PACT+Analysis

PACT ANALYSIS

People -Since there are many students/staffs drive to school everyday, our target uers are the people who drive and park at the UTM campus -We believe it is very time consuming to locate a spot to park,especially during peak hours of the day - we would like to reduce the number of Drivers who frequently become frustrating going through each parking lot of the campus to find a spot to park - The users who benefit the most in this re-design would be everyone who drive and park at school parking lots (students, professors, staffs) - After experiencing this re-design, users would be satisfied about the increased effciency and ease of troubles of finding the right spot to park that is near the place/building they would like to travel to - This re-design would also benefit the drivers who are in rush to get to a specific place in the campus (e.g: students who need to go write an exam, staffs who need to prepare for an event etc)

Activities -Some activities involve in this re-design would be building small sensor that calculate weight to differentiate if a specific spot is occupied or available to a user to park his/her car -Building a big digital display screen at entrance of parking lot to show how many spots are available in that parking lot (possibly display labels of parking spots that are available as well - have each spot marked by a code- A1, A2, A3 etc...) This increase costs and confusion for users because they probably don't know which location of the spot is marked in that specific code unless by arbitrary conventions. - Re-build the entrance and exit of the parking lot, so entrance only allows one car at a time to prevent drivers for fighting over one spot (first come first serve basis) -Exit of parking lot can be built bigger (allow two cars exit at once to prevent from traffic jam) - Since locating a spot to park is almost an everyday event for majority of people, in order to improve the speed and convenience for the drivers, we believe re-designing such system would benefit most drivers

Contexts Physical contexts - It would be even more convenient for drivers in winter times since driving in snow already consume so much time, finding a spot might double that time -However, The big screen must be waterproof to prevent from damages due to rain/snow - Make sure that snow could not cover up the screen - The sun shinign on that board can make the words still readable -The screen must also be big enough for drivers from far to see Social context - Ensure to use simple words and/or numbers of combinations to indicate the availability of parking spots on screen (not using conventional representations to confuse those who lack the understanding of those data) - Accuracy of the data on screen would affect the satisfaction users Technologies -Ensure the system of the weight sensor for each spot functions well, so the big display screen shows the actual number of spots occupied/available (accurate) - The digital screen's data must be updated immediately regarding any changes of the parking spots' availability - Ensure the data(characters) on the screen are legibly and clear for users to see and understand - Weight sensor must be built in a way that it will not block/cause troubles for drivers to park their cars - The whole system must be maintained/monitor regularly to prevent from damages/dysfunction.

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