NDLI: Middle-out design

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Crane, Audrey
Abstract	In 2004, Dubberly Design Office (DDO) was contracted by "HandScript" to design a product that enables physicians to enter orders on a handheld device.HandScripts' engineers had been working for a year on an alpha prototype and would continue development during the design of the beta. HandScripts' physicians were supplying content using a tool that mimicked an early interface for the product and enjoyed their roles as designers. The client had a limited budget and needed usability questions answered immediately.As in many design projects, there was not time for a top-down or bottom-up design process. DDO had to work "middle-out".This case study describes how DDO borrowed the software quality assurance cycle and applied it to managing interaction design---resolving both large conceptual questions and detailed, screen-level questions. This "middle-out" approach used a familiar process to achieve fast, quality work.
File Format	PDF
ISBN	159593250X
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2005-11-03
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Health care Health Process improvement Product design Design planning Concept design Analysis Interaction design Usability research User-centered design / human-centered design Handheld devices and mobile computing User experience User interface design
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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Middle-out design