Cardio Fitness Equipment and Exercise Entertainment
Precor, the company that invented elliptical trainers, had a vision for the next generation of their cardio fitness line, which also included treadmills, stationary bikes and climbers. Besides a complete revision of the industrial design, they planned to update the console and integrate an optional LCD touch screen console with controls for the machine, entertainment options, workout tracking and other features yet to be defined.
I was first brought on board to help validate the desirability and usability of an as-yet undefined set of potential features for the 17” touch screen console.
What I did:
- Conducted competitive analysis to flesh out and define a testable set of media and workout features.
- Identified key user personas and wrote usage scenarios for the two key user types.
- Designed a UX for a prototype touch screen application which would interface with an actual treadmill
- Provided all necessary graphic assets for the prototype
- Hired and supervised a Flash designer who developed the interactive prototype
- Wrote a test script and a feature evaluation survey
- Managed the recruitment of test users who represented the various personas
- Conducted the usability tests
- Delivered a marketing requirements document summarizing our finding and recommendations