Design & Software Process

Design & Software Process

1. Interactive Design

   • Process
     • What is Wanted
       • Interviews
       • What is there vs. what is wanted
       • Ethnography
     • Analysis
       • Scenarios
       • Task Analysis
     • Design
       • Guidelines
       • Principles
     • Prototype
       • Dialog Notations
       • Evaluation Heuristics
     • Implement & Deploy
       • Precise Specification
       • Architectures
       • Documentation & Help
   • Scenarios
     • Rich Stories of Interaction
     • Simple
     • Flexible
     • Powerful
     • Describes situation/context
     • Uses
       • Communicate with Others
       • Express Dynamics
       • Validate Other Models
   • Navigation Design
     • Widgets
     • Screens/Windows
     • Navigation Within App
     • Environment
     • Local Structure
       • Looking from One Screen
     • Global Structure
       • Hierarchical
         • Sequential
         • Linear
       • Dialog
         • Can branch anywhere
   • Screen Design & Layout
     • Ask
     • Think
     • Design
     • Tools
       • Grouping & Structure
         • Order of Groups & Items
       • Decoration
       • Alignment
       • White Space
       • User Action & Control
         • Entering Information
         • Knowing what to do
         • Affordances
       • Appropriate Appearance
         • Presenting Information
         • Aesthetics & Utility
         • Color & 3D
         • Localization or Internationalization
   • Iteration and Prototyping
     • Formative
     • Summative
     • Example: Hill Climbing

2. HCI in Software Process

   • Software Lifecycle
     • Requirements Specification
     • Architectural Design
     • Detailed Design
     • Coding & Unit Testing
     • Integration & Testing
     • Operation & Maintenance
   • Usability Engineering
     • Inclusion of Usability Specification