『Reflection Paper # 3: Understanding Usability Concepts in a Smart City 』 s1220106_Yudai Abe To answer Q1 s1240172_Wataru Takahashi To answer Q2 s1240034_Ryo Tatesawa To answer Q3 s1240139_Hokuto Morita To create this slide

1. Application
to
solve
traffic jam

2. ● s1220106_Yudai Abe
- To answer Q1
● s1240172_Wataru Takahashi
- To answer Q2
● s1240034_Ryo Tatesawa
- To answer Q3
● s1240139_Hokuto Morita
- To create this slide
Roles of Group Members

3. ● Laboratory-based usability testing
- The lab-based usability test method
enables testing of mobile applications
by using real devices to engage
actual users.
How is Usability Tested
for a Mobile Application

4. ● Remote usability testing
- The remote usability test is an entirety
research method that allows users to
use usability tests while using their
websites from their home
computers.
How is Usability Tested
for a Mobile Application

5. - In our group, the following
mobile applications were
proposed. It is an application
that makes it easy to know
traffic congestion information
and public transportation
facilities.
To solve traffic jam

6. - This application is free to use. However,
advertisements may be issued. This
creates advertising revenue.
Advertisements can be hidden by
purchasing a paid version.
Explain the technology/smart city app and its
application in Aizu Smart City situation

7. - We use the money we earn as
operational funds. In this system, by
using the location information, traffic
jam information and public
transportation facilities can be obtained
immediately in the vicinity. Enabling
comfortable outing by knowing traffic
congestion information and public
transit time in one application.
Explain the technology/smart city app and its
application in Aizu Smart City situation

8. - This mobile phone apps give us traffic
information and timetable of bus and train in
Aizu Wakamatsu. Many citizen of Aizu
Wakamatsu use their car to move for shopping,
commuting, and playing. Also, some people who
don’t have own car (like university student) use
bus or train same purpose.
- So, This application is important for
- Aizu Wakamatsu.
why this technology / apps is important?

9. - Future Aizu Wakamatsu citizen use this application
when shopping, commuting, and playing. They
can search traffic information and check time table
of bus and train on surrounding their. They can
avoid heavy traffic and can move smartly by using
this application.
Would be able to use
this MOBILE PHONE technology?

10. - This application give us traffic information. This
function make moving of future Aizu Wakamatsu
citizen smartly. As aforementioned, many
AizuWakamatsu citizen use their car for moving.
And, some citizen use bus and train. So avoiding
heavy traffic and getting time table are
- special for Aizu Wakamatsu.
How could this technology be special for
Aizuwakamatsu?

11. - AizuWakamatsu citizen can avoid heavy traffic and
don’t need to waiting for bus and train by using this
application. I think this is the factor that they makes
happy. Because nobody want to get caught in
traffic jam and wait for train and bus.
why the technology and the product has a
feel-good factor ?

12. - The user-friendly point of this application
is getting surrounding information of traffic
and the time table of surrounding station and
bus stop automatically.
Why the product and the technology are
user-friendly?

13. - By using this application, citizen avoid traffic jam.
So, the time of using car is decreased.
I think this is the factor that smart energy.
Because decrease of using time is connected
saving energy and environment.
how the technology contributes towards
developing a connected smart city?

14. - I think this application may be cause traffic jam.
This application give traffic information for driver
and passenger. So same information send to some
driver, they select same road to avoid traffic jam. I
think it will be cause new traffic jam.
What could be one problem with the technology
and/or the product that might pose a problem?

15. - I think Charrettes is suitable testing this
application. Because this application must send
information that is correct and easy to understand.
And Charrettes discuss product from every aspect.
So I think this method are best that test
this application.
What could be some of the usability techniques that you
could use to test the usability of the technology?