Information &Information &Interaction DesignInteraction Design
Fall 2005
Bill Hart-Davidson
Session 3: Team & Project intros; Activity Analysis; Phase 1 presentation and Memo guidelines;
Today in Class…Today in Class…
Teams present Exercise 1: Activity Analysis
Social Computing, Dourish, and Opportunities for Innovation
Guidelines for Presentation #1 Guidelines for Requirements memo
Activity Homework: BasicsActivity Homework: Basics
Post to your team page by next week
Present it to the class on 2/2 and be prepared to discuss
Components of Activity Components of Activity HomeworkHomework
For at least one set of notes on an observation:
1. Segment your notes into actions2. List and define each action and
its associated mediational means3. Draw an activity graph of the data4. Post these to your team page
Identifying opportunities for Identifying opportunities for InnovationInnovation
Given an existing scenario, identify the breakdowns, those places where the current mediational support actors have is inadequate and why.
Match these up with affordances of Information Technology on a functional level.
Dourish: Tangible ComputingDourish: Tangible Computing
1. “distribute computation across a variety of devices which are spread throughout the physical environment and are sensitive to their location and their proximity to other devices”
2. “build computational capability into the mundane objects already in widespread use”
3. Direct manipulation of physical artifacts vs. manipulation of represntations of these objects
Dourish: Social ComputingDourish: Social Computing
1. Incorporate social interactions into the design of systems (e.g. social presence in IM)
2. Study practice, not just process3. Consider use patterns of whole
groups as well as individuals, and how the actions of one can benefit the other (e.g. Flickr)
Some Affordances of ITSome Affordances of IT Speed (of calculation, of transport) Memory (storage, search & retrieval) Time & Place Shifting Information &
Interactions Aggregating dynamic information Presenting customized views of
aggregated data Shifting data display/presentation
modes
Phase 1 Presentation: ContentPhase 1 Presentation: Content Introduce team members Project Goal – What social practice do you intend to transform? Background: project context Background: current scenarios of use, users, and existing
technologies Breakdowns & opportunities for innovation Preview of transformed scenarios of use and technologies
Presentation Quality: Presentation Quality: Preliminary ResearchPreliminary Research
Project Goal – What social practice do you intend to transform?- other projects like this one? - readings on issues involved
Background on project context– Site visit, activity analysis, interviews
Background on activities, users, and existing technologies- pictures, sketches, documents, etc. collected from current site
Presentation GuidelinesPresentation Guidelines 15 minutes of talking by you, total Think 8-10 slides All group members participate
5:10 - 5:30 mmmFood
5:40 - 6:00 Student Body Politic
6:10- 6:30 +9SoV
6:40 - 7:00 Home Improvement
Peer ReviewPeer Review
Email within 48 hours Copy to Bill Feedback should be designed
to be used in finalizing memo
Peer Review Content 1Peer Review Content 1
Describe–design as you understand it–state of design work as you
understand it Evaluate–major strength of design–what you do not yet
understand
Peer Review Content 2Peer Review Content 2
Suggest Changes–what should team consider as
they take design forward– recommend changes in design
and in design practices– recommend specific ways to
improve the memo & line of argument
Peer Review TeamsPeer Review Teams
+9SoV reviews mmmFood
mmmFood reviews Home Improvement
Home Improvement reviews Student Body Politic
Student Body Politic reviews +9SoV
The The Requirements Requirements
MemoMemo
The Line of Argument: PartsThe Line of Argument: Parts
I. Introduction to the Design II. Supporting Activity
AnalysisIII. Scenarios of Current and
Transformed UseIV Requirements & IssuesV. Potential Impact
I. Introduction to the DesignI. Introduction to the Design
Our proposal is to develop X HCI
The Opportunity this HCI addresses is Y (preview)
Driving specifications for this HCI are. (preview)
II. Supporting Activity II. Supporting Activity AnalysisAnalysis
The activity intended to be transformed by this HCI is Z.
Here are the participants we choose to observe as they engaged in this activity and why we chose them.
This is an analysis of what they did.
This is the developmental history of the activity.
These are their current goals, conflicts, and dissatisfactions.
Activity Analysis, cont.Activity Analysis, cont.
III. Scenarios of Current and III. Scenarios of Current and Transformed UseTransformed Use
Based on our observations, we believe the following are typical current scenarios of this activity.
Our HCI intended to create the following transformed scenarios for this activity
IV. Requirements and IssuesIV. Requirements and Issues
To produce these transformed scenarios, our HCI must meet the following driving specifications.
Issues to be addressed in developing this HCI concept are as follows.
V. Potential ImpactV. Potential Impact
The potential impact for these transformed scenarios is A.–Size of market
–Direction of market
–Revenue impact
…etc.
Next WeekNext Week
Phase 1 Presentations!