Tutorial #18

Requirements, Models, and Prototypes for HCI Design

George Casaday, Cynthia Rainis, Digital Equipment Corporation

Monday, April 15, full-day

Benefits

You will learn to do HCI design and to lead an HCI design team by effectively using a structured design method, by communicating your method to clients and coworkers, and by directing your future learning.

Origins

This tutorial is a substantially revised update of a CHI '95 tutorial. It is based on the authors' routine practice, the HCI design literature, and an in-house tutorial.

Features

eight interrelated HCI design deliverables
- user definitions
- scenarios
- usability goals
- work models
- user interface maps
- paper prototypes
- on-line prototypes
- storyboards
a systematic but flexible design strategy based on iteratively drafting, evaluating, and revising the design deliverables
a set of templates for each of the design deliverables

Audience

Practitioners who are already competent in basic HCI design techniques such as user data gathering and screen design, but who need an overall framework for organizing their HCI design work. The tutorial will be especially useful for anyone who is leading or facilitating an HCI design team.

Presentation

Lecture, brief video, team exercises, and class discussion

Instructors

George Casaday is a Principle Software Engineer with Digital Equipment Corporation specializing in HCI design, consulting, and teaching. Cynthia Rainis is a Senior Instructional Design Consultant with Digital Equipment Corporation specializing in multimedia design and development.