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Industrial design
Cognitive walkthrough
Design; Industrial design
A cognitive walkthrough is a review technique where you construct task scenarios from a specification and get a user to role play the part of walking through the task. They act as if the interface ...
Contextual inquiry
Design; Industrial design
Contextual inquiry is a structured field interviewing process that involves both conversation and observation. Contextual inquiries requires a high degree of skill from the usability specialist, in ...
Feature inspection
Design; Industrial design
The aim of feature inspection is to describe the technical features of a product such as a piece of software as detailed as possible, so that it allows the comparison between products of the same ...
Localization
Design; Industrial design
The process to customise a product for a specific international market. When a product has been properly internationalized, the visual design can be preserved when it is adapted for a particular ...
Iterative design
Design; Industrial design
Design methodology involving repeated cycles of design, evaluation, and analysis. Refinements are made for the next cycle based on the analysis and feedback.
Heuristic
Design; Industrial design
A usability guideline for evaluating a product (such as the software user interface) to identify design problems. Heuristic methods often need to be customised depending on the product features and ...
Interaction design (ID)
Design; Industrial design
The creation of behaviour and communication tools and processes that facilitate communication between humans and objects, services, and physical or virtual environments, and that allow manipulation ...
