Task
Your project brief has been accepted by Senior Management and a design project has been formally commenced. You have been appointed as both Project Manager and Chief Designer for the project.
Your tasks are to:
- Update your project brief with full details of
- Objectives, Outputs and Targets,
- Success Criteria.
- Write a Project Design Proposal that covers the following:
- Design aims;
- Outline of the proposed design;
- Outline of the main Use Cases;
- Proposed evaluation methods.
Your first task updates your initial project document. The update should now reflect the complete user requirements and your objectives, outputs and targets for the project. This update will probably not exceed two (2) pages.
The Project Design Proposal should outline firstly your design aims for the project and how they will meet the user requirements.
You should give a brief outline of your design. This should be mainly written, rather than be drawn, and you should describe HOW your design will enhance the user experience (UX) of the user while meeting their requirements. You will also need to refer to design principles to support your argument.
Finally, you need to discuss how you will test your design for usability, UX, and the interface’s fit to the requirements. Again you will want to support your argument with reference to principles. You do not need to produce a full test plan at this time.
Your Project Design Proposal should NOT exceed three (3) pages, excluding references. You will need to reference all literature using the APA 6th edition referencing style.
Rationale
This assignment covers the following objectives of this subject:
- be able to explain the relevance of integrating aspects of the human, social and organisational context into the design process;
- be able to list and explain the importance of the principles of design that are applicable to the design of an interface;
- be able to evaluate the effective usability of an interface and recommend changes to improve its usability;
- be able to design a user interface to meet a given set of requirements;
- be able to design a usability strategy to ensure that an interface meets its usability goals;
- be able to interpret and evaluate usability testing results to plan interface improvements.
Marking Criteria
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Task
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HD
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DI
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CR
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PS
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FL
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Updated Project Brief
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Comprehensive project brief with excellent overview that clearly articulates the objectives & success criteria
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Very detailed project brief with very good overview that articulates the objectives & success criteria
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Thorough project brief with good overview that conveys the objectives & success criteria
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Adequate project brief with overview that gives a good idea of the objectives & success criteria
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Inadequate or incomplete project brief that does not convey or does not have the objectives & success criteria
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Design Aim
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Comprehensive and clear statement of design aim showing how it meets all user requirements, with references
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Very detailed statement of design aim showing how it meets most user requirements, with references
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Thorough statement of design aim showing how it meets many user requirements, generally with references
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Adequate statement of design aim showing how it meets some user requirements, with some references
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Inadequate or incomplete statement of design aim that does not show how it meets user requirements with few or no references
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Outline of proposed design
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Comprehensive and clear discussion of design, with clear examples, showing how the design meets all user requirements and design principles with references
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Detailed discussion of design, with examples, showing how the design meets most user requirements and design principles with references
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Thorough discussion of design, with examples, showing how the design meets most user requirements and design principles with some references
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Adequate discussion of design showing how the design meets many user requirements and design principles with some references
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Inadequate or incomplete discussion of design, with no examples, fails to show how the design meets user requirements and design principles with few or no references
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Outline of main Use Cases
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Comprehensive and clear statement of main Use Cases showing how they meet all user requirements
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Detailed statement of main Use Cases showing how they meet all user requirements
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Thorough statement of main Use Cases showing how they meet most user requirements
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Adequate statement of main Use Cases showing how they meet some user requirements
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Inadequate or incomplete statement of main Use Cases
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Proposed evaluation methods
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Comprehensive and clear statement of proposed evaluation method with excellent discussion of reasons for use, expected outcomes and analysis plans
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Detailed statement of proposed evaluation method with good discussion of reasons for use, expected outcomes and analysis plans
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Thorough statement of proposed evaluation method with reasonable discussion of reasons for use, expected outcomes and analysis plans
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Adequate statement of proposed evaluation method with some discussion of reasons for use, expected outcomes and analysis plans
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Inadequate or incomplete statement of proposed evaluation method with no discussion of reasons for use, expected outcomes and analysis plans
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Presentation
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Up to 5 marks may be deducted for poor presentation, spelling and grammar
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Referencing
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Up to 5 marks will be deducted for not providing / following the proper APA style of referencing. Note that the guide for APA referencing is provided in the Resource section of Interact site
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Marking Guide
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Task
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Possible mark
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Score
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Updated project brief
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20
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Project design Proposal:
Design aim
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20
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Project design Proposal:
Design outline
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30
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Project design Proposal:
Main use cases
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10
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Project design Proposal:
Proposed Evaluation
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20
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Presentation
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(-5)
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Referencing
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(-5)
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Total
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100
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Final Mark
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25
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