Design perspectives: sampling user research for concept development

  • Authors:
  • Petri Mannonen;Mika P. Nieminen

  • Affiliations:
  • Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Finland;Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Finland

  • Venue:
  • EPCE'07 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Engineering psychology and cognitive ergonomics
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

In user-centered design user research usually produces detailed description of the users, analysis of relevant actions and the specifics of the environment and artefacts thereof. However additional step of sampling from different viewpoints is required to more efficiently kick-start user-centered product concept development. Design perspectives, abstracted cross-category samples of user research results, are introduced as means to increase the usefulness of analyzed data during user-centered product concept development. Defining additional layer of entities in addition to conventional user research results helps to migrate from the pedant data-gathering phase to the more creative concept development phase. This paper describes definitions of entities involved in constructing design perspectives in a user research method independent manner with examples from a project developing new concepts for mobile and distributed team work.