Rapid Contextual Design by Karen Holtzblatt

Rapid Contextual Design by Karen Holtzblatt

Introduces Rapid Contextual Design, a fast-paced, adaptive form of Contextual Design. This book walks you step-by-step through organizing the data so you can see your key issues, along with visioning fresh solutions, storyboarding to work out the details, and paper prototype interviewing to iterate the design.

"Rapid Contextual Design is a timely, relevant book for technical communicatorsWhether you are a seasoned usability professional or a novice trying to develop your awareness of user-centered design, you should add this title to your bookshelf." –Eddie VanArsdall, Technical Communication "Here are those little gems of advice that a skilled mentor who peered over your shoulder would tell you. If you lack such a mentor, this book is the next best thing, explaining just what you need to do in a straightforward, easy to read, easy to understand manner." --Don Norman, Nielsen Norman group, Prof., Northwestern University, Author of Emotional Design "The new how-to guide boosts the value of the original Contextual Design book by transforming a design method into pragmatic advices of how to run a Contextual Design project in your own environment." --Joerg Beringer, Director, Strategic Product Design, SAP-AG "A wise guide to interface design dos and don'ts, from people with experience. They create a new language for thinking about design processes, combining a compelling structured process with sufficient freedom for innovative excursions." --Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland "Rapid Contextual Design provides a further step in innovation by providing detailed, practical advice on how to conduct successful research projects and to fit the project to the need. My team welcomes these new advances and the flexibility they will provide when we conduct future projects using this method." --Terry Austin, User Experience Group Manager, Microsoft

Karen Holtzblatt is a co-founder of InContext Enterprises, Inc., a firm that works with companies, coaching teams to design products, product strategies, and information systems from customer data. Karen Holtzblatt developed the Contextual Inquiry field data gathering technique that forms the core of Contextual Design and is now taught and used world-wide.

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ISBN 13	9780123540515
ISBN 10	0123540518
Title	Rapid Contextual Design
Author	Karen Holtzblatt
Series	Interactive Technologies
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Morgan Kaufmann
Year published	2004-12-31
Number of pages	320
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