1. 1 ITM 734 Introduction to Human Factors in Information Systems Cindy Corritore cindycc@gmail.com This material has been developed by Georgia Tech HCI faculty, and continues to evolve. Project Description

2. ITM 734 (Corritore)2 Project Structure Design and evaluate an interface  0 - Team formation & topic choice  1 - Understand the problem  2 - Design alternatives  3 - Prototype & evaluation plan  4 – Evaluation and presentation Parts 1-4 count 10% each

3. ITM 734 (Corritore)3 Project Details Part 0 - Topic definition  Identify team & topic, create web notebook  Results from brainstorming done as a class (on the blog and in class) Part 1 - Understanding the problem  Describe tasks, users, environment, social context

4. ITM 734 (Corritore)4 Project Details Part 2 - Design alternatives  Storyboards, mock-ups for multiple different designs  Explain decisions  Poster session in class that day Part 3 - System prototype & eval plan  Semi-working interface functionality - enough to evaluate –Visual basic, Microsoft Director, HTML, etc.  Plan for conducting evaluation

5. ITM 734 (Corritore)5 Project Details Part 4  Conduct evaluation with example users  Characterize pros and cons of the UI  Fix the easy to fix UI problems Present results to class - last week of class

6. ITM 734 (Corritore)6 Project Teams 4 people per team  You decide team members  Diverse is best!  Consider schedules Cool name

7. ITM 734 (Corritore)7 Project Presentations Informal poster session  Feedback on ideas  Other students and “expert” gallery (that would be me :) Formal project presentation  Final week of class  20 minute summary

8. ITM 734 (Corritore)8 Previous Project Topics Automobile navigator Improved cell phone UI Wardrobe planner Teacher-parent communicator Tourist guide Self-service restaurant ordering system Basketball scoring system Shopping list creator and store guide Roommate task management system Calendar agent (speech) Audio / Web sites Pick a domain that you know well already (so you don’t have to come up to speed on it)

9. ITM 734 (Corritore)9 What Makes a Good Project Access to domain experts & users “Real” clients Interesting human issues Rich domain for design