The 3rd round of presentation - evaluating our design prototype and coming up with design solutions for the next phase

1. Home-Mess System Presentation III: Evaluation of Prototype IArundhati, Ihab, Ibrahim, Fareed, Zain

3. The earlier we start testing, the better the testing strategy, the better the test coverage, the sooner we can reveal the flaws and address them.

4. Uncovering a flaw when a solution is still in early construction phases is a reasonably cost effective and easy flaw to resolve “TESTING” THE MOMENT OF TRUTH Introduction Source- http://blogs.msdn.com/willy-peter_schaub

6. Identification of barriers to successful penetration of the system functions

7. Evaluation of non-response (non-participation) elements in design

8. Exploitation of evaluations results and outcomes for improving system layout and architecture “Reaching a deeper understanding of the users' expectations and impressions of the system.”

10. Involving both developers and users

11. Starting from the ‘inside’

14. User Testing Cognitive Walkthrough FIELD THEORY TRIANGULATION EXPERT Heuristic Evaluation

15. Theory Based- Cognitive Walkthrough Measure the usability aspect by collecting empirical data of task breakdown and recognizing the sequence/path taken by the user. Field Based- User Testing Observation of users in their home environment. A basic structure would be kept as a guideline. It’s a user centric approach Expert Based- Heuristic Evaluation Identify usability problems based on established human factors principles. The method will provide recommendations for design improvements.

16. Cognitive Walkthrough

17. The stages in a cognitive walkthrough and the dependencies between stages Preparation Phase Execution Phase

18. Task Based Walkthroughs- Approach Users Identified: what knowledge, skills, experience will they have? Tasks Identified: set of representative tasks sequence of actions needed to achieve each task

19. processing model of human cognition

20. Predefined problem criteria User articulates a goal & cannot succeed in attaining it within 2 minutes User explicitly gives up User articulates a goal and has to try three or more actions to find a solution User produces a result different from the task given User expresses surprise User expresses some negative affect or says something is a problem User makes a design suggestion

21. KLM: Keystroke Level Model K Press a key or button P Point to a target on the display H Home hands on input device D Draw a line segment M Mentally prepare for an action R (system response time) KLM Operators:

22. User Testing

23. Set task scenarios for user testing Recruit prospective users Record each session of testing Observe and Analyse data Follow up with a cooperative evaluation questionnaire Think aloud protocol : Approach

24. Task Scenario “Create a new task” To ascertain the path that the user would follow and their understanding of the system layout “Leave a direct message”To test the user’s intuition when no clear path has been defined. “Create a new event” “Check for reminders”

26. Efficiency ( the level of resource consumed in performing tasks)

28. Questionnaire

31. User Quotes “Good white space – links are obvious – clearly labeled – browsing divided very nicely – good subcategories.” “What is ‘camera’ icon for? It was the first choice I noticed.” “I think the designers have done well” “I don’t know which button to click with the options present in more that one place on the main screen.”

32. Heuristics Evaluation

33. Severity Rating Scale

34. Severity ratings

37. Thematic Problems Identified

38. Compiled Evaluation Analysis

39. Implementing Changes

41. Triangulated by methods:- Cognitive Walkthrough - User Testing - Heuristic Evaluation

42. Formulated data and analyzed the severity for each problem