Conceptual Design for Interactive Systems: Designing for Performance and User Experience - Softcover

Avi Parush

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0124199690 ISBN 13: 9780124199699

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers In, 2015

Synopsis

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

About this title

About the Author

With an academic background in cognitive experimental psychology, Avi Parush's areas of expertise are human factors engineering, human computer interaction, and usability engineering. His professional and academic career of over 30 years in human factors was devoted to influencing the design of workplaces and tools people use in order to make their lives easier, safer and more beneficial. Avi Parush is internationally known as an expert in usability studies and is the founding editor in chief of the Journal of Usability Studies. Healthcare is Avi Parush's current main research focus, building on his longstanding passion for understanding and improving the relationship between people and technology.

From the Back Cover

Taking the leap from research and requirements to product design is an age old challenge. Here’s the secret: This book provides a proven strategy for transforming your research into a Conceptual Model. It provides an iterative process that allows you to build the essential foundation for a successful interactive system, taking into consideration the users’ mental model. It provides you with a framework for envisioning how users perceive, understand, and experience their tasks and processes in the context of your product. This way, you can mold the model to facilitate users’ understanding of their tasks and processes and positively influence their experience, including: functionality - what they do; organization – where; and navigation - how they go from one place to another within the system. For a proven, innovative strategy that allows your users to meet their goals with your intuitive, effective solution, read this book.

Edition details

• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers In
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0124199690
• ISBN 13: 9780124199699
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 164