11 DESIGN, PROTOTYPING, AND CONSTRUCTION

11 DESIGN, PROTOTYPING, AND CONSTRUCTION

1. Introduction

   • The design emerges iteratively , through repeated design– evaluation–redesign cycles involving users. Broadly speaking, there are two types of design: conceptual and concrete.

2. Prototyping

   • What Is a Prototype?
     • A prototype can be anything from a paper-based storyboard through to a complex piece of software, and from a cardboard mockup to a molded or pressed piece of metal
     • A prototype is one manifestation of a design that allows stakeholders to interact with it and to explore its suitability; it is limited in that a prototype will usually emphasize one set of product characteristics and de-emphasize others
   • Having established some requirements, the next step is to try out design ideas through prototyping and evaluation cycles
   • Why Prototype?
     • Prototypes are useful when discussing or evaluating ideas with stakeholders
     • they are a communication device among team members
     • and an effective way for designers to explore design ideas
   • Low-Fidelity Prototyping
     • Low-fidelity prototypes are useful because they tend to be simple, cheap, and quick to produce
     • Storyboarding
       • A storyboard consists of a series of sketches showing how a user might progress through a task using the product under development
     • Sketching
       • “Sketching is not about drawing. Rather, it is about design”, Greenberg et al (2012)
     • Prototyping with index cards
       • Using index cards, each card represents a screen or one element of the interaction
       • Wizard of Oz
         • In this technique, the user interacts with the software as though interacting with the product
   • High-Fidelity Prototyping
     • A high-fidelity prototype looks like the final product and/or provides more functionality than a low-fidelity prototype
       • High-fidelity prototypes can be developed by modifying and integrating existing components – both hardware and software
   • Compromises in Prototyping
     • the intention is to produce something quickly to test an aspect of the product

3. Conceptual Design

   • concerned with transforming requirements into a conceptual model
   • Key guiding principles of conceptual design
     • Keep an open mind but never forget the users and their context
     • Discuss ideas with other stakeholders as much as possible
     • Use prototyping to get rapid feedback
     • Iterate, iterate, and iterate
   • Developing an Initial Conceptual Model
     • Which interface metaphors would be suitable to help users understand the product
       • Interface metaphors
     • Which interaction type(s) would best support the users’ activities?
       • Interaction types
     • Do different interface types suggest alternative design insights or options?
       • Interface types
   • Expanding the Initial Conceptual Model
     • What functions will the product perform?
     • How are the functions related to each other?
     • What information is needed?

4. Concrete Design

   • Producing a prototype inevitably means making some concrete decisions
   • deals with issues related to user characteristics and context
     • and two aspects that have drawn particular attention for concrete design are accessibility and national culture

5. Using Scenarios

   • As a basis for the overall design
   • For technical implementation
   • As a means of cooperation within design teams.
   • basis of communication in a multidisciplinary team

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