{"product_id":"rapid-contextual-design-a-how-to-guide-to-key-techniques-for-user-centered-design-paperback-9780123540515","title":"Rapid Contextual Design; A How-to Guide to Key Techniques for User-Centered Design (Paperback \/ softback) 9780123540515","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRapid Contextual Design\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA How-to Guide to Key Techniques for User-Centered Design\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA hands-on workbook that is a follow-up to the best selling \u003ci\u003eContextual Design\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKaren Holtzblatt (Author), Jessamyn Burns Wendell (Author), Shelley Wood (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780123540515, Elsevier Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 31 December 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages, Illustrated\u003cbr\u003e27.6 x 21.6 x 2.1 cm, 0.91 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRapid Contextual Design\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely, relevant book for technical communicators. Whether you are a seasoned usability professional or a novice trying to develop your awareness of user-centered design, you should add this title to your bookshelf.\" –\u003cb\u003eEddie VanArsdall, \u003ci\u003eTechnical Communication\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Here are those little gems of advice that a skilled mentor who peered over your shoulder would tell you. If you lack such a mentor, this book is the next best thing, explaining just what you need to do in a straightforward, easy to read, easy to understand manner.\" --\u003cb\u003eDon Norman, Nielsen Norman group, Prof., Northwestern University, Author of \u003ci\u003eEmotional Design\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The new how-to guide boosts the value of the original Contextual Design book by transforming a design method into pragmatic advices of how to run a Contextual Design project in your own environment.\" --\u003cb\u003eJoerg Beringer, Director, Strategic Product Design, SAP-AG\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A wise guide to interface design dos and don'ts, from people with experience. They create a new language for thinking about design processes, combining a compelling structured process with sufficient freedom for innovative excursions.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eBen Shneiderman, University of Maryland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRapid Contextual Design\u003c\/i\u003e provides a further step in innovation by providing detailed, practical advice on how to conduct successful research projects and to fit the project to the need. My team welcomes these new advances and the flexibility they will provide when we conduct future projects using this method.\" --\u003cb\u003eTerry Austin, User Experience Group Manager, Microsoft\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs it impossible to schedule enough time to include users in your design process? Is it difficult to incorporate elaborate user-centered design techniques into your own standard design practices? Do the resources needed seem overwhelming?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis handbook introduces Rapid CD, a fast-paced, adaptive form of Contextual Design. Rapid CD is a hands-on guide for anyone who needs practical guidance on how to use the Contextual Design process and adapt it to tactical projects with tight timelines and resources.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRapid Contextual Design\u003c\/i\u003e provides detailed suggestions on structuring the project and customer interviews, conducting interviews, and running interpretation sessions. The handbook walks you step-by-step through organizing the data so you can see your key issues, along with visioning new solutions, storyboarding to work out the details, and paper prototype interviewing to iterate the design—all with as little as a two-person team with only a few weeks to spare!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eChapter 1: Introduction \u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: Planning Your Rapid CD Project\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: Planning Your Contextual Interviews\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: The Contextual Inquiry Interview\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: Contextual Interview Interpretation Session\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: Work Modeling\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: Building an Affinity Diagram\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8: Consolidated Sequence Models\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9: Using Contextual Data to Write Personas\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10: Walking the Affinity and Consolidated Sequences\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11: Visioning a New Way to Work\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12: Storyboarding\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13: Testing with Paper Prototypes\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14: Paper Prototype Interviews\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15: Rapid CD and Other Methodologies\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16: Issues of Organizational Adoption\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 1: Supply Checklist\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Human-computer interaction [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Human-computer interaction\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Human-computer%20interaction%20%5BUYZ%5D%22\"\u003eUYZ\u003c\/a\u003e], Software Engineering [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Software Engineering\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Software%20Engineering%20%5BUMZ%5D%22\"\u003eUMZ\u003c\/a\u003e], Industrial \/ commercial art \u0026amp; design [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Industrial \/ commercial art \u0026amp; design\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Industrial%20\/%20commercial%20art%20\u0026amp;%20design%20%5BAK%5D%22\"\u003eAK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Morgan Kaufmann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46648331796760,"sku":"9780123540515","price":33.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780123540515_59cdcfb3-9756-4440-bd3a-86ba2d1537d2.jpg?v=1695006765","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/rapid-contextual-design-a-how-to-guide-to-key-techniques-for-user-centered-design-paperback-9780123540515","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}