MSU Bowl: Persona

by Cleveland Thrasher
For academic purposes only.

User: Lucas has just got into bowling, through suggestions from a few friends from school. He has bowled a few times in the past but wants to improve his game. He has signed up for KIN 106 at MSU, which is a bowling class at Spartan Lanes, the campus bowing alley.

Lucas doesn't have his own equipment and after a few classes he notices that his game performance has been inconsistent. At first he thinks his approach to the lane is varying, however his teacher tells him his form is consistent. Lucas then realizes the house equipment he chooses everyday is not the same.

Lucas brings this to the bowling attendant's attention but he merely replies that Lucas should invest in his own equipment.

Goal: Lucas wants to assess his performance over time.

Info Needed: Lucas would need to know his mood before starting to bowl, which could factor into his performance and his MSU PID to log into the system.

Motivators: Lucas wants to improve! He understands that in order to get better he must identify patterns in his performance and adjust accordingly.

Problem Setting: Variations in house equipment make this task burdensome if not impossible. Bowling attendants can only help so many bowlers at once. Many times balls may physically appear similar but behave differently then thrown. Some shoes may be more worn than others, of fit differently even though they are the same size. Also, Lucas can not watch himself bowl.

Online Affordances: The online environment can serve many users at once, track equipment used, and display the outcome of the particular equipment choice. By showing stats of performance over time, the most beneficial equipment can be suggested for improvement.

Lucas can see how he actual bowls through videos of his games. Information will be highlighted from the video to give tips to improve form, posture, and technique.

Individual games of bowling can be viewed that show equipment used, lane choice, total pins, hit percentage of the pins, ect.

Performance over time can be displayed through an Assessment Tool. Suggestions will be delivered to the user for improvement.