Humanitarian Disaster Relief: Round 1 of Interviews

Adam Warren:

My interviews revealed that, in our project, the people who will be using our problem solution are as important as the design. There will be several groups of people using our communication channel. They include first responders, local government, victims, and authorities, to name a few. These people all have different wants, needs, and expectations for our project, so all possible users and points of view must be considered as we work toward our solution.

Emma Richer:

My important takeaway was learning that one of the most important facets of this project is  knowing who is fulfilling what role during a disaster is crucial.For example: Who are leaders? What is everyone’s place?

Jackie Dillon:

From Molly O’Brien: “In every developing country that I have been to there have always been conflicting ideologies between organizations- whether by nature, or due to the mission of that organization, you often see petty arguments/disagreements overtake the ability to help the population at risk.”

Will Khairalla:

All good system design begins by targeting who will be the user. The most important thing to focus on in the beginning is who will be using the technology? (DoD staff? Civilians? Police? )

Cesar Corona:

That we shouldn’t focus on the solutions right away. Make sure we understand the problem and consider all the angles. Consider the explicit problem and then the underlying implicit problems.