COAP:COAP-2170/week7
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COAP 2170 Week 7 program
(Wednesday)
Short discussion of some design issues
- Recall of the UCD principle: The user should be brought into each design phase.
- Recall of The elements of user experience (and similar diagrams)
- User task analysis
- Task Analysis (Slides on slideshare)
- Hierarchical Task Analysis (HTA) (part 1) (8 min, YouTube, slides+ voice)
- Use of mind map software for hierarchical component analysis.
- Classroom activity: Create a mind map for "signing up and preparing for a class" task. You can use an online tool, e.g.
- Mindomo
- Mindmeister
- You also can install a mind map software on your laptop, e.g. FreeMind.
- Emotional design - the Kansei method
- Principles of Kansei Engineering (only the first half of the slides)
- Planning / project management
- You either could use GANTT charts and/or Mind maps or a simple task list
- It is important to identify each important task (also called "work packages")
Term project
- During the 2nd hour, students can work on their term project.