Frameworks related to Community Technology Design
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Frameworks related to Community Technology Design
3rd World Dev
Appropriate TechnologySocial EntrepreneurshipIndigenous Knowledge in Development
Lay Participation
Cooperative DesignParticipatory DesignPublic Interest Design
HCI and IT
User Centered DesignContextual DesignOpen SourceDIY, Maker Movement
User-Centered Design
We adapt technologies to people, not people to technologies
Persona
What is a typical user?
Members of the primary stakeholder group (user, consumer, audience, client) are characterized via research (observation, surveys, interviews, etc.)
The “persona” is a fictional character. Making her concrete helps the designer to“keep her needs in mind”
Sometimes the persona is a non-typical user; you want to Check the limitations of your design as well.
Scenario
A fictional story about some sequence of events with the persona.
Often helpful to include small details – what if it happens at the beach, and he has those really small pockets that come with swimsuits?
May include emotional or physical characteristics.
"best case scenario", “average scenario,” "worst case scenario",
Use case
Often visualized as “flowchart-like” but without specifics such as number of times you repeat a step
Helpful to start at overview, then systematically gain detail in each sub-unit
Not very good for representing large numbers of possible errors, contingencies, etc.