Due Date

This is due February 20th, 2026

Overview

We all live in various systems. We interact with multiple systems daily. In this homework, you’re going to write a reflection on a system you live in today, and discuss the experience of the system from a text-based standpoint.

Templates To Use for Homework

System Definition Template

Audience segmentation, use cases, and motivation mapping

BONUS: Formal problem statements

Instructions

  1. Pick a system with which you interact today in the world. The system can be digital or physical or both. Define the environments, people, products, services, decisions, events, and interactions within the system using the System Definition Template provided to you by the instructor.
  2. Write a 2 page reflection paper on the following:
    1. What system are you trying to describe?
    2. When did you first start becoming aware and engaging with the system?
    3. What’s been your workflow in the experience of the system so far?
    4. What pain points do you experience in each step of the system?
    5. Where do you see the biggest opportunities to change the current experience of the system?
    6. How would you go about changing the system and re-designing it?
  3. Complete the “Audience Segmentation” workshop that’s provided by the instructor to document:
    1. Audience segment labels
    2. Motivations
    3. Situational goals
    4. Problems in the current state
    5. Life goals
    6. Use cases that are important to support
    7. The top priorities for use cases
  4. BONUS: If you feel compelled to do so, use the Formal problem statements template to generate problem statement assumptions about your system today and the audiences in the system

Deliverables

  1. Story about your chosen system today
  2. Completed System definition template
  3. Completed Audience segmentation template
  4. BONUS: Formal problem statements template

How to Submit

  1. Email [email protected] your Figjam file and story document when you are ready to submit