Tell me what you want

Tell me what you want

Janet C Read

Funky monkey in the tree I like it when you talk to me

Benjamin Zephaniah - Friends

Objectives

• Describe ways in which requirements can be gathered from users

• Describe ways in which these need to be adapted for children

The Design Process

Preece, et al. - four stages of design

• Identifying needs and establishing requirements

• Developing alternative designs• Building interactive versions of

the designs• Evaluating designs

Needs Analysis

• Booths UNA– User characteristics– Environment– User Goals

• (Followed by Task Analysis)

Gathering Requirements

• Functional Requirements• Data Requirements• Environmental Requirements• User Requirements• Usability Requirements

User Requirements

Our needs then children’s wantsChildren’s needs then our wants

Ideas?

adults children

Talking / Listening

‘What would you like to be able to do with this software?’

‘Dunno’‘So, what would you have on the

web site?’‘A video of the whole school’

i.e.

The adult needs to be interested,

informal and inclusive,

He needs to encourage,

enable, and embrace the child

The Three Rs

Ratios

Rules

Roles

Ratios for talking

Okay

Not idealOkay-ish

Bad

Rules

• Observation (saving this till later)

• Interviews• Questionnaires• Focus Groups

Roles

  F B I

Adult describes fishes waits

Child confirms responds offers

ActivityGroup A A school web site 7 / 8

Group B A simple calculator 5

Group C A mobile phone 7 / 8

Group D A painting package 5

Group E A talking toy 5