Lecture 3-IxD design approaches

Question 1

What are the 4 quadrants in the double diamond of design?

Answer 1

1.Design
2.Define
3.Develop
4.Deliver

Question 2

What is a user-centred approach?

Answer 2

-Focuses on users and tasks
-Empirical measurement
-Iterative design

Question 3

What are 2 negative aspects of UCD?

Answer 3

-Requires a lot of resources
-Users are not designers

Question 4

What are the four basic activities of interaction design?

Answer 4

1.Discovering requirements
2.Designing alternatives
3.Prototyping alternative designs
4.Evaluating product and its user experience throughout

Question 5

What is human-centered design(HCD)?

Answer 5

The process of creating things deeply based on general natural characteristics and peculiarities of human psychology and perception.

Question 6

UCD vs HCD?

Answer 6

UCD is a more focused and concise version of HCD

Question 7

What is activity-centered design?

Answer 7

It has heavier emphasis on the activities that a user would perform with a given piece of technology.

Question 8

What is systems design?

Answer 8

The process is the process of defining the architecture, modules, interfaces and data for a system to satisfy specified requirements.

Question 9

What is genius design?

Answer 9

The designer can use his or her skills to generate creative solutions without introducing the bias of user’s prior experience.