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This project was developed in the course of the master's thesis "Design, development and evaluation of a web application for the organisation and conception of rehearsal plans for a theatre production".

The aim of the master's thesis was to answer whether there is any added value, and if so, which, in converting an established analogue methodology into digital form and thus simplifying the workflow in the organisation of theatre rehearsals. The following two sub-questions are posed to this research question: On what basis are rehearsal plans currently created, what processes are there to consider in this context and what user functions would be suitable for integration into a digital form? And: What is the acceptance of the digital versus the established solution?

To answer the research questions, a literature and online research was made on how rehearsals and rehearsal planning currently work at the theatre. Based on this, interviews with experts were conducted, which presented the current way of working from a practical point of view. Subsequently, a concept was created that describes the digital planning process with a web-based solution. Based on the concept, an iterative design process was run through, on the basis of which a test application was developed. User tests were carried out at the end.

The literature and online research, in combination with the expert interviews conducted, showed that the administration of theatre production data, the collection and administration of blocked dates, and the creation of rehearsal schedules are all suitable for integration into a digital application. Furthermore, the user tests showed that there is a high level of acceptance of the digital solution among theatre staff between the ages of 25 and 30. The transformation of the analogue way of working into a digital form provides increased benefits by collecting all relevant data and content in one place and making it available, thus reducing organisational effort.

In the process of further work on the web application that was developed in the context of this thesis, many functions could be implemented that were described in this work but were not relevant for answering the research questions and were therefore not included in the test application.