FA102D: Application Development Presentation

App Research & DevelopmentJoseph Ibraham
Welcome
App Proposal by Joseph Ibraham

Observed Unmet Need or Desire
There is a need for a service that better allows the casual athlete to
discover, join, and play pick-up sports.

Ethnographic Research Observation
The group observed consisted of Hofstra University students playing
basketball at the school’s fitness center.

Photographic Observations

Interview with an Extreme User

Interview Observations
• Busy school and work schedules don’t allow college students to fully
commit to an official basketball league
• The ability to easily discover and join in on local pick-up basketball
games is needed.

Proposed App Idea
A service app that allows people to discover, join, and play pick-up
sports in their local community as effectively and simple as possible.

Proposed App Idea
Based on a user’s location, the app would be able to find local pick-up
games created by other users, facilitating the process of organizing a
sport.

Ideation Session

Ideas from Ideation Session
Unmet Need:
a simple, yet effective way of organizing pick-up sports.
How the app would work:
users will be able to create, organize, and join pick-up sport games
happening locally.
Who the app is for:
everyone. Young or old, the app’s purpose is to encourage people to make
the time to have fun, exercise, and stay active.

Existing App Research

Infinite Hoops: a Seattle-based service for finding basketball games
and players worldwide. Their mission is to make it “easy for basketball
players to connect and organize pickup games with players of similar
ability and skill.”

Sportan: a location-based pick-up sports app for the everyday athlete.
Their purpose is to help people “discover, join and play pick-up sports
instantly with the power of your smartphone.” Sportan is not yet available
on the App Store, but it is very much like the app I am conceptualizing.

Huddlers: a mobile sports scheduling app for recreational athletes.”
The app is similar to Sportan in the way that it locates sporting games of
all kinds, not just basketball.

Hoopla
A location-based pick-up sports app for those who don’t have the time
to commit to league-based basketball.
The goal of the app is to help athletes discover and join games, with the
hope of fostering new relationships and keeping fit.

Thank You

FA102D: Application Development Presentation

Recommended

Recommended

More Related Content

Viewers also liked

Viewers also liked (6)

Recently uploaded

Recently uploaded (20)

FA102D: Application Development Presentation