Blog 3
From ideas to solution:
The problem that my team and I are solving is the lack of parking near work, school, sporting events, and any highly populated area in general. Not only is parking limited, but the price to park somewhere is shocking. This is true even if the length of time doesn't run over a few hours. This problem applies to anyone in the workforce, students who commute to school, and people driving in to watch a major sporting event or concert. Our concept addresses this problem by allowing users to "rent" other people's driveway space. This would increase the number of available parking spaces in any area, and the price would be one that would be less than the options that currently exist. We brainstormed and refined ideas in groups, utilizing Figma. During these figjams, we practiced taking an empathetic approach by creating a person and imagining what might better help them. We also discussed features that we could implement to further enhance our app during this time. For the most part, our team stayed true to the course of trying to solve this problem, but certain features were discarded. One such idea was long-term parking for recreational vehicles, such as an RV or boat. The cumulation of the figjams, brainstorming sessions, and feedback received led us to our final solution concept. Our original concept was like a stone with a lot of rough edges, and the interviews and research finding from Blog 2 helped us to smooth that stone by refining some of the ideas that we had and adding new ideas as well. I also found that just repeatedly talking out our idea to multiple people allowed me to come up with new ideas.
Behind the Scenes:
Our original thought of shooting the video was to be acting in it ourselves with a simple scenario of the app working. For example, one of us is driving in a car, looking for parking, and then using the app to find an available parking spot, and then ending by parking there. But, inspired by the quality of another team's video, we decided to take a different approach. We ended up using stock photos with a voice-over. The editing and sourcing of the photos were both things that came up as challenges for the video. Also, coming together to make a video was probably the biggest challenge, which we overcame by producing the final video using another direction. One thing that I personally learned was that for a relatively short video, the planning of said video and editing can be time consuming and tedious. So, in the future, more planning would be better.
The Editing Process:
The User Perspective:
The target users that we had in mind mainly include students and working individuals who commute to work. Our target users would also include anyone that is interested in generating passive income and who owns a driveway and has that driveway empty for most of the day. This solves the issue of limited parking spaces. Instead of building new infrastructure like parking garages and parking lots, this solution uses driveways that are already there, ready to be used. Parking within the city is unaffordable to use on a daily basis, so this app will make parking and driving to school more accessible to more people. Thus, it enhances convenience in the daily lives of those in the workforce and students alike. Reliable parking gives way to being able to reliably make time in your schedule to know how much time you need to plan for when taking a trip somewhere. After the creation of the video, the video was shown to potential users, and the reactions were mixed. Some said the app would be easy to use and others said it did not have enough features. Since this app is still somewhat early in its development stage, I would say that the feedback received was to be expected. But the feedback was still taken into consideration. Not just for furthering developing our app but also for future ideas that regard creating a video of our project.
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