<Project Name>

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Group Number:
Group Name:
Group Representative: <Name/Email>
Project Phase: Phase 1 - User Research
 Contribution of Individuals

Name Contribution statement

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2.
Name
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2.
Name
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2.
Name
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 <All descriptions and text, highlighted in yellow color, should be removed before submission.

 For submission, the document name should be like this:

Group<Number>_UserResearch2020.doc and Group<Number>_UserResearch2020.pdf

Replace the Group<Number> with your group number i.e. 01,02…

 This is not a ‘holy template’, be proactive and improvise.>

1. Problem description <(Max 200 words)> 2%

<Just describe your (already submitted) problem in a little bit more detail.>

2. Introduction - 5%

<- Motivation of your work

- For the writing style – consult papers on LMS (read their intros)>

3. Literature review/Previous work - 15%

<- What has been done to solve the similar problems in the past, what is missing, why your work is
new.

- For the writing style – consult papers on LMS and discuss with your TAs>

4. Existing Products <(Max 500 words)> - 5%

<- What is out there (commercial/academic) and what are the issues with them

- For writing style – consult papers on LMS>

5. User research method <(~ 200 words)> - 5%

<-Describe your method and give reasons why did you choose a particular method (rationale)

- Go beyond slides and read chapters/other sources for a suitable method>

6. User details <(Max 100 words)> 3%

<- Demographics and rationale for choosing a particular user group>

7. Method plan <(Max 500 words)> 10%

<- Interview protocol + including focus setting (all interview questions should be placed in the
appendix)

-When/where/how of your study (CI and/or Interviews)? - If you did not conduct a proper CI, give
reasons for that.

- Capture Pictures, videos (context capture + interviews)

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8. Your Findings/Results <(No word limit)> 40%

<- Write your findings (in a descriptive form)

- Use categories to explain your major/minor findings

- Needs vs. desires

- Document everything concisely

- Give few relevant pictures in the main document and all other pictures as an appendix

- If you need to explain something extra, put it in the appendix.

- You can replicate the reporting style of one of the papers you selected for the method replication –
consult papers in the LMS. You MUST discuss this with your TAs >

9. Needs and desires <(No word limit)> 12%

10. New and Final problem statement + Description <(max 400 words)> 3%

11. References

<Submission instructions>

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<Do not print anything! Everything should be submitted on a USB stick).>

Appendices

1- Consent form

CONSENT

I hereby give consent…

…to use my video recordings/Pictures for educational/research purposes  YES  NO

…to publicize pictures from my recordings in written papers  YES  NO

Date: ……. - …. - 2019

Gender:Male/Female

Name: ……………………………………………………………………………………

Age: ……………………………………………………………………………………

Email: ……………………………………………………………………………………

Signature: ……………………………………………………………………………………

Modify it in the case of schoolteachers, parents or care takers