Which of the following are principles of user centred design?
a Users are involved throughout design and development.
b Software user interfaces should be attractive and easy to use.
c The best designs emerge from self-organizing teams.
d Our highest priority is to satisfy customers through early and continuous delivery of valuable software.
e The design is driven and refined by user-centred evaluation.
f The design team includes multidisciplinary skills and perspectives.
b, c and d only
a, e and f only
a, c and f only
b, c, d and f only
Correct answer: B
Question 2
You are part of a design team developing a smartphone application aimed at birdwatchers. Users will make a recording of the bird’s call and then the app will identify the species of bird by comparing the recording with a central database. What would be the BEST way to uncover the user requirements for this app?
Spend tine with a small number of birdwatchers and observe their behaviour
Administer a survey to a large number of potential users who subscribe to a birdwatching magazine
Run a focus group with people who own recordings of bird songs
Meet with business stakeholders within organization to identify the key business requirements
Correct answer: A
Question 3
You are part of a design team working on a blood pressure monitor that patients with high blood pressure will use in their home. Your colleague has given you a user story to review. The user story reads, “As a patient, I want to enter my target blood pressure via the keypad so that I can receive an alarm if I have hypertension”.
What is the MAIN reason you would ask your colleague to re-write this user story?
It is not something that real user would say
It does not help design and priorities
It unnecessary constraints possible solutions
It does not follow the standard, user story framework