Understanding HCI
by Vivienne Trulock
Design Considerations
Requirements Gathering
Envisionment Methods
Evaluation
Other
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Envisionment
What is envisionment?
- Envisionment is a visual exploration & presentation of key features
of design
- allows for feedback from users and clients
- aids generation, communication and evaluation of ideas
- for different people at different stages of development
- All aspects can & should be envisioned
- concepts
- functions
- structure
- interactions
- Methods go from sketches (‘back of the envelope’) to full
computer prototypes
- may focus on part or whole of the system
- may evolve into final product or be re-engineered
Why Use it?
Understanding
- what the client wants
- the PACT of the project
- the user, what the user does, what the user needs and context of use
Communicating
- with the client,
- users,
- colleagues,
- designers,
- evaluators,
- ethnographers,
- programmers
- may be geographically dispersed groups / different cultures
Evaluating and selecting design solutions
- possible requirements
- possible design solutions
Can Include
- Restate requirements of client
- Scenarios of use - ‘stories’
about potential use
- Mood boards- helps to generate look
and feel of system
- Storyboards - showing steps in
interaction
- Navigation maps - showing logic
and flow
- Prototypes - bring it to life