This weeks team was about evaluating design from prototyping. I find this topic very important since a lot of the work that I have done during my studies has been working around creating a product or testing existing products. I have found that in many existing problem things can be changed, and that a lot of people complains about the same things. What I also have find is that when first testing a product myself I find some problems with it and things that can be better. Then when I test the same product on other people that are not in the team with me, new problems and things that needs to be changed comes up. This is one common mistake that I think people do when they are developing products. They relay to much on there own thoughts and expertise's and by that misses out important things that are wrong and needs to change.
This week team also gave me a good things to have in mind then writhing a thesis. There is a lot of different way of looking at a problem. First is the problem that is given. Then looking at the problem form different angels will redefine the problem and by that you can solve it. Haibo took an example of a student and a professor that were being chased by a bear. They were to close to the bear to run away from it. The problem is how to get away from the bear. There is no solution to that problem since the can’t outrun the bear. But then the student realized that the bear will probably be satisfied with one of them. So now the problem was no longer how to outrun the bear it was how to outrun the professor and that’s a problem that can be solved.
Hi Elma!
SvaraRaderaVery inspiring post and it feels like you've learnt a lot, both from the lectures but also from earlier studies! I liked the thing you wrote about that you shouldn't rely on yourself. I think it was in the first HCI course that we also learn't that! I still remembers it and we then learned that "You aren't perfect", as in not the perfect test subject. It's often much easier to look at a problem from your own view instead of taking the step to see it from anothers', but I agree with you that it is necessary if you want to find all problems and the most effective solution!
Also: very nice summary of the "Bear-case"! :)
Good comments!
SvaraRaderaLeif
Hi Good reflection, I can note that you learned a lot from this theme, and what I liked most about your comment, is the link you did between this new knowledge and your previous work, making it more understandable what you want to say. Like you when I designed a product without considering different perspectives , when it is tested there comes out new requirements tahat weren’t seen from the beginning. We can have high knowledge of a topic, but always is needed to include new perspectives and different opinions in the design of any product to develop a quality product. The same applies if a product is tested, often only one point of view does not allow testing the characteristics of the product, you must consider different perspectives. Again, excellent reflection!
SvaraRaderaIsaac Rondon