Meeting minutes
How to approach intersectional / emergent need
MC: We need to resolve the structure - flat vs nested etc
There are interesections - two classes of needs
Needs arising that are in addition to the needs of a group
There are needs that are different from the sum total
CH: Thats good - the second is like compound needs
MC: Right
Could you have individual needs minus others?
MC: Would be easier if so - if you a member of a group you have other needs aside from a combination of those
CH: Not sure - we could proceed assuming its additive model
MC: Should we tie user need to functional categories?
CH: The master functional needs has category sections.
MC: Structurally they are just another category
JOC: Likes Schrodinders Category :-)
CH: May not all be additive
MC: We can add some if the need isn't addressed
<MichaelC> Compound user needs are just a separate group which is defined as members of 2 or more groups
<MichaelC> so it´s a ¨compound group¨
<MichaelC> we would define these as needed
MC: It seems intersections are less important in practice
as long as we have compound categories - and it doesn't matter if they are intersectional needs
its just a group
CH: There is another complexity - context
This will dictate if there is a unique compound need
MC: That's a layer on top - or for particular?
CH: For all
MC: OK, how much does context determine user needs?
CH: Could be additive or subtractive
MC: Saying that user needs are contextual
JOC: +1 to Charles
MC: A guideline may not be required in a certain situation
A context applicability.
+1 to context - I think we need to look at this.
CH: There could also be weird compound needs - that determine behaviour
JOC: +1 to this - a little difficult to grok but I understand the trust of the abstraction
MC: Intersections are additive, and context is subtractive
+1 to Michael - excellent
MC: I tend to approach context as N/A - a la it is met by default
Silver may have other guideance - at the user needs level will we want to define that in some.
JOC: This is important as it is deterministic
MC: Is it environment context, trait context etc?
We will need to narrow it down.
CH: Right - environment is crucial e.g in XR
Even subtle things like ambient light can change visual perception
MC: What do we want to do with context? Wiki etc
JOC: Yup
We should give this some time
Resolution: explore definition of contexts and brainstorm lists of context - using https://
MC: We should do this in the master section of user needs, may be asking Charles to have a look
CH: I'm also looking at the Func needs GH issues - limited time
<Michael updates Google doc>
<MichaelC> https://
Review draft WBS about the user needs
<MichaelC> https://
MC: This is quick, will need work and needs the context discussion to be added
Resolution: Explore grammatical template for user needs for clarity and consistency