Testing Hypothesis 9A

Testing Hypothesis 9A


Who: Students who live on campus. Although all students find it necessary to study, students who live on campus prefer to do it in the comfort of their own “home”. Every dorm offers some sort of study room or office area the residents can go to in order to work on their academics. While this app did sound like a great idea to them, they wouldn’t find much use with it.
What: The students have no need for library availability, when there is always one open with available seats, conveniently close to their home.
Why: The students do not have the need for a library at all, knowing they have one in their dorm building.

I decided to interview a group of students who lived on campus. I know all dorms offer a room to study in or complete school work, so a library would seem unnecessary to them. After interviewing the students, it became apparent that they rarely ever went to the library, implying that this app would be irrelevant to them. The only time they would ever go to the library would be for a group project, however not enough of a need to this group of students.
INSIDE THE BOUNDARY
  • Students who live off campus
  • An app that provides students with the amount of library seats that are available
  • Finding a seat during certain hours of the day, at certain times in the semester, is always a challenging task. In order to study or complete school work, students need several materials or even work with groups. It is super inconvenient for students to arrive at the library on a tight schedule, not knowing if there is any room.
OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARY

  • Students who live on campus
  • An app that requires them to study somewhere they normally wouldn't
  • Not completely sure what is meant by “alternative explanations”, but this app would only become a need if dorm buildings stopped having study rooms, forcing students who live on campus to use the libraries

Comments

  1. Ryan BellFebruary 11, 2019 at 11:16 PM

    I can see the opportunity you present as it can often be very hard to find an open table during the timeframe you have available. However as I was thinking about it couldn't this unmet need be solved by something such as a camera feed, like they have in places such as Southwest Rec? I feel a set of cameras would generally accomplish the same goal with lots of less time invested in something like an app if they both accomplish the same thing. What special features can an app bring to the table that would draw people to it over just having library cameras?

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