Product Ideation: Task Analysis for Painting a Room
Imagine yourself as a student living in an apartment with your roommates. You walk by the living room and you notice the walls are in a desperate need for a new paint job. There are probably a lot of things going through your mind. What kind of tools do I need? What color should I pick? Are my roommates okay with it? Wait... is my landlord okay with it? What do you do?
For my assignment for UX academy, I learned about the process called Task-Analysis mapping. Task analysis mapping is done when designers are trying to understand how someone completes a task. Because everybody is unique and have different ways to solving a problem, a task analysis map can be drawn.
So how would I solve the problem of painting the living room?
Here is my task analysis map.
- Analyze the problem. Decide that the living room needs a repaint.
- Call landlord and ask for permission.
- Ask Roommates. Discuss the Cost, Color and Materials.
- Research where you should buy the supplies. Local Store? Online?
- Buy the supplies and split the cost among roommates.
- Move any furniture out of the way. Tape windows. Keep the area ventilated to keep you and your roommates safe from paint fumes.
- Paint!
- Wait for the paint to dry.
- Move the furniture back to their designated places.
- Celebrate and congratulate yourselves for a job well done!
