General information about case organisation

P1: Case

Co-ordinators:

Dr. ir. M.M. Bekker, IPO, Eindhoven University of Technology

Dr. P. Markopoulos, IPO, Eindhoven University of Technology

Supervisors:

Mathilde Bekker	Communication device for children	Florian Egger	E-service: p-to-p payment system
Panos Markopoulos	???	Jacques Terken	Tracking system for IPO

Benefits

After following this module students should be able to:

Apply a user-centred design approach to a design project.
Solve practical design issues with the knowledge they acquire from other modules.

Features

Hands-on experience with a complete design project.

Focus on state-of-the-art technologies.

Emphasis on team work.

Abstract

The module is based on working on a design project in two iterations. The first iteration will take two days. During these days a conceptual design will be developed, experiencing some of the problems on solving a design problem. During the second iteration, that will cover the rest of the year, the team will follow a user-centred design approach to create a design solution for the chosen design problem. Students have to give presentations during this process to keep track of progress and the decisions that have been made. The final presentation will be given about the findings of the usability test and how these have been translated to ideas for improving the design. Students will gain hands-on experience in solving a design problem. Mayhew, D.J. (1999) will be used to provide an overview of the issues to be considered when designing interfaces. Other relevant literature will be handed out during the module.

Form

The emphasis of the module will be on going through a complete design process from problem definition to implementation and testing. Work will be performed in groups, who will meet in plenary sessions to present progress.

Amount of time available:

Work on it every Tuesday afternoon, except when holidays are planned

Work on it for 4 whole weeks (weeks 38 - 41, 2001), to do prototyping and evaluation of design

Total time of work is roughly 40 days. (is 40 weeks of half a day and 4 complete weeks = 8 weeks)

Design process:

(indicative schedule, workplan to be defined in collaboration with supervisors)

Activities	time	Preliminary schedule and deadlines/ presentations
Determine design scope and initial workplan	2 days (5 weeks)	week 45, Tuesday 7 Nov 2000
Gather literature and requirements (user profile, task analysis, needs analysis, technological constraints)	6 days (12 weeks)	week 06, Tuesday 6 Feb 2001
Conceptual design (design the activity) and evaluation	5 days (10 weeks)	week 18, Tuesday 1 May 2001
Detailed design and evaluation	5 days (10 weeks)	week 33, Tuesday 14 Aug 2001
Implementation and evaluation	22 days (2 weeks part-time and 4 weeks fulltime)	week 40, Tuesday 2 Oct 2001 week 41, Tuesday 9 Oct 2001

Deliverables

Presentation of progress for all groups

Reporting in writing of progress for supervisors, deliverables should be sections of final report

Demonstration in week 40, 2 oct 2001, final presentation week 41, 9 oct 2001.

Final report: approximately 12000 words in tue template.