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

✍ Scribed by Avi Parush

• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 147
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ 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

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Pages i-ii
Copyright, Page iv
Foreword, Pages ix-x
Preface, Pages xi-xiv
Acknowledgements, Pages xv-xvi
Introduction, Page 1
Chapter 1 - A Multiple and Cross Channel Example: Setting an Appointment, Pages 3-7
Chapter 2 - Places, Routes, and Abstraction, Pages 9-10
Chapter 3 - A Layered Framework for the Conceptual Model, Pages 11-12
Chapter 4 - The Function Layer, Pages 13-17
Chapter 5 - The Configuration Layer, Pages 19-23
Chapter 6 - The Navigation and Policy Layer, Pages 25-36
Chapter 7 - The Detailed Layers, Pages 37-39
Chapter 8 - Summary of the Components of the Conceptual Model According to the Layered Framework, Pages 41-42
Chapter 9 - Conceptual Models Matter!: Implications to Human Performance, Usability, and Experience, Pages 43-50
Chapter 10 - A Typology of Conceptual Models, Pages 51-65
Summary of Part 1, Page 67
Introduction, Page 69
Chapter 11 - Conceptual Design in Context: Think Strategically, Pages 71-76
Chapter 12 - Conceptual Design: An Overview of the Methodology, Pages 77-78
Chapter 13 - First, User Research. Just Do It, Pages 79-88
Chapter 14 - Functional Chunks: Construct the Essential Foundation, Pages 89-98
Chapter 15 - Configuration: Draw Your First Rough Sketch of the Conceptual Model, Pages 99-105
Chapter 16 - Navigation Map: Moving from One Place to Another, Pages 107-112
Chapter 17 - Navigation Policy: Define the “Rules of the Road”, Pages 113-127
Chapter 18 - Form: Transition to Detailed Design, Pages 129-136
Chapter 19 - Summary: Conceptual Design Methodology in a Glance, Pages 137-139
Epilogue - Beyond the conceptual model and onto detailed design, Page 141
References, Pages 143-144
Index, Pages 145-148