TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rice-Lively Mary Lynn
AU  - Chen Hsin-Liang
TI  -  Scenarios and information design: a user-oriented practical guide
T2  - Chandos information professional series
SN  - 9781843340621
AV  - Z666.5 RIC
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Chandos Publishing
KW  - Information organization
KW  - Communication in information science.
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Information Storage and Retrieval
N1  - Includes index; 1. Introduction and overview --
Part 1. Practical theories --
2. Framework and fundamentals --
3. Organizational cultures: ecological and cognitive approaches --
4. Communicating with stakeholders --
Part 2. Theoretical practices --
5. Managing scenario design projects and knowledge --
6. Presentations of ideas --
7. Life cycle of ideas --
8. Documentation and prototyping --
9. Scenarios and information design: a summary
N2  - Developers of digital media require new skills in information design. Information designers developing web sites, software or online system interfaces, games and other digital media often overlook critical steps to ensure the usability of their product. Scenarios and Information Design introduces readers to both the theory and practice of the use of scenarios to create usable information spaces. Through practical applications, such as step-by-step guidelines for scenario development and case studies with analysis tools, the book outlines crucial steps to develop user and use scenarios to achieve competencies for and tools to implement prescribed tasks for user-oriented information design. Provides practical applications for theoretical conceptsIllustrates concepts with case studiesReinforces content with end of chapter exercises
ER  -