Disc Golf Buddy
Disc golf app designed with beginners in mind.
Project Overview
Observed and interacted with competitors' app users, and put myself in their shoes to identify pain points.
Conducted user surveys and interviews to identify pain points as well as things that work well with the existing disc golf apps.
Utilizing empathy and research, a problem and main hypothesis was identified, launching the creation of the Disc Golf Buddy app.
During this part of the process, I started to ideate a solution. This became a time and space to brainstorm freely, and to conjure up a solution from all angles.
In the prototyping phase, I designed wireframes that ranged from low to high fidelity, at which point I was able to prototype the app and prepare it for user testing.
During the testing phase, I had participants test the prototype and provide feedback to improve the app.
In order to fully grasp the problem and to be able to ideate a great solution, I needed put myself in the shoes of the users. I was able to accomplish this through surveys and interviewing participants about their current experience with other disc golf apps.
Persona Cards
Patrick is a graphic designer who just got into disc golfing thanks to his co-worker. He lives in a suburb of Chicago with his new bride. He loves also loves to spend time with his dogs and loves all things sports.
32 years old
Married
Middle income
Graphic Designer
Lives in Palatine, IL
Learning new skills
Working hard to grow in his hobbies
Spending time in nature
Buy a house with his wife
Buy a new truck in cash
Hike Mt. Everest
Finding courses to go disc golfing on his own
Not having discs of his own
Not knowing what kind of discs to start off with
Unpredictable weather
Uses Macbook for work
Has iPhone for personal use
Uses a iPad for leisure
Tyler is a college student who loves to play video games and watch anime. He’s looking to make new friends and wants to look for a new hobby to keep him busy while away from his home in Portland.
19 years old
Single
Low income
Christian
Lives in Seattle, WA
Spending time doing things he loves
Going out with friends
Learning new things
To graduate school debt-free
To become an engineer
Travel the world
Finding community
Being on a tight budget
Learning things from the very beginning take time to research
Uses iPad at work
Has iPhone for personal use
Uses a Macbook for school
Uses Apple Watch to track fitness
Define: Problem and Solution Statements
After conducting research, I came up with a lighthouse to guide me in this project- a problem and solution statement.
Users need a way to learn the sport of disc golf where all the information is at their fingertips to learn the basic foundations of disc golf in one place.
An application in which the user can learn more about the sport of disc golf, where they have all the basic foundations they will need all in one place to jumpstart their journey of becoming lifelong disc golfers.
After having conducted my research and defining a problem and solution, the time came to conceptualize the solution. Through site maps and wireframes, I was able to get to the prototyping stage.
Site Map
User Flow
Styleguide
Key Insights
Through the research, I was able to uncover the following key insights:
App should be as user-friendly as possible.
App should go into depth about different types of discs as well as different throwing techniques to go with them.
Our app should include a section in which it facilitates course navigation for the user, in a clear manner, as well as a weather feature.
