User Centred Design Flashcards
What is User centred design?
User Centred Design is an iterative design process with a heavy emphasise on how design can impact user’s, receiving feedback from users and use it to better the product by going through the developmental phases over, and over until satisfactory.
ISO…
9241
What is ISO stand for?
International Organisation for Standardisation 9241-210
What does ISO mean?
ISO includes six key principles of the usability stands which ensure your design is user centred.
What are the UCD principles?
- Design is based on a clear understanding of the userbase
- Users are involved throughout all of the design and development phases
- The design is driven and refined by user focused evaluation
- This design process is iterative, being developed again and again
- Design team includes various skills and perspectives to have a wider view and background of potential users
Waterfall Method
- Discover
- Business Requirements
- Design
- Technical Design
- Develop
- Coding and Testing
- Test
- Client Approval and Project Launch
Agile Method
- Sprint 1
- Discover
- Design
- Develop
- Test
- Sprint 3
- Discover
- Design
- Develop
- Test
- Sprint 3
- Discover
- Design
- Develop
- Test
What is Agile Method?
Agile is continuous development the project is always designed, re-thought and developed throughout all stages of the process, ensuring a more flexible way of working
Spiral Methodology?
- Planning
- Analysis
- Development
- Evaluation
User research Methodology?
- Observation
- Interviews
- Focus Groups
- Empathy Mapping
- Journey Mapping
What is Low-Fidelity?
A prototyping Technique including:
- Hand drawn sketches
- Basic wireframes
- These validate ideas quickly and affordably
What is High-Fidelity?
A prototyping Technique including:
- Detailed
- Interactive Designs to simulate the final product
Prototyping Techniques?
Low-Fidelity
High-Fidelity
Interactive Prototype
User Centred Design Work Flow
Research
Ideation
Prototyping
Evaluation
Implementation
Types of Usability Testing?
- remote
- moderated
- unmoderated
Steps of Usability Testing?
- Planning
- Recruiting participants
- conducting the test
- analysing results
- implementing changes
Metrics of Usability Testing?
- Task success rate
- time on task
- user satisfaction
- error rate provides a quantity of data for improvement
WCAG Meaning
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
WCAG include?
- Text alternatives
- ensuring colour contrast
- enabling keyboard navigation
Examples of Usability Testing?
- Descriptive alt text for images
- avoid only replying on colour to convey information
- ensure screen reader compatibility
What is Scrum Methodology?
- Sprint planning
- Prioritising user needs
- Backlog refinement
What is the Heuristic Evaluation?
- This involves analysing designs against established usability principles:
- Neisen Heuristic:
- consistency
- error prevention
- feedback
- Neisen Heuristic:
