5.1 User centred design Flashcards
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User centred design
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designing products that comprehensively accommodate the full range of needs, wants and values of consumers.
2
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Four techniques used by designers to achieve high standard user centred design
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- use ergonomic principles to make sure products are comfortable and easy to use
- use appropriate anthropometric data so that products fit the intended users
- observe and analyse the way that people use and interact with products
- organise focus groups to discover people’s views of products
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Purpose definition
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the intended use of a product, which is central to it meeting the specification.
4
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Functionality definition
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how the product will be used and how well it performs its task.
5
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Innovation definition
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The creation of something that didn’t previously exist, either as a whole or as a combination of features.
6
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Authenticity definition
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In the context of UCD it is the extent to which consumers’ needs have been genuinely addressed.
