I've been working on using desired user responses as a way to communicate design intent. These responses are potentially measurable goals, but more importantly they are effective at getting non-designers to understand the core objectives of a project.
It's important to be able to measure design and usability objectives; and the response approach I've used can be linked to detailed qualitative and quantitative test plans. But I've found in most cases that the measurable goals, specs, prototypes, etc. don't help in the least with communicating design intent. User responses are something I started using on a recent project, and they look to be very effective. I've started work on a presentation in an attempt to generalize their use for any project. I have an early PowerPoint slide deck available for download off my website. There are no accompanying notes as of yet. I planned to do a few verbal presentations first to refine the message before adding that to the file. That said, you are welcome to review the slides in the current format. Perhaps you will find them useful; and any comments, questions, or criticisms are welcome. The slide deck is titled "Communicating Design Intent Through User Responses" and it's located here... http://www.mylesdesignstudios.com/career.php#downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39589 ________________________________________________________________ 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
