Paper Info
Title
Synthesis-Oriented Situational Analysis in User Interface Design
Abstract
Analytic evaluation is a term describing a class of techniques for examining a representation of a user interface design, discovering design flaws and/or predicting user task performance. In our work with analytic evaluation, we have observed limitations on the effectiveness and efficiency of analytic techniques for formative evaluation supporting the iterative design and re-design cycle. Here we support those observations with arguments based on theoretical limitations of the models underlying these techniques. By way of comparison we discuss desirable characteristics for an alternative approach. In our search for such an alternative, we have developed the Task Mapping Model, a substantively different approach to analysis for supporting the user interface design. We briefly describe the Task Mapping Model and give some examples illustrating its desirable characteristics.
Year
DOI
Venue
1993
10.1007/3-540-57433-6_39
EWHCI
Keywords
Field
DocType
user interface design requirements,task analysis.,design flaw,user interface design,synthesis-oriented situational analysis,analytic technique,iterative design,user interface evaluation,analytic evaluation,user task performance,task mapping model,formative evaluation,desirable characteristic,alternative approach,task description,task analysis
User experience design,Task analysis,Computer science,Task mapping,Situation analysis,Human–computer interaction,Iterative design,User interface design,User interface,Formative assessment
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
3-540-57433-6
3
0.50
References 
Authors
12
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kevin A. Mayo181.32
H. Rex Hartson2873553.53