1. Procrastin..
Kim Dowd
Chongho Lee
Scott Sykora
Project II Conceptual Models
Spring 2011
Carnegie Mellon University

2. Readings

3. Interviews
3 interviews
2 drawing exercises
1 sticker sheet
15 questions

4. Interviews
Draw a typical work pattern through a project.

8. Interviews
Draw your mental model of procrastination.

14. Interview Results
6 drawn diagrams
3 interview transcripts

15. Synthesis

16. Synthesis
3 affinity diagrams
1 for each interview

17. Synthesis
Each team member created
models separately

22. Combining Models
Faces and Diagrams -> Model 1
Sketched Narratives -> Model 2

23. Model 1

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Research collected from directed storytelling with participants ,
and from literature. Created by Scott Sykora, Chongho Lee and
Kim Dowd for Conceptual Models with instructor Miso Kim at
Carnegie Mellon University, Fall 2011.

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