User Centered Design Process
 
 
The main questions we tried to answer in this workshop:
1. When we develop a new design, how do we make sure it will make sense for someone?
2. How do we get started and how do we move forward step-after-step?
3. Once we have a concept, how can we find out, if anybody could use it?
4. How can we pin point unresolved challenges of a user interface? How can we measure how well users can use our solution.
 
Wednesday Exercise - User Profiling:
Create user profiles
Define user goals
Document user scenarios
 
Thursday Exercise - Design Concepts:
Brainstorm design concepts and metaphors
Create low-fidelity prototypes
 
Friday Exercise - Usability Testing:
Conduct usability testing on low-fidelity prototypes
 
Objectives:
  1. •Apply the User centered design process to a project of student‘s choice
  2. •Learn about advanced design principles and techniques
  3. •Understand the design process for interactive applications
  4. •Learn how to design towards usability
  5. •Learn how to measure usability using objective criteria

Description:
  1. •Introduction of Tools and learning how to apply them in teamwork: Competitor Audit, User scenarios, Use cases, Scope Value Matrix, Time boxing, Feature list, Project Planning, Project Management, Technology Brief, Creative brief, Brand strategy definition, Wire frames, Process flows, Visual design concepts, Templates, Functional Specification, Content collection, Site Map, Prototyping, Focus group testing, Style guide development, Bug tracking
  2. •Understanding these activities and deliverables and how they lead towards a user focused design
  3. •Learn how to apply quality management techniques during the implementation phase
 
2006 SS, ISNM, University of Lübeck
Web Design - Module: User Centered Design
24 hours block lecture
Usability testing with paper prototypes 2006