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Design Hypothesis

Research by a cloud infrastructure company, Digital Ocean, found that 82% of remote USER ISSUES
workers in the U.S felt burnt out as 40% of them felt the need to contribute more than
their in-office colleagues, resulting in overworking and lack of self-discipline, in response
to this issue, remote college students must identify a means of balancing their
homogenized home and work life by the use of a schedule orientated self-guidance and Home/work
assessment device through implementation of sociology and the external/internal
influences of a personal home work environment. imbalance

Chaotic home / work space leads
Persona to copious amounts of distractions

due to ongoing external activity.
This results in a lack of boundaries

being distinguished with the space.

Mental

Strain
Mental strain due to inability to

juggle and maintain both home
and work tasks leads to lack of

productivity and results in the
inability to concentrate on work
efficiently.

Overworking

Loss of time

Telecommuters feel the need to
contribute more than their inhouse

Name: Brian colleagues, thus resulting in burn out

Age: 25 and overworking.
Occupation: IT Worker This is also due to a lack of efficient
work hour monitoring.

Product CONTEXT OF USE
In a remote homeworking environment

Alongside a desktop setup

25. Hypothesis/ Persona/ Issues