Thursday, 1 December 2011

User Centred design

UCD focuses on:
Usability goals
User characterise
Environment
Tasks
Workflow


Usability goals
                Effective to use
                Efficient to use
`               Safe to use
                Have good utility
                Easy to learn
                Easy to remember to use

User Characteristics
Gender
Age
Disabilities
Left/right handed
Height
               


Environment
Where will the product be used
Indoors/outdoors
Personal use
Office

Tasks
Tasks they perform and tasks they would like to perform

Example workflow
                User encounters problem with software on their computer.
                Tell tutor
Tell Martin
Email helpdesk
Send someone out
Check the computer
 Fix it
Send an invoice to martin
Martin gets in contact with teacher
Teachers get back to student

Tesco.ie

Tesco website. Customer picks shopping
Tesco staff gets shopping
Delivery driver
Customer
Tesco Warehouse

The order comes through on the computer.
A member of staff will receive the order on computer.
Staffs gets the order
Loaded into the truck
Delivered to your home .

Should Provide Answers

What is important to users the tasks users do,the order they do then and the frequency.
users work environment
problems and constraints that affect users 
users expectations
output required
how can the design facilite users to achieve goals





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