Share one study room without double bookings
Explain a simple booking process, try it with examples and improve one weak spot.
Students, career changers and anyone new to design challenges.
Your approach: Use everyday sentences, a list, a small table or a sketch. Explain who does what and try the process with an example; no technical vocabulary or coding is needed.
The problem
A small learning club shares one study room. Create a simple way for members to request a time, learn whether it is theirs and cancel it. You can use ordinary sentences, a list, a table or a sketch. No coding or technical vocabulary is needed; make the steps clear enough for a new volunteer to follow.
- The room has six one-hour slots each day. A slot can belong to only one person at a time.
- Members ask at the desk or send a message. One volunteer keeps the current booking record.
- Two people sometimes request the same slot, and a cancelled slot could help someone waiting.
Work within these constraints
How many one-hour bookings can be confirmed for one day?
Required target: ≤ 6 bookings/day
Explain how the volunteer chooses and records one confirmed booking when requests compete.
A person should know whether they have a booking, are waiting or need to choose another time.
What to deliver
People and goal
Say who uses the process and what a successful booking means.
Simple steps
Describe requesting, checking, recording, confirming and cancelling a slot; name who does each step.
Try two examples
Walk through two requests for the same slot, then a cancellation with someone waiting.
One improvement
Name a weakness in your process and one practical way to check or improve it.