Field Methods Casebook for Software Design
Published on 5. October 1996
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-0-471-14967-5 (ISBN)
Description
Professionals whose job it is to design user interfaces for computer software or test usability of software believe that successful design stems from both an understanding of users' work and the capabilities of technology. This text includes a large number of case studies of field research applied to the conception and design of computer products, each of which represent a different company's approach to a particular software design problem. In addition to the cases, appendices and chapters provide practical guidance, which include advice on interviewing methodology, templates for recording data and suggestions for data analysis.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
737 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-14967-5 (9780471149675)
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Content
Partial table of contents:; Adaption of an Ethnographic Method for Investigation of the Task Domain in Diagnostic Radiology (J. Ramey, et al.); The Ethnographic Interview in User-Centered Work/Task Analysis (L. Wood); Exploring the Design of a Sales Automation Workstation Using Field Research (R. Graf); A Day in the Life of a Family: An International Ethnographic Study (S. Dray & D. Mrazek); The Challenges of User Based Design in a Medical Equipment Market (D. Brown); You've Got Three Days! Case Studies in the Field Techniques for the Time-Challenged (K. Bauersfeld & S. Halgren); Using Field-Oriented Design Techniques to Develop Consumer Software Products (D. Juhl); An Overview of Ethnography and System Design (J. Ford & L. Wood); Contextual Design: Principles and Practice (K. Holtzblatt & H. Beyer); Index.