Scenarios and information design : a user-oriented practical guide/ Mary Lynn Rice-Lively and Hsin-Liang Chen

By:

Rice-Lively Mary Lynn, 1946 [Author]

Contributor(s):

Chen Hsin-Liang [Co-author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Chandos information professional seriesOxford: Chandos Publishing, 2006Description: xii, 178 pages : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781843340621

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

Z666.5 RIC

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Harare Institute of Technology Main Library	Harare Institute of Technology Main Library	General Collection	Z666.5 RIC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		bk002337

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.

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

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