To add some resources -
That "magic space" is so huge you could drive a tractor trailer
through it. Start here:
Deconstructing Analysis Techniques - by @docbaty, provides a decent
overview
http://johnnyholland.org/2009/02/17/deconstructing-analysis-techniques/
There are an additional 4 or 5 articles.
Then move on over to Jon Kolko's "Exposing the Magic of DesignL A
Practitioner's Guide to the Methods and Theory of Synthesis"
http://www.methodsofsynthesis.com/
And just for fun, read Michael Beurittes article in Design Observer
and read Michael Bierut's "This Is My Process"
http://observatory.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=4717
If you need complete books dedicated to the magic box - there are some
of those - though a bit more academic and written for the ID crowd,
but still good - one I personall love is
LeCompte's Analyzing and Interpreting Ethnographic Data
Cheers,
~ will
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and what you innovate are design problems"
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On Feb 2, 2010, at 4:24 PM, Dan Saffer wrote:
On Feb 2, 2010, at 12:28 AM, Daniel Szuc wrote:
There is a "magic place" that exists between user research
(speaking with your users & stakeholders), taking all that goodness
and designing the product with that in mind and speaking to it.
Often, user research can fall into a chasm because there is no up
front thought put into how it can translate into the design.
So what has worked well for you?
I address this a lot in Designing for Interaction 2 (mostly because
it was a gross omission in the 1st edition).
The steps are pretty simple, although hard to execute well:
- Put research data on the walls (make it physical)
- Manipulate the now-physical data and make them into Conceptual
Models (personas are one kind of perceptual model)
- Ideate based on the conceptual models, particularly around pain
points and opportunities uncovered in research
- Create design principles based on what is known from research,
plus the best ideas from concepting
Dan
Dan Saffer
Principal, Kicker Studio
http://www.odannyboy.com
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