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     Chapter 5 Deliver
                       Overview
                       The first step of the process was to define the role and                                   Given the time constraints of the feedback timeline and
                       objective of each of the prototype in the overall                                          the limitation in recruiting older adults, I decided to test
                       communication campaign. User flow was created to                                           the materials amongst younger to mid-aged participants
                       demonstrate this role. The objectives created per                                          for the Low Fidelity stage (Except for the low-fidelity
                       material became the basis of the elements that should be                                   stage of the brochure and gratitude card where I needed
                       present in my design and it also provided the key                                          to check size preference option amongst older adults) .
                       parameters for feedback evaluation. From here I was able                                   Starting at Mid-fidelity stage I was able to include some
                                                                                                                  older adults as participants and started to formally test
                       to define what specific priority elements I needed to test
       DELIVER         per iteration stage. I also kept in mind accessibility of the                              the hypothesis here. As the products were also more
                                                                                                                  concretized at this stage, it was also easier for
                       design for the target users at all stages, hence the
                                                                                                                  participants to provide spontaneous feedback. For the
                       readability and layout of the material are very important.
                                                                                                                  last prototyping phase: High Fidelity, it was critical to
                       Looking at my hypothesis, I also needed to consider
                                                                                                                  specific personality types: Introvert, Extrovert, In-
                       feedback from older adults with specific personality                                       test the hypothesis, so I talked to older adults with
                       types specifically for the primary audience – the                                          Betweens.
                       introverts. And as a secondary hypothesis , talk to older
                       adults who are extroverts and the in-betweens to check                                     As discovered during the Explore stage, there is a gap in
                       if the proposed solution is indeed also relevant to them.                                  knowledge in exploring sense of purpose as a solution
                                                                                                                  to reduce loneliness/social isolation. It is imperative
                                                                                                                  then to provide rigor in the feedback evaluation
                                                                                                                  despite data collection challenges. Hence, the Deliver
                                                                                                                  phase tested the hypothesis at various phases for all the
                                                                                                                  three (3) product prototypes.





