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1.0 RESEARCH

1.1 QUANTITATIVE: SURVEY

In order to better understand dog owner’s lifestyles and pain points during their dog walking experience, we conducted online survey and gathered 35 responses within 2 days.

In order to better understand dog owner’s lifestyles and pain points during their dog walking experience, we conducted online survey and gathered 35 responses within 2 days.

When asked what caused the unsatisfied dog walking experience, 81.8 percentage think taking the same routes all the time cause the boredom.

When asked what caused the unsatisfied dog walking experience, 81.8 percentage think taking the same routes all the time cause the boredom.

People also find it difficult to find up-to-date dog friendly public space to go to.

1.2 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

We also gathered qualitative information from online platforms including Reddit, Facebook, as well as friend interviews to determine specific dog owners’ needs. Click the button to see our detail report.

2.0 PROBLEM DEFINED

2.1 PAIN POINT

• Have a hard time finding reliable information on where they can take their dogs in public.
• Have no tracking tools to help regularly monitor dogs’ walking routines.
• Don’t have a specific platforms to find dog-walking companies or to connect with other dog-owners living in the same neighborhood.

2.2 USER PERSONAS

2.3 DESIGN PROPOSAL

We would like to design a product that helps dog owners:
‍Explore their city
‍Monitor their routines
‍Socialize with nearby dog neighbors.

3.IDEATION

3.1 INITIAL USER FLOW

3.2 LOW-FODELITY ITERATION

Log in pages

Option1:
‍Require users to input detailed information in the registration process including dog’s username, breed, size as well as user’s name.

Option2:
Simplify the input details to only necessary information.

Final Decision:
Add one more optional page for users to decide the level of information they would like to input.

Tab

Option1:Three tabs including ‘Walk’,  ‘Map’, as well as ‘Profile.’
Pros: Clear and concise
Cons: Profile tab mixes the social page and the personal page together, leaving the social feature less visible.

Option2: Final
‍Four tabs including ‘Walk’,  ‘Map’, ‘Social’, as well as ‘Personal.’

4.0 FINAL DELIVERY

Route Management: recommendation, tracking as well as statistics.

Explore: Search for a place to go to based on category eg. dog park, cafe, restaurant.

Social: Check out nearby ‘dog friends’ posts.

Personal: Create your dog’s unique photo diary.

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