stanford hci group / cs376 Design Processes and Tools Sharon Lin Bowen Li
Readings Sitemaps, Storyboards, and Specifications: A Sketch of Web Site Design Practice – Mark Newman and James Landay The Designers’ Outpost: A Tangible Interface for Collaborative Web Design – 2001 Scott Klemmer, Mark Newman, Ryan Farrell, Mark Bilezikjian, James Landay
Sitemaps, Storyboards, and Specifications: A Sketch of Web Site Design Practice Interviews with 11 designers Identify current web design practices for developing informal design tool Brief intro to DENIM
Design Areas sitemap storyboard mockup
Design Process Iterative refinement Discovery, Design Exploration, Design Refinement, Production phases Artifacts at different levels of detail Sitemaps, Storyboards, Schematics, Mock-ups, Interactive Prototype Presentations to client Want useful feedback, also want to impress/please client Earlier move towards electronic-based tools (?)
Feature Suggestions Informal tool best in early design phases Support multiple representations Integration with other tools Managing variations
DENIM
The Designers’ Outpost: A Tangible Interface for Collaborative Web Design
DENIM vs. Outpost DENIM Individual Targets Storyboards and Schematics (supports Sitemaps) Outpost Collaborative Targets Sitemaps
Design Study Mock info architecture design task 5 design sessions Conversation, observation, survey, video
Study Findings Facilitator and Open Board style interactions Outpost more appropriate for information architects than visual designers Only explicit user actions should trigger visible system feedback Interest in annotations and versioning Capture and export of whiteboard important
What did you think of DENIM vs. Outpost?
Design artifacts: brainstorming tools or communication devices?
What is the role of technology in supporting “informal” interactions? How do you define “informal”?
What has changed from 2000 to 2009 in web design practices?
Communication with clients: problematic?
Findings applicable for other fields?