Activity Modeling


Topics:
UX (User Experience) Design
Personas
Non-Directed Interviewing
Activity Models
 - Structure
 - Visualization
 
Book Recommendations:
The Inmates are Running the Asylum
Design of Everyday Things
About Face
Don't Make Me Think
 
Two Approaches in UX:
P.E.T. - Persuasion, Emotion, Trust
Usability - does the UI meet expectations, follow the mental model (not implementation model)?

(UX does not equal graphic design. Think about _who_ the application is for, the business it enables.) 

 

 

1. Activity Theory: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activity_theory

2. Mental Model: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_model

 

Text overview of the graphic:

Personas lead to

Product Features and Principles, which guide

Non-Directed Interviews, which generate

Activity Models, which combine with Personas to build

User Stories.