User Centre Design-Notes

User Centre Design UCD - Re-Design. Intro to the module-read through of brief.
Intro-methology-development-conclusion-reference-bibliography
Ideas- left handed, ambidextrious camcorders.

Lecture Notes
Stages of design

• Develop alternative designs
• conceptual level
• physical level
• building
• test & evaluate
• final development

Look at others designs, ask users, put yourself in users shoes.

Lifecycle models

• Traditional waterfall
• Rapid application development RAD
• A simple interaction design model (Preece et al 2002)

Christine Falken/Norman/Neilsson

USD in my work

• Long Timerecording
  unavailable with any
  other storage
  medium.
• No Costfor or need to
  buy additional
  recording media.
• Direct Access
  to scenes you want.
• No Risk of erasing
  something by
  mistake.
• Easy Deletion
  of unwanted scenes.
• Simple Editing
  is possible by
  camera itself.
  Playlist function.
  

Using these 6 descriptions of the advantages of using the hard disk camcorder taken from JVC's broucheres. I want to ask users what thier expectations of the product are concerning each of these statements. I might use these answers to see where the expectations fall short and re-design appropriately.