Archive for the ‘Design Process’ Category
Saturday, September 20th, 2008
Speaker: Maria Giudice, Hot Studio, Inc.
Date: September 20, 2008
Waterfall approach
Predictable and structured approach
Human-centered: solutions are based on upfront research and strategy
Team roles are clearly defined (designers design, engineers build)
Rigid, heavy, and slow
Documentation and specifications
"Waterfall method is best when you can't afford to learn from your mistakes. You don't design ...
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Saturday, September 20th, 2008
Speaker: Colleen Murray, Jump Associates
Date: September 20, 2008
The origins of scenario planning
Developing and communicating scenario worlds
Frameworks
Make sense of what you see
Build mental models, maps and metaphors
Use needs to highlight opportunities
Imperatives
Suggest directions and principles for development
Offer guidelines for prioritizing and making decisions
Observations
See the world with fresh eyes
Listen and Learn
Find ...
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Saturday, September 20th, 2008
Speaker: Indi Young, Independent Consultant
Date: September 20, 2008
Advices: Step out of your problem solving role
Empathy
Vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another.
Feelings, thoughts, attitudes, emotions, beliefs, behaviors, reactions, philosophies, motivations
Example - Mental model courtesy of Google Analytics Team, 2007
Understand My visitors (use first-person verbs). Make ...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
Tonight’s Puget Sound SIGCHI event was hosted by Google at its Fremont office. The location wasn’t new to Tab and I. 4 years ago, we both worked for the same design firm. The firm’s office was at the very same location Google’s at now.
We arrived early enough to find ...
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Hello, my name is Janet. I am a designer working for an online casual game company in Seattle. 
by Stephen M. Kosslyn
