Homework #1:
Brainstorming and Storyboarding (100 points)
(Due 02/10/05)
Consider the following scenarios:
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Vending machine. Your company has just installed the first
cell phone accessible vending machine (you can control the
machine and pay
for goods using your cell phone). How will your system work?
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Voting machine. It is election day and millions are going
to vote using your new digital voting machine. How will your system work?
For
each of the mentioned scenarios:
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(5 points) List and rank at least 5
user goals while performing the task. Briefly explain each goals and its
rank (It might be useful to first interview a couple of potential users
before answering this question).
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(15 points) For each of the
first 2 goals in your list, provide at least 15 possible ways to help
users reaching this goal. Explain each way briefly.
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(10 points) Pick the most interesting and
practical solution (e.g. each piece of underlying technology must exist,
the cost must be reasonable, and the solution should not be too far away
from current social conventions) and then explain your choice.
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(20 points) Storyboard a typical user
interaction for your system (using an 8 frames layout). Include a script explaining what is going on
for each frame.
Note: Examples of how to pick-out
good goals, can be found in the reading for Feb 8th: "About Faces 2.0",
page 63-67)
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