The framework and process for developing designs for users. Users are not part of the design team, but the designer plays an active part in interacting with the users for:

  • Gathering requirements
  • Gathering feedback

Principles

  • Early focus on users and tasks
  • Empirical measurement
  • Iterative design

Process

Steps

  1. Gather requirements from users
    1. Interview users
    2. Interview focus groups
    3. Survey/Questionaires
    4. Observation (Direct or Indirect)
      1. Ethnography
      2. Think Aloud Technique