Saturday, November 17, 2007

Guide to Digital Media Interaction and Design Part 1

Goals of Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
- Safety
Safety of Users and Safety of Data

- Utility
What services a system provides

- Effectiveness
User’s ability to achieve goals e.g. finds desire information

- Efficiency
A measure of how quickly users can accomplish their goals

- Usability
Ease of learning and use

- Appeal
How well users like the system e.g. first impression and long term satisfaction


Usability Evaluation Criteria
- Time to learn
- Speed of performance
- Rate of errors by users
- Retention over time
- Subjective satisfaction


Stages of User-centered development
- Needs analysis
Summarizes the nature and purpose of the system

- User and task analysis
Characterizes the people who will use the site and what user will do

- Functional analysis
Functionality or computer services that user will need and what will be automated

- Requirement analysis
Describe the formal specification required to implement the system e.g. data dictionary, ER diagram

- Setting usability specifications
Performance measure and Preference measure

- Design Prototyping
Organization and Appearance
Low and High Fidelity

- Evaluation

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