📊 FocusFlow User Usage Survey Report

Item	Content
Course	2501_MU_SE_FZU
Team Name	Focus_2025
Assignment Goal	User trial feedback and evaluation after Beta release
Survey Tool	Wenjuanxing (Questionnaire Star)
Release Version	FocusFlow Beta v1.0

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Table of Contents

1. Background & Overview
2. Survey Methodology
3. User Portrait Analysis
4. Core Function Evaluation
5. UI/UX Design Evaluation
6. Issue Feedback & Improvement Plan
7. Conclusion

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1. 🚀 Background & Overview

With the official release of the FocusFlow Beta version, our team recently initiated this user usage survey. The goal was to verify whether the "Minimalist" design concept, established during the prototyping phase, fits the real needs of our target users (university students), and to effectively troubleshoot potential functional defects.

• Survey Period: December 31, 2025 - January 5, 2026
• Target Audience: Primarily students from Fuzhou University Maynooth International Engineering College (FZU-MU), while also extending to students of other grades and majors.
• Sample Size: Collected a total of 500 valid questionnaires.

Core Objective: Validate the usability of core functions (Task Management + Focus Timer) and collect user experience feedback in real-world scenarios.

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2. 📝 Survey Methodology

We used the "Wenjuanxing" platform to generate an online questionnaire and distributed it through social media and class groups. On the homepage of the questionnaire, we clearly defined FocusFlow's product positioning—**"Helping students better manage study tasks and improve focus"**—ensuring respondents had a preliminary understanding of the product.

▼ Software Requirements & Feedback Collection Questionnaire Homepage:

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3. 👥 User Portrait Analysis

Based on the 500 valid responses collected, we conducted a detailed analysis of the user portrait to ensure the representativeness of the feedback.

3.1 Grade Distribution

This survey precisely covered the student community. As shown below, Junior students (Year 3) are our main user source, accounting for 60%, followed by postgraduates and other grades. This distribution aligns highly with the promotion scope of FocusFlow as a Software Engineering course project, ensuring the data reflects the needs of our core target users.

3.2 Pain Points Analysis

In the multiple-choice question regarding "The biggest difficulties encountered in studying," the data showed a clear trend, validating our original project intent:

• 🔴 70% of users indicated it is "Hard to maintain focus for long periods," being easily distracted by phones or other environmental factors.
• 🟠 40% of users indicated "Too many tasks and lack of effective planning," leading to low learning efficiency.

Device Preference: The vast majority of users (>90%) used a PC/Laptop (Web) to access our platform. This confirms that our strategy to prioritize the Web platform for the Beta release was correct.

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4. 🛠️ Core Function Evaluation

Users provided detailed ratings and qualitative feedback on the four core modules released in the Beta version:

4.1 📋 Task Management

• Description: Supports task creation, priority setting (red flags), due dates, and tag classification.
• User Satisfaction: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• Feedback Details:
  • Users highly praised the "Color-coded flags", believing the red highlights effectively created a sense of urgency.
  • 94% of users found the List View (To-do List) clear and free of redundant information.
  • 💡 Suggestion: Some users hoped for a "Drag and Drop" sorting feature to adjust task order more flexibly.

4.2 ⏳ Focus Timer

• Description: Pomodoro timer, full-screen immersive mode.
• User Satisfaction: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Highest Score)
• Feedback Details:
  • Full-Screen Mode was recognized as the "Most Practical Feature", effectively blocking distractions from other browser tabs.
  • 💡 Suggestion: Hope to add a distinct notification sound when the Break time ends.

4.3 📊 Study Report

• Description: Statistics on focus duration and task completion trends.
• User Satisfaction: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
• Feedback Details:
  • The chart visualization is good, and the color scheme is comfortable.
  • 💡 Suggestion: Currently, it only supports viewing data for the "Last 7 days." Users strongly desire a "Monthly Summary" to review long-term study status.

4.4 🏠 Welcome Dashboard

• Feedback Details: The "Daily Check-in" button has a very high click rate. Users believe this micro-interaction helps establish a daily study ritual.

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5. 🎨 UI/UX Design Evaluation

We established the "Minimalist & Distraction-free" design principle during the prototyping phase, and the survey results show this decision was very successful.

• Visual Aesthetics: Average Score 4.5 / 5.0.
  • Users particularly loved the current Purple Brand Color, finding it professional yet calm, making it suitable for study scenarios.
• Interaction Fluidity: 96% of users felt page transitions were smooth.
  • Thanks to frontend performance optimization, there was no obvious lag during operations.
• Usability:
  • The Onboarding logic is clear. Most users could complete the full loop of "Create Task -> Start Focus -> View Report" independently without reading the manual.

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6. 🐛 Issue Feedback & Improvement Plan

Through open-ended questions in the questionnaire, we organized the Top 3 existing issues and formulated an improvement plan for the subsequent Sprint:

Category	Issue Description	Severity	Action Plan
🔴 Functional Defect	Some users reported that the timer countdown occasionally displays abnormally in the Firefox browser.	High	The frontend team will conduct cross-browser compatibility testing and fixes for mainstream browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox).
🟡 UX Optimization	When accessing via mobile, the side navigation bar takes up too much space.	Medium	Optimize Responsive Layout to implement auto-collapsing sidebar on mobile devices.
🟢 New Requirement	Users wish to write a "Focus Note/Reflection" after a session ends.	Low	Add an optional text input field in the post-session modal and sync the record to the Report page.

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7. 📌 Conclusion

This user survey provided valuable data support for FocusFlow's subsequent iterations. The results strongly prove that the "Task Planning + Focus Execution" product model effectively solves the core pain points of the student group.

Although there is room for improvement in multi-device adaptation (especially mobile) and some interaction details, the team is satisfied with the overall performance of the Beta version. Next, we will strictly execute the above improvement plan and fully optimize system stability and compatibility in the Final Sprint, striving to deliver a more perfect and productive study tool.

FocusFlow Team
Keep Focus, Keep Flow.