The texts we had to read until this seminar gave us a first insight in how we design and why. The second chapter in the book described the four different ways of approaching design. These were: User-centered design (UCD), Activity-centered design, systems design and Genius or Rapid Expert design (RED). A good designer is able to use all of these approaches when designing and quickly switch between them. UCD focuses on the users goals and needs and every aspect of the project circulates around these in contrasts to Activity-centered design where the users activity and the completion of that activity is the main focus.
The system-based design is the model I think I have seen the most as an engineer student since we try to see the bigger picture or system and then create it or solve the problems of that system. The system based method does not take into account the users needs or goals, only the systems. The last approach is the one that is the most commonly used today and also the one approach which needs a very experienced designer. Using the genius method the designer only rely on their own knowledge of the users and their own experience.
The fourth and fifth chapter of the book describes how we should do our research and how we should prepare and analyze our data from our research so that we can see the problem clearer and maybe find new connections between seemingly unrelated data.
There were also so called ISO-standards in our reading list and their main purpose is to create a structure to rely on when designing eg. interactive systems. How do we create products with outstanding usability? Maybe start with looking at the ISO-standards and try to create something effective, efficient and satisfactory?
In our project i believe that we should use the UCD or acitivity-centered approach and since we shall interview people we need a moderator script so that we all ask the same questions and get comparable data. Maybe we should glance at the ISOs so that we have something to rely on while developing? I think that we also should post everything on the blog so that we have an easier time seeing the bigger picture.
Questions for the discussion:
How do you measure satisfaction since it is so subjective? Which design approach should we use in our own project, UCD maybe? How will we handle all the data we get from our research?
The texts we had to read until this seminar gave us a first insight in how we design and why. The second chapter in the book described the four different ways of approaching design. These were: User-centered design (UCD), Activity-centered design, systems design and Genius or Rapid Expert design (RED). A good designer is able to use all of these approaches when designing and quickly switch between them. UCD focuses on the users goals and needs and every aspect of the project circulates around these in contrasts to Activity-centered design where the users activity and the completion of that activity is the main focus.
The system-based design is the model I think I have seen the most as an engineer student since we try to see the bigger picture or system and then create it or solve the problems of that system. The system based method does not take into account the users needs or goals, only the systems. The last approach is the one that is the most commonly used today and also the one approach which needs a very experienced designer. Using the genius method the designer only rely on their own knowledge of the users and their own experience.
The fourth and fifth chapter of the book describes how we should do our research and how we should prepare and analyze our data from our research so that we can see the problem clearer and maybe find new connections between seemingly unrelated data.
There were also so called ISO-standards in our reading list and their main purpose is to create a structure to rely on when designing eg. interactive systems. How do we create products with outstanding usability? Maybe start with looking at the ISO-standards and try to create something effective, efficient and satisfactory?
In our project i believe that we should use the UCD or acitivity-centered approach and since we shall interview people we need a moderator script so that we all ask the same questions and get comparable data. Maybe we should glance at the ISOs so that we have something to rely on while developing? I think that we also should post everything on the blog so that we have an easier time seeing the bigger picture.
Questions for the discussion:
How do you measure satisfaction since it is so subjective? Which design approach should we use in our own project, UCD maybe? How will we handle all the data we get from our research?
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