Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Phase 3 - Design

Previously...

With results from our previous study - survey and the kano analysis - we continue with other methods to get an idea of how users would like us to structure our website.


Card Sorting and Cluster Analysis

Card sorting is used by asking respondents to group features that they found similar together. Also, we also try to find out what short cut features would respondents want to see on the front page. However, apart from the categories obtained, test of trying to know what short cuts should be included on the first page proves less conclusive.

Information Architecture

With information generated with card sorting, we came to this tenuous process of getting the IA right. As a project management website, this is really where the main headache began...

At times, in fact, we got lost in trying to come up with a workable naviagtion system...



Reflection

Faces a major hurdle

I am sure Ed and Jay will agree with me that this stage proves to be the hardest in surging forward. We do not wish to rush things ahead with a messy hierarchy. However, at this point of time, we got a little wind up and obsessed with functionality rather than pleasure of usage.

This will be further elaborated when you see our first low-fi prototype.


Digressing a little

Sure, this is the point of time when most students got busy with their various assignments and deadlines. In a way, this also affects our ability to come together in coming up with better solutions. Nevertheless, we will be getting there :)





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