• Brainstorming
• Competitive Analysis
• User Research

Brainstorming

We started our research phase by brainstorming the problem space we wanted to work within. We each independently conceived of ideas and then presented them to the group, after which we discussed the ideas until we reached a consensus about which was most interesting and promising to focus on. Although a variety of ideas were proposed, such as supporting the organization of photo walks or providing a web interface to tailoring services, we ultimately settled on the concept of tracking exercise and fitness. Through our research we later refocused on motivating work out and supporting people working out together in a distributed fashion.