Amaury Trujillo
Maria Claudia Buzzi
ABSTRACT
Menopause is an inevitable natural transition in a woman's life. However, many women are not conscious of the changes related to menopause and the eventual consequences for their health. Given the prevalent daily-use of smartphones, a mobile app that empowers and coaches women before and after menopause is a promising solution to this issue. Because of the multidisciplinary nature of this project, we have used a participatory design approach during the early stages to elicit user requirements from the main stakeholders of the project as well as from several women in pre-menopause and menopause (potential end users). This approach has allowed us to better understand which functionalities and interactions should be integrated into the app, based on direct input from both groups.
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Index Terms
- Participatory User Requirements Elicitation for Personal Menopause App
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