Josh, thanks for that "crash course." It definitely gave me a better lens into when and how the tool could be applied.
Cheers, Todd On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 11:20 PM, Josh Weihnacht < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Having taken a class with Bonnie where we used CogTool, I'll give it a > shot. > > > On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Todd Moy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Bonnie - >> >> could you give us a basic idea about what CogTool does--and how it might >> be >> applied? >> > > > CogTool is basically about automating predictions of how long it would take > an expert user to perform a task or tasks on a system. You build screens > with various widgets on them and then use these screens to create one or > more scripts of how a user would perform some task in the system. The > program then estimates how long it would take an expert user to perform that > task in that manner. > > >From the site, I seem to believe this is used to model efficiency along a >> single path. Assuming individual flows within a storyboard could be widely >> variable in terms of completion time, would you use this tool to identify >> those as areas to think more critically about? > > > It can certainly be used to model two different ways of performing a task > on the system (say with a mouse vs a keyboard. or even two completely > different flows). Then it will give you estimates of how long each task > would take an expert user to perform, along with a graph of all the various > events (moving the cursor to a target, clicking the mouse, recognizing that > the screen has changed, etc). This can help you to identify where time > savings could be found in order to make the task more efficient. It is > certainly intended to help you think critically about ways to improve > completion time as well as to compare completion times of different tasks. > > > >> Also, do you believe this >> could be applied to an environment that supports multiple ways of >> achieving >> a goal? The tutorial leads me to think "no", but it's entirely possible >> I've >> missed the point. :) >> > > Yes, definitely. Sounds like there is more work for the CogTool team to do > on the tutorial. > > Hope that helps. > > best > Josh Weihnacht > > http://www.inputpattern.com > -- ____________________________ http://www.oombrella.com oombrella /a/ gmail.com ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
