Conceptual Design for Interactive Systems: Designing for Performance and User Experience
- 2h 3m
- Avi Parush
- Elsevier Science and Technology Books, Inc.
- 2015
Conceptual Design for Interactive Systems: Designing for Performance and User Experience provides readers with a comprehensive guide to the steps necessary to take the leap from research and requirements to product design. The text presents a proven strategy for transforming research into a conceptual model, discussing the iterative process that allows users to build the essential foundation for a successful interactive system, while also taking the users’ mental model into consideration.
Readers will gain a better understanding of the framework they need to perceive, understand, and experience their tasks and processes in the context of their products. The text is ideal for those seeking a proven, innovative strategy for meeting goals through intuitive and effective thinking.
- Provides a practical, guiding approach that can be immediately applied to everyday practice and study
- Complete analysis and explanation of conceptual modeling and its value
- Discusses the implications of effective and poor conceptual models
- Presents a step-by-step process, allowing users to build the essential foundation for a successful interactive system
In this Book
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Foreword
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A Multiple and Cross Channel Example—Setting an Appointment
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Places, Routes, and Abstraction
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A Layered Framework for the Conceptual Model
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The Function Layer
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The Configuration Layer
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The Navigation and Policy Layer
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The Detailed Layers
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Summary of the Components of the Conceptual Model According to the Layered Framework
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Conceptual Models Matter!—Implications to Human Performance, Usability, and Experience
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A Typology of Conceptual Models
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Summary of Part 1
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Conceptual Design in Context—Think Strategically
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Conceptual Design—An Overview of the Methodology
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First, User Research. Just Do it
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Functional Chunks—Construct the Essential Foundation
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Configuration—Draw Your First Rough Sketch of the Conceptual Model
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Navigation Map—Moving from One Place to Another
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Navigation Policy—Define the “Rules of the Road”
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Form—Transition to Detailed Design
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Summary—Conceptual Design Methodology in a Glance
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Epilogue—Beyond the Conceptual Model and onto Detailed Design
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