Week 3: Design Requirements Gathering

Gathering design requirements is usually the first step in any design process after the realization that something needs to be changed, or that a problem needs to be addressed.

Design requirements gathering includes:

• Understanding the problem
• What the people we are designing for need
• Understanding how a potential design solution can actually make a change and/or address the problem.

We will discuss different methods that can be used to gather design requirements, how these are applied, and their pros and cons.

Live Lecture Slides 

• Monday, Sept. 29 Slides
• Wednesday, Oct. 1 Slides + Interview Guide

Videos to Watch

• HCI - Design Requirements [6min; Slides]
• HCI 2020 - Memos  [11 min; Slides]
• Design Requirements Gathering – Methods  [11min; Slides]
• HCI 2020 - Personas [9min; Slides]
• HCI 2020 - Interviews  [27min; Slides]
• HCI 2020 - Focus Groups  [16min; Slides]
• HCI 2020 - Contextual Inquiry  [13min; Slides]

Recommended Readings

• How to Understand Problems by Amy J. Ko
• How to Define Problems by Amy J. Ko
• Universal Methods of Design (view chapters via book in library - see Resource List in LEARN):
  • 20: Contextual Inquiry
  • 63: Personas
  • 48: Interviews
  • 43: Focus Groups