Lecture I gave on Decision Making and Research in Product Design, for a Faculty Position Interview at Carnegie Mellon University.
Outline:
- Decision Making in Product Design
- Measuring Ambiguous Situations
- Case Study: Uber Technologies
- Case Study: Symbiote Systems
2. About Me
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3. What about you?
What makes you interested in HCI and Design?
Why did you choose this class?
What do you want to do after graduation?
4. Lecture
Outline -Decision making in product design
-Measuring ambiguous situations
-Uber Technologies
- Symbiote Systems (time permitting)
An insight into design
research in mobility
5. A little
background…
This lecture is brought to
you by a design researcher
and strategist
symbiote
Uber Technologies, Inc.
Design Researcher
Product Team
Symbiote Systems
Co-founder
Strategy/Product
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8. My job is literally
making decisions.
But based on what?
Designers often need to ‘use their gut’ to
conceptualize their products.
9. Making large-
scale decisions
A lot of times as designers and
engineers we need to make
decisions on potentially
ambiguous situations.
How do we decide which path to
follow?
15. Money
matters.
Each decision you make as a
designer/engineer costs the
company money. You’ll need to
convince them what you are doing
will help their business.
16. So do we follow
the money?
No. But yeah. Kind of.
17. Find a balance
What can create the biggest impact on our users
with the least effort?
19. But how do you
measure the impact?
Only way to convince management to accept your
terms is to show them numbers.
20. Qualitative vs. Quantitative Data
Our customers are giving positive reviews. Our rating on the App Store is 4.7 stars.
We provide taxis quicker than our competitors. We can get a driver to a customer within 3 mins.
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31. CONFIRMATION
Locating the rider
RIDER CONFIRMS
THEIR LOCATION; GPS
COORDINATES AND
VENUE NAME SENT TO
DRIVER.
Rider app Driver app
https://atc-mengproject.herokuapp.com/nearby_locations#
32. CONFIRMATION
Locating the rider
RIDER CONFIRMS
THEIR LOCATION; GPS
COORDINATES AND
VENUE NAME SENT TO
DRIVER.
Rider app Driver app
https://atc-mengproject.herokuapp.com/nearby_locations#
33. COLOR CODES
Identifying the driver
RIDER AND DRIVER
FLASH COLOR CODED
SCREENS TO QUICKLY
IDENTIFY EACH OTHER.
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48. Lecture
Outline
-Decision making in product design
- Balance between cost and
experience
- Ambiguous situations
- Can you assign a number to it?
- Improving the Uber experience
through research
An insight into design
research in mobility
52. A Lack of Trust
and Understanding
Prevents us from moving faster.
Blanco, Myra, et al. Human NFactors Evaluation of Level 2 and Level 3
Automated Driving Concepts. No. DOT HS 812 182. 2015.
66. Acknowledge
Arduino demo video on http://symbiote.link/product
Jung, Malte F., et al. "Displayed uncertainty improves driving experience and behavior: The case of
range anxiety in an electric car." Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human
Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, 2015.
symbiote
68. Maintaining
alertness
Tasks to regain focus during
autonomy
Jung, Malte F., et al. "Displayed uncertainty improves driving experience and behavior: The case of range anxiety in an
electric car." Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, 2015.
Act I:
symbiote
70. Numerous
Possibilities
A better understanding of the rider
leads to new opportunities for
interaction
Music Control Route Selection
Driving Dynamics Ridesharing Experiences
Health Monitoring
Act:
symbiote
71. Market Size
Starting with semi-autonomous cars,
with an intent to expand to other
transportation industries.
~$250B in yearly revenue
$126B
Air Transport
$40B
Road Transport $30B
Other Transport
$50B
Autonomous
Vehicles (2020)
Data Source: Statista http://statista.com
symbiote
72. TAM
Taking different percentages based
on the value of autonomy and trust
in different contexts.
~$1.8B Total Addressable Market
$126M
Air Transport
$400M
Road Transport
$30M
Other Transport
$1.25B
Autonomous
Vehicles (2020)
Data Source: Statista http://statista.com
symbiote
74. Strategy
An iterative approach to
gaining customers
Sell to Owners of
Luxury Vehicles (validation)
Partnerships with
Car Manufacturers
Standardizing Safety
Technologies (e.g. ABS, SRS)
Partnerships with
Passenger Transportation
Phase I
Phase II
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