Team Project

The project is an opportunity to engage in the full spectrum of human-centered design and development.

Objective

Design, implement, and evaluate an interactive user interface that seeks to address an identified user need amongst a well-defined population. 

Teams

Students will work in 3 - 4 person teams (groups will be assigned and include a mix of undergraduate and graduate members). Diversity in backgrounds, skillset, and interests is important to design and develop a successful and useful product.

Milestones

There are 6 main components of the project that will be due at various points during the term:

• P1 - The Pitch: Identify opportunities for a niche population or within a domain of interest

• P2 - User Research: Consider real users in the context of real activities to understand and identify key needs

• P3 - Ideation, Lo-Fi Prototype & Test: Brainstorm and iteratively develop/build ideas quickly and cheaply

• P4 - Med-Fi Prototype: Implement a digital version of your interactive user interface or system

• P5 - Hi-Fi Prototype: Implement important features of the interactive user interface or system

• P6 - Final Portfolio: This includes a final presentation and complete website to showcase the project, and a comprehensive but succinct final report on the entire scope of the project

Deliverables

Each team is expected to document and report on all project components (P1 - P6).

The final portfolio (P6) will include:

1.  A final presentation to showcase to the user-centered design project and final product

2. A website to showcase the process & highlight various parts of the project/process

As an example, imagine a project website with 1 homepage (i.e., overview) and separate tabs for each project component/milestone. Each page on the website should communicate the highlights for that section and then have a link to the detailed report/delivery for that project milestone. Inclusion of visual aid (via images and videos) is highly recommended for the project website.

Final Presentation/Demo: To round up the project phase, student teams will give a final presentation to the class about their project and human-centered design process. This presentation must include a demo of the final product.