Contextual Enquiry (CE) is a technique for examining and understanding users and their workplace, tasks, issues and preferences.
CE can be used to produce user needs analyses and task analyses.
The results of a CE feed directly into the design process.
Although CE is time-consuming, it uncovers a wealth of invaluable data.
When is CE appropriate?
CE is appropriate whenever [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Contextual Enquiry
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Requirements Gathering
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Three Types of Requirements Gathering
There are many different activities that are a form of requirements gathering. So many that it can be difficult to determine which approach to use in what circumstance. By classifying requirements gathering into three different types of activities we can simplify the choices.
The nature of a requirements gathering task should affect [...]
User experience design
Posted in UI Glossary on October 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
User experience design takes a holistic, multidisciplinary approach to the design of user interfaces for digital products. It integrates interaction design, industrial design, information architecture, visual interface design, instructional design, and user-centered design, ensuring coherence and consistency across all of these design dimensions. User experience design defines a product’s form, behavior, and content.

