User-Centered Design

  1. Basic assumptions
    Why is user-centered design a valuable approach?

  2. Participatory design
    Involving the user in the design process. (also: + and - points of this approach)

  3. Non-computer methods
    Storyboarding: verbal or paper sketches of the appearance of the intended system.

  4. Prototyping
    From mockups to fully functional systems.