PLANT-WATERING APP

A grayscale mid-fidelity mockup of the final prototype.

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The Challenge:
Users have trouble finding the time to water their plants in a timely manner that prevents plants from dying.

Solution:
To accomplish this I conducted three user interviews with individuals passionate about plants. I then utilized affinity mapping to identify the user’s goals and defined the problem with considerations on how it may be solved and established a user flow. The visualization of the interfaces began with hand-sketched wireframes, a wireflow; then, a usability test plan was devised.

Results:
An app that utilizes Bluetooth technology and a separate sensor that is embedded into the soil of a potted plant was created. Upon installation, the user is prompted to input the plant type, geographic location, and time availability, while the sensor collects data about soil nutrition, lighting, temperature, and water quality. The app then creates a watering schedule along with other recommendations utilizing Atlas data for how to best care for the plant given the user’s time constraints.

User Interviews

I interviewed a group of plant lovers and gathered their feedback
on how they care and manage their plants.

Affinity Mapping

The user responses revealed that there was a general lack of time and concern
over specific care required for each plant type.

User Persona

Takeaways drawn from the user personal provided footing for defining
the problem and how it might be solved.

Problem Statement

Home gardeners and indoor plant-enthusiasts with busy schedules need a service/application that helps them remember when to water their plants, based on plant soil and environmental specifications, in a timely manner to prevent their plants from dying/

“How Might We” Statement

How might we create an app-controlled product that allows users to virtually monitor their plant vitals and know when their plant requires water?

User Flow

Knowing that the end-product would be robust with a number of user flows, I wanted to first establish that the user could connect the sensor to their application. This was the most important task.

Sketches

Here, brain-stormed a series of product and screen solutions
to the proposed problem.

Physical Sensor

Sensor List

Sensor Profile

Notification Settings

Sensor Installation

Watering Schedule

Almanac Data

Wireflow

Digital Wireframes

After hashing out concepts though hand sketches, I took my screens into the Sketch application and refined them into digital wireframes.

Usability Test Plan

Going into the usability study, a plan was devised to moderate users through a specific user flow.

Live Low-fidelity Prototype

The prototype was created using InVision Studio and demonstrates the
clickstream for each usability study.

Refine user flow, wireframes, and prototype based on user feedback
Revisit the Discovery phase to revise user questions for additional user interviews
Revisit the Ideation phase to conduct additional Usability Studies

DRUGGED DRIVING

February 28, 2019

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