The Hatobito app was especially developed for runners who want to learn how to train in a safe, sustainable and efficient way. Hatobito teaches users how to listen to the signals of their body. By measuring their heartbeat(zones) users can personalise their training.
As a member of a multidisciplinary team Panton was responsible for the development of the functional design of the app, the user flow and the design of the user face. We were also actively involved in the project communication, the technical development and the monitoring of the user tests.
Your heart, your compass
Your heart as a compass: there is no better gauge of a body's physical condition than the heart's response to exercise. Hatobito helps runners to better understand their heart rate data and translate it to training. In addition, Hatobito connects runners and coaches to train based on heart rate, both consciously and under supervision.
Between 25 and 33% of beginning runners get injured in their first year in such a way that they are not able to run for at least a week. These injuries are usually the result of lack of training knowledge. Many runners train too hard, too recklessly and too intensively.
By training on basis of heartbeat data runners can learn to train safely and sustainably. Hatobito makes heartbeat data understandable for runners and their coachs. In this way they are able to realise training targets together.
Co-creation was key!
Together with Running 2020, BBO, several top athletes and coaches among whom Gerard Nijboer and Gert-Jan Wassink, Panton ran through a co-creation process. First we developed personalities (personas) of several types of runners and coaches. Then we defined the various functionalities of the app and combined them in a user flow. This was systematically tested by several experts in the world of athletics.
Full speed to a minimal, viable product
The entire team outlined the future contours of the Hatobito app. Next, we decided the program of requirements for the minimal, viable product, the MVP.
In verschillende Agile sprints van 4 weken, werd samen met de Appbakkers een eerste versie van de app ontwikkeld.
On the running track
De app werd getest in de praktijk. 20 Atleten, verdeeld over twee teams, namen deel aan de veldtesten. Coaches Gert-Jan Wassink, Gerard Nijboer en Fred van Mook ondersteunden de teams met behulp van de Hatobito app in het uitvoeren van een Zoladz Test. De app werd met enthousiasme onthaald. Voor coaches was de uitvoer van deze test, die ontwikkeld is om de fitheid van atleten te evalueren, nooit zo eenvoudig. Op basis van de resultaten die direct bekeken en gedeeld konden worden, konden de coaches hun lopers optimaal ondersteunen.
All set!
In April 2018 the first version of the app was released from the App Store.