Conceptual design for interactive systems : designing for performance and user experience / Avi Parush.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parush, Avi, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

User-centered system design.

Human-computer interaction.

User interfaces (Computer systems).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Waltham, Massachusetts : Morgan Kaufmann, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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 exper

Contents:

""Front Cover""; ""Conceptual Design for Interactive Systems: Designing for Performance and User Experience""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""What Is This Book About?""; ""Is this book for you?""; ""How Is the book organized?""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Part 1: The Conceptual Model-Fundamentals""; ""Chapter 1: A Multiple and Cross Channel Example: Setting an Appointment""; ""Chapter 2: Places, Routes, and Abstraction""; ""Chapter 3: A Layered Framework for the Conceptual Model""; ""Chapter 4: The Function Layer""; ""Functional Chunks""; ""Task-Oriented Chunks""

""Object-Oriented Chunks""""Content-Oriented Chunks""; ""The Relations Between Functional Chunks and Compound Chunks""; ""Functional chunks in the appointment example""; ""Chapter 5: The Configuration Layer""; ""Conceptual Model Elements""; ""Configuration: The Connections Between the Conceptual Model Elements""; ""Conceptual models in the appointment example""; ""Chapter 6: The Navigation and Policy Layer""; ""The Conceptual Navigation Map: Moving Between Conceptual Model Elements""; ""Physical Places for the Conceptual Elements""; ""Navigation Policy: The ``Rules of the RoadÂ?Â?""

""Operational Principles""""Navigation maps and policies in the appointment case study""; ""Chapter 7: The Detailed Layers""; ""Form: Detailed Conceptual Elements""; ""Details: User Interface Elements""; ""Chapter 8: Summary of the Components of the Conceptual Model According to the Layered Framework""; ""Chapter 9: Conceptual Models Matter!: Implications to Human Performance, Usability, and Experience""; ""Implications of the Conceptual Models of the Appointment Setup Examples to Human Performance""; ""Usability and User Experience Implications""

""Usability Implications of the Conceptual Models of the Appointment Examples""""Chapter 10: A Typology of Conceptual Models""; ""Sequential and Structured Models""; ""Single sequence""; ""Example for a single-sequence model""; ""Hierarchy or multiple sequences""; ""Example for a hierarchy or multiple-sequence conceptual model""; ""Nonsequential and Unstructured Models""; ""Hub and spokes""; ""An example for a hub and spokes conceptual model""; ""Matrix""; ""An example for a matrix conceptual model""; ""Network""; ""An example for a network conceptual model""; ""Hybrid conceptual models""

""Is There a Good or a Bad Conceptual Model? Introducing Conceptual Model Complexity""""Summary of Part 1""; ""Part 2 Conceptual Design: A Methodology""; ""Chapter 11: Conceptual Design in Context: Think Strategically""; ""The Business Context: Motivations for Developing the Product and Value Propositions""; ""The Design and Development Context: The User-Oriented Approach""; ""Project Management""; ""Design and development approach: the place of user research""; ""Multi- and cross-channel design and development strategy""; ""The teamwork approach""

""Chapter 12: Conceptual Design: An Overview of the Methodology""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 24, 2015).

ISBN:

9780124199835

0124199836

9780124199699

0124199690

OCLC:

905992325