:30 - 8:30 pm (English Speakers)
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Agenda for a Session
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Game: Buy a Feature
• Divide group into 2 for each session – Get more data about
willingness to invest in features
• Dollar amounts assigned to each feature – not directly tied what the
program will cost • Observe order of
purchase by whom – Collaboration & reasoning
• Results expected – Assess which features to build or
offer first; which to offer later or not build
– Understand multiple motivations for preferring the same feature
– Predict usage patterns for product as contributed by cross-cultural, age, sex (and other demographic) factors & individual behaviors
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Game: Remember the Future • People work individually • They contribute items
phrased in the “past tense” to describe
– progress toward goal – specific difficulties in making
changes • Items are placed on timeline
divided into monthly intervals “Tried a new fruit this week” “Missed my treadmill
appointment, but took a walk on the beach”
• Review at end of set time
• Results – [Client] understands more
about changing habits of diet and exercise from the participant’s perspective
– Participants begin to visualize success in steps rather than solely a start and an end point
– Dimensions introduced in previous game are re-mixed by participants
• Technology involvement • Timing of prompts • Peer support • Professional guidance
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[Client] Staff and Friends as Observers
• In the room with participants • No direct spoken interaction with participants*
– No corrections, clarifications, discussion • Typically, one Observer plays role of “bad
wedding photographer” with digital camera – We are limited to photos that do not identify
individuals – We will document end results
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* Ice-breaker game “Human Treasure Hunt” is the exception
Role of Observers
• Capture specific verbal and non-verbal behavior – Quotes from participants – Side remarks of participants – Reactions to speakers – Actions (including laughing, head-shaking, pointing, etc…)
• One observation per notecard – You may need more than one notecard to record your
observations about a single interaction – Let each card stand by itself (completeness)
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Observers DO
• Identify who said what about which items
• Record reactions by whom to what
• Refer questions to Nancy (and Tyler) and/or Sarah
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Donna: “I hate vegetables” (in response to item urging her to try new foods)
Ramon grunted and shook his head when Maria offered to buy “group exercise sessions”
Observers DON’T • Make interpretations
• Judge the participants
• Join the group to “help” or “fix something” or “just explain a little”
• Wander in and out of the room
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The daily reminders should be thrown out because Group 3 hates them.
Jaime obviously has unrealistic weight-loss goals, so why should we listen to him?
Expected outcomes
• Shared and deepened understanding of consumer engagement with digital technology (cell phone, text, web, photos) in service of self-reported goals
• Confirmation and surprises about beliefs, behavior, and values related to weight-loss and exercise
• Differences and similarities among men/women; English/Spanish speaker; age groups; occupations; etc.
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Debriefing
• Immediate (~30 min after each session) – Quick impressions, review notecards, start to categorize,
note points of agreement and disagreement (both for participants and observers)
• Soon thereafter (within the following week) – Nancy will catalog all materials (cards, photos) and will
prepare summary for [Client] review
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Questions?
Your turn…
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Nancy Frishberg [email protected]