A talk about the components of interaction designer's work. - Tallinn Summer School 2014, IxdWorks.com

1. Interaction Designers
Tallinn Summer School / IxDworks.com
What’s In It & Should I Do It?

2. What’s the job &
should I do it?

3. Interaction designers
shape digital things
for people’s use
http://interaction-design.org/

4. BretVictor - http://worrydream.com/ABriefRantOnTheFutureOfInteractionDesign/

5. Fits the problem
poorly
Fits the user
poorly

6. Fits the problem
(very) well
Fits the user
(very) well
A tool amplifies capabilities

7. Useful Usable Desirable
Doing things easily and with pleasure.

8. Useful Usable Desirable
Usability User Experience (UX)
Doing things easily and with pleasure.

9. Doing things easily and with pleasure.
Behavior

10. Designing behavior?

11. Vision

12. Reality

13. Reality
Problems?
Possibilities?

14. For whom?
Users (≠ segments)
For what purpose?
Needs, goals, abilities
What?
Idea, concept, prototype, product
How?
Modeling, designing > evaluating...
Scope?
Time, budget, team, effects...
Product’s
behavior

15. Modeling
Personas
Scenarios
Use Cases
Requirements
Design
Concept
Paper prototypes
Wireframes
Hi-fi prototypes
User-centered design
Evaluation
Task analysis
Feedback
Usability testing
Heuristics
Approaches
Examples

16. Modeling
Personas
Scenarios
Use Cases
Requirements
Design
Concept
Paper prototypes
Wireframes
Hi-fi prototypes
Evaluation
Task analysis
Feedback
Usability testing
Heuristics
Examples
Learning about
users, tasks and
product
Solving key problems
through design
Testing and
improving the
product
Approaches

17. We will work with some
of these approaches during our workshop

18. Designing behavior?Should I do it?

19. Think about...
Swimming or
diving?
Personal
attributes
Personal
interests

20. UI designer Start-up Corporation,
Research Group,
Consultancy...
Examples
Who’s with you?

21. Generalist Specialist
UI designer Start-up Corporation,
Research Group,
Consultancy...
Mindset Professiongrey area
Examples

22. Approaches Storytelling
Empathy
Other specialization?
Synthesizing
Behavior patterns Production
Academic research
Team workEnthusiasm
ModelingResearch
Communication
Evaluation
Management
Creative thinking
Consultancy
Mentoring

23. Approaches Storytelling
Empathy
Other specialization?
Synthesizing
Behavior patterns Production
Academic research
Team workEnthusiasm
ModelingResearch
Communication
Evaluation
Management
Creative thinking
Consultancy
Mentoring
E.g.
Personas
Scenarios
Users Stories
Mockups
Wireframes
Prototypes
...
Approaches Storytelling
ModelingResearch

24. Thank you

25. Resources
• Specialists vs Generalists – http://
www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2009/02/specialists-
versus-generalists-a-false-dichotomy.php
• Interaction designer – http://www.cooper.com/about/
interaction-designer/
• Essential skills for interaction designers http://
www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2010/12/essential-
and-desirable-skills-for-a-ux-designer.php