Making Use: Scenario-Based Design of Human-Computer Interactions - Rilegato

Carroll, John M.

 
9780262032797: Making Use: Scenario-Based Design of Human-Computer Interactions
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ISBN 10: 0262032791 ISBN 13: 9780262032797
Casa editrice: Mit Pr, 2000

Sinossi

Difficult to learn and awkward to use, today's information systems often change our activities in ways that we do not need or want. The problem lies in the software development process. In this book John Carroll shows how a pervasive but underused element of design practice, the scenario, can transform information systems design.

Traditional textbook approaches manage the complexity of the design process via abstraction, treating design problems as if they were composites of puzzles. Scenario-based design uses concretization. A scenario is a concrete story about use. For example: "A person turned on a computer; the screen displayed a button labeled Start; the person used the mouse to select the button." Scenarios are a vocabulary for coordinating the central tasks of system development—understanding people's needs, envisioning new activities and technologies, designing effective systems and software, and drawing general lessons from systems as they are developed and used. Instead of designing software by listing requirements, functions, and code modules, the designer focuses first on the activities that need to be supported and the allows descriptions of those activities to drive everything else.

In addition to a comprehensive discussion of the principles of scenario-based design, the book includes in-depth examples of its application.

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L'autore

John M. Carroll is a professor in the School of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State University, University Park, P.A. . He has been elected into the C.H.I. Academy by The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (A.C.M. S.I.G.C.H.I.) in recognition of his outstanding leadership and service in the field of computer-human interaction.

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Book by Carroll John M

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Editore
Mit Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2000
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0262032791
ISBN 13 
9780262032797
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
382
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
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Altre edizioni note dello stesso titolo

9780262513883: Making Use: Scenario-Based Design of Human-Computer Interactions

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0262513889 ISBN 13:  9780262513883
Casa editrice: MIT Press, 2003
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