Our Methods: The User Interface Engineering Model
This model offers a structured selection of different methods for user-centred design of interactive products. Our associates have acquired their design experience and method competence through years of involvement in interface design projects. Some of us have as many as 15 years of personal experience in this field of work. The appropriate method is chosen in terms of the individual goals and requirements of our client.
Requirements Analysis
- Contextual Inquiry (User knowledge, tasks, goals and environment)
- Opportunity Scoring (Quantitative evaluation of the requirements of a potential user)
- Focus Groups (structured group discussions)
- Use Case Definition (formulating representative user scenarios)
- Card Sorting ( defining structures and terminology by representative users)
Design
- Design Workshops (designing with clients)
- GUI Design
- Icon Design
- Inductive UI Design
Prototyping
- Paper Prototypes
- Interactive Prototypes in Flash, XAML, PPT, HTML, Visual Basic, C#, C++
Evaluation
- Expert Evaluation
- User-Guided Walkthroughs
- Usability Tests
- Total User Experience Analyse
- Questionnaires (AttrakDiff™, ISONORM-10, ISOMETRICS a.o.)
Implementation
- Dialogue Components/ Widget Sets
- Development of Templates
Documentation
- Style Guide
- User Interface Specification


