Mnemonics - Late, but might help

Hey all,

Here are some mnemonics I came up with to help me remember main points and lists. A lot of it you'd still need the theory behind it, but hey, it might help someone remember something tomorrow.

Process of Interaction Design

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• Identify needs and establish user goals
• Design alternative models
• Build an interactive version of the models
• Evaluate what is being built throughout the process and the user experience offered

Usability Goals

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• Efficiency
• Effectiveness
• Safety
• Utility
• Learnability
• Memorability

Design Principles

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• Visibility
• Feedback
• Consistency
• Constraints
• Affordance

Conceptual Model

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• Major Metaphors and Analogies
• Concepts
• Relationships between concepts
• Mappings between concepts

Interaction Types

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• Instructing
• Conversing
• Manipulating
• Exploring

Interface Types

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• Website
• Speech
• Pen, Gesture
• Mobile
• Multi-modal
• Shared
• Tangible
• Augmented
• Wearable
• Robotics

Guidelines on User Centric Approach

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• Early focus on users and tasks
• Empirical Measurement
• Iterative design

Star Lifecycle

PITERD

• Prototype
• Implementation
• Task Analysis
• Evaluation
• Requirements Gathering
• Design (Conceptual)

Requirements Types

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• Functional
• Data
• Environmental
• User
• Usability and user experience goals

Key Guiding Principles of Conceptual Design

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• Keep an open mind but never forget users and their context
• Discuss ideas with other stakeholders as much as possible
• Use low-fidelity prototypes to get rapid feedback
• Iterate, Iterate, Iterate

Why Evaluate?

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• Problems are fixed before the initial release
• Can concentrate on real problems (team)
• Engineers can code
• Time into the market reduced sharply
• Sales tool

DECIDE – Other Helpful Mnemonic (for remembering the information)

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• Determine the Goals
• Evaluate the Questions
• Choose the Evaluation methods and approach
• Identify the Practical Issues
• Determine the Ethical Issues
• Evaluate, interpret, Analyze and Present the Data

Practical Issues

KASE

• Kinds of users
• Access to users, appropriate facilities and equipment
• Schedules and Budgets realistic
• Expertise of evaluators

Evaluate, Interpret and Present Data

VERBS

• Validity
• Ecological Validity
• Reliability
• Biases
• Scope

Heuristic Evaluation

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• Visibility of system status
• Mapping to the real world
• User freedom and control
• Consistency and standards
• Error prevention
• Recognition rather than recall
• Flexibility (Accelerators)
• Aesthetics and minimalistic design
• Help users recover from errors
• Help and Documentation

Goodluck to everyone for tomorrow!