Preamble In Real Life Optimism

The User Experience

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Week 09 – Lecture 18

Simon Harper

University of Manchester

Semester 2 – 2012/13

last update: April 24, 2013

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Notices

I User Experience Exam - Stopford TH.1 - 24 May 1400

duration 1:30;

I Revision Questions to Me via Email;

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In Real Life

I Realistic;

I Practical;

I Pragmatic; and

I Sloppy!

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...expanded in ‘In Real Life’ (pg. 285)

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Commissioning Constraints

Constraints:

I Just–In–Time;

I Too–Little–Time;

I Non–Specialist;

I Inadequately Funded;

I Pre–Supposed Outcome;

I Implicit Overrun;

I Due Diligence; and

I UnConstrained Experiment!

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...expanded in ‘Commissioning Constraints’ (pg. 289)

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Information Requirements

Requirements:

I Flavour Elicitation;

I Ideas Elicitation;

I Informal Elicitation;

I Formal Elicitation;

I Pre–Supposed Outcome; and

I Laboratory Elicitation.

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...expanded in ‘Information Requirements’ (pg. 291)

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Limitations

Limits:

I Time;

I Participants;

I Resources; and

I Skills.

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...expanded in ‘Limitations’ (pg. 293)

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Available Skills

UXer Skill Sets:

I Instrumentation;

I Data Collection; and

I Data Analysis.

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...expanded in ‘Available Skills’ (pg. 296)

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Optimism

We are Optimistic - we think we can create software that will

help users / make their lives better / make us money (?-yuck!).

We think we will bash every bug, satisfy every requirement, code

elegant and beautiful code.

This Optimism can be our downfall!

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...expanded in ‘Optimism’ (pg. 299)

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Optimism

Brooks...

I Adding People;

I Second System Effect;

I Prediction Inaccuracy;

I Throwaway Project; and

I Changes Happen.

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...expanded in ‘Optimism’ (pg. 299)

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To Do for next week...

1. Do you understand the SAQs (pg. 305); and

2. Read your notes up to the end.

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Any Questions?

Simon Harper 2.44 Kilburn Building

0161 275 0599 (OR x50599)

simon.harper@manchester.ac.uk

Office Hours: Friday 14:00–18:00

Figure 93. ‘Simon Harper –Your Mild-Mannered CourseTutor’; pg. 326

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...expanded in ‘Contact’ (pg. 326)