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Frameworks related to Community Technology Design. 3 rd World Dev Appropriate Technology Social Entrepreneurship Indigenous Knowledge in Development. Lay Participation Cooperative Design Participatory Design Public Interest Design. HCI and IT User Centered Design
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Frameworks related to Community Technology Design 3rd World Dev Appropriate Technology Social Entrepreneurship Indigenous Knowledge in Development Lay Participation Cooperative Design Participatory Design Public Interest Design HCI and IT User Centered Design Contextual Design Open Source DIY, Maker Movement
User-Centered Design We adapt technologies to people, not people to technologies
Persona What is a typical user? Members of the primary stakeholder group (user, consumer, audience, client) are characterized via research (observation, surveys, interviews, etc.) The “persona” is a fictional character. Making her concrete helps the designer to “keep her needs in mind” Sometimes the persona is a non-typical user; you want to Check the limitations of your design as well.
Scenario A fictional story about some sequence of events with the persona. Often helpful to include small details – what if it happens at the beach, and he has those really small pockets that come with swimsuits? May include emotional or physical characteristics. "best case scenario", “average scenario,” "worst case scenario",
Use case Often visualized as “flowchart-like” but without specifics such as number of times you repeat a step Helpful to start at overview, then systematically gain detail in each sub-unit Not very good for representing large numbers of possible errors, contingencies, etc.