, Unit 7 User Centred Design
:
* UCD
The inclusions of functions that are not required by the consumer can lead to :
·
increased cost
·
increasedcomplexity
·
reduce efficiency of use
* Five stages of USD
·
Research problem + requirement
>
-
list of criteria =
↳
in this stage define problem and establishing the criteria the
, new design needs
Usually undertaken by psychologists, ethnographers and anthropologists
+ focus
group & market research strategies > determine the likely market
-
opportunities or challenges
Concept
·
↳ dim to create concept that fulfill the needs of user identified in research stage
team of industrial designers,
initial design concept is
typically developed by a
psychologist and engineers
·
Design
↳ the concept drawings and models of product should allow factors :
·
scale and feel to be accessed
·
design modified cheaply and quickly
Implementation
·
↳ user testing of the model with a broader range of end users
Undertaken often under psychologists -> monitor the user experience
·
Launch
↳
product is introducedgeneral market accompanied by advertising and
to the sales begin
customer feedback in addition to questionnaires designed to gain a wider response
to usability issues and ideas for improvement may be sought
* Inclusive Design
↳ aims to include thoes members of the community who might otherwise be
forgotten during the product design process
pregant
·
·
elderly
·
disable
·
injured
:
* UCD
The inclusions of functions that are not required by the consumer can lead to :
·
increased cost
·
increasedcomplexity
·
reduce efficiency of use
* Five stages of USD
·
Research problem + requirement
>
-
list of criteria =
↳
in this stage define problem and establishing the criteria the
, new design needs
Usually undertaken by psychologists, ethnographers and anthropologists
+ focus
group & market research strategies > determine the likely market
-
opportunities or challenges
Concept
·
↳ dim to create concept that fulfill the needs of user identified in research stage
team of industrial designers,
initial design concept is
typically developed by a
psychologist and engineers
·
Design
↳ the concept drawings and models of product should allow factors :
·
scale and feel to be accessed
·
design modified cheaply and quickly
Implementation
·
↳ user testing of the model with a broader range of end users
Undertaken often under psychologists -> monitor the user experience
·
Launch
↳
product is introducedgeneral market accompanied by advertising and
to the sales begin
customer feedback in addition to questionnaires designed to gain a wider response
to usability issues and ideas for improvement may be sought
* Inclusive Design
↳ aims to include thoes members of the community who might otherwise be
forgotten during the product design process
pregant
·
·
elderly
·
disable
·
injured
