PLANNING METHODS

Discover Create Share

Researching, Prototyping, Distributing,

developing ideas, testing, increasing
discovering collaborating, accessibility and
passions constructing usability

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3

•Prototype and Create •Share
• Discover •Completion: 70% •Completion: 100%
 Chatbot

Virtual
Virtual
Voicebot Chatbot Human Human
Virtual
Interface Interface
Human
Interface

Product Selection Refinement Final Selection

 Inquiry Final Product
Initial

PROJECT IN A
Product
Idea
Question design (VHI)

PAGE
Evaluation Prototyping /
Refinement Design
Process changes

Create

Shortlisted Final Design

Product
Products Selection
and
Prototype
Develop Final Product Share

Test/Feedback

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3

 IDEATION PROCESS
• Technology and Creative thinking
Passion Mind Map
• Health and Wellbeing

• How can technology innovation be utilized to improve mental health?

Initial Inquiry
Question

• Too broad
• Is not clear/simple.
Question
Evaluation
• Generated further insight and debate.

• How can technology be utilized to help high school students cope with  study/exam related stress/anxiety?
Final Evaluation

• Research
• Critical Analysis
Development • Creative Analysis

• Shortlist potential products

• Conduct further research for target group
• Surveys and dialogue creation
Project • Voice acting/auditions
Conceptualisation • Tech platform that can be used to implement this
 SUCCESS CRITERIA
(AFTER RESEARCHING THE NEEDS OF TARGET AUDIENCE)

Accessible – Anytime, Anywhere

Safe , secure and Confidential

Friendly, Can sense and react to emotions

Natural flow of conversation

End result: Reduced stress/anxiety for user

CRITICAL AND CREATIVE
THINKING TOOLS
PASSIONS MINDMAP
Environment

Exercise Wellbeing

Music
My Design
Passions

Software Creativity

Robotics
 OSBORNE PARNES MODEL
FROM IDEA TO POSSIBLE PRODUCTS

There is lack of enough

Fact • Counselling help is
Ideas • Success Criteria
Action
counselling, help for HS
students going through • Who - HS students limited • Website with helpful info.
• Shortlisted Possible • To be decided in Term 2
study/exam related • What - Stress & • Not everyone gets • App with Q&A Candidates
anxiety/stress as research help • Chatbot • More info on next
shows. anxiety
• When – Anytime • Voice bot slide
• Virtual Human interaction
• Anywhere - using AI
Objective and other tech tools.
Problem Solution

Divergent Convergent

Note: More information on the Solution section of this diagram will be provided on the next slide
 REQUIREMENTS VERIFICATION

Engaging and very friendly Survey people after they use my software

Sensitive to emotions and visual cues During the testing stage, trigger emotional cues in user
and validate if the software noticed them correctly.

Accessible anytime, anywhere Test it in various locations at different times - in groups.

Compatible with both Microsoft OS and Mac OS (maybe Test it on and survey the people who have run the
IOS and Android) software on the listed operating systems

PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS
Votes MEDALS Votes MISSIONS
11 Engaging, clear, well organized, impactful 5 Scope is complex and might be hard to
presentation accomplish
9 Good research, analysis and statistics to back 2 Research online tools for help,
up arguments simplification
3 Very helpful, unique idea i.e. Good inquiry 1 Use lighter background for presentation
question

Observation: After consolidating the feedback and ordering them by highest number of votes, the
overwhelming consensus is that the inquiry question and development of the idea is extremely well
received. Similarly, on the missions, the consistent feedback was to ensure the complexity and scope
remains achievable in the timeframe of this project.

Action: Revisit project scope and product design. Research online tools for help.

PROJECT PITCH FEEDBACK SUMMARY

 Action: Choose between Voicebot and Virtual Human Interface
Should I use Voice Bot?
P M I
Voice based Less engaging than Human interface Would this reduce the effectiveness?
Flow is natural Less natural Would people be engaged or bored?
Accessible anytime Not accessible anywhere – Need a private
space
Medium Complexity

Should I use Virtual Human Interface?

P M I
Most engaging Most complex How do I achieve it in the timeframe?
Most friendly and High risk Can I reduce the number of questions/areas and
most natural characters?
Accessible anytime Not accessible anywhere – Need a private A lot of scope for making it engaging and
space interesting.
Sensitive to emotions

PRODUCT SELECTION – USING PMI

Task: Decided to use Virtual Human Interface using PMI strategy with a high weightage given to the product being
engaging, however the scope/design must be revised to make it achievable (as is also highlighted by the feedback from
project pitch).

- Reduced number of characters from 4 to 2.

Reduce scope - Reduced the scope to one specific issue/query

Could run out of time

Change the produce - Review the project status at end of Term 2.

to Voicebot

Decision: Decided to proceed with revised scope and added a checkpoint at the end of Term 2.

DESIGN IMPROVEMENT – USING FUTURES LINE

Task: Installed the base toolkit but the components are too complex, requiring additional skills (e.g. Unity and
Multimodal perception/analysis). Feedback from the peers/project expert were also highlighting this as an area to be
addressed. Therefore the design needs to be simplified to make it achievable.

Make design simpler - Exclude emotional analysis / response

Could be too complex

Change the product - Review the project status at end of Term 2.

to Voicebot

Decision: Decided to exclude emotional analysis/response from the design and added a checkpoint at the end of
Term 2.

DESIGN IMPROVEMENT – USING FUTURES LINE

Success Criteria

• Accessible: Anytime, Anywhere Success

• Safe: Secure and Confidential Criteria
Feedback
• Flow: Natural analysis
• Friendly: Congenial, sensitive
• End Result: Reduction of Stress/Anxiety
Creative
Thinking
Strategies
Feedback Analysis
• Revisit project scope and product design.
• Research online tools for help.

Creative Thinking Revised Scope

• If-Then Model

PRODUCT SCOPE/DESIGN REVIEW

IF-THEN MODEL
 ARCHITECTURE
DIAGRAMS
FOR VIRTUAL HUMAN INTERFACE
(FROM HIGH-LEVEL TO DETAILED)

CREDIT TO: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR SHARING THEIR RESEARCH AND ARCHITECTURE DIAGRAMS