UCD
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Term
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Definition
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UCD - User-Centered Design
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A process where members of the desired target audience influence the developmental process of a product
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Empathetic Design
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Puts the designer in contact with the target audience, thus gaining knowledge of the user's desires, needs, and feedback
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Inclusive Design
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Designing products that are suitable for a wide range of people including for ones with disabilities
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All biases of the designers must be put aside and the development of the design must be primarily based on the consumer.
Principles
- Based on specific users, task and environment
- User input throughout the design and development
- Driven and refined by user-centered evaluation
- Iterative - going over a process multiple times
- Addresses the whole user experience
- Multidisciplinary teams help avoid focusing on one area and neglecting another
User, Task and Environment in UCD
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Task |
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- Testing is done with actual user
- Utilizes Empathetic Design
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- Should be completed with ease
- Understanding and ease of use is essential
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- Taking into account the environment the product will be placed
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Design Cycle of UCD
Usability
Inclusive design - Welcoming everyone Examples:
Elevators
- No complicated instructions
- Big light-up buttons with Braille on them
- Guiding rails
- 8 segment display
- Floor sound
- Mirrors to make it look bigger for people with claustrophobia
- Emergency buttons
- Automatic doors
ATM Machines
- Touch screen
- Different Languages
- Uniform across the world
Strategies for user research
Strategies for user-centred design (UCD)
Beyond usability—designing for pleasure and emotion
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