Principles of User-Centered Design
Summarized in Rubin and Chisnell, pp. 12-16)
- Early focus on users and tasks
- Empirical measurement (and testing) of product usage
- Iterative design
Gould and Lewis (1985) originally recommended these principles.
UCD Methods and practices
These are presented in the revised Rubin and Chisnell book (pp. 16-20).
- Ethnographic research (HCI 445)
- Participatory design
- Focus group research (HCI 445)
- Surveys (HCI 445)
- Walk-throughs (HCI 460)
- Open and closed card sorting (HCI 440 and HCI 454)
- Paper prototyping (HCI 440 and HCI 430)
- Expert or heuristic evaluation (HCI 460)
- Usability testing (HCI 440 and 460)
- Follow-up studies