scholarly journals Quantitative Early-Phase User Research Methods: Hard Data for Initial Product Design

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher N. Chapman ◽  
Edwin Love ◽  
James L. Alford
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Early Phase ◽  
Initial Product ◽  
User Research ◽  
Hard Data

scholarly journals A commentary on “First-hand experience of accessible information”

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Buell
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Initial Product ◽  
Building Capacity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Accessible Information ◽  
Constructing Knowledge ◽  
Attention To Detail

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on Mander's paper on people with learning disabilities’ first-hand experience of accessible information. Design/methodology/approach – The commentary reflects on some of the findings presented by Mander and builds on these, with particular emphasis on what it means to understand information. Findings – Everything from initial product design to building capacity and constructing knowledge requires expertise and attention to detail. Originality/value – There are no easy fix solutions to achieving understanding of information for people who have learning disabilities.

Framing Sustainability in Human-Centered Product Design

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lora A. Oehlberg ◽  
Alice M. Agogino ◽  
Sara L. Beckman
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Mission Statement ◽  
Consumer Products ◽  
User Needs ◽  
User Research ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
Sustainable Products ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Minimal Environmental Impact

Engineers today have access to a myriad of tools for developing sustainable products that have minimal environmental impact. Although consumer interest in sustainability is increasing, it is still not foremost on the minds of many consumers. Engineers are thus faced with the dilemma of developing sustainable solutions for consumers who may not yet want or be able to articulate sustainability needs. We explore this issue by examining user research conducted by students in a graduate-level product design course. We present findings on how users define and describe sustainability, how sustainability needs interact with other user needs, and what tradeoffs people make and feelings people have when faced with sustainability trade-offs. We present a case study of one design team’s findings about sustainability, and how those findings affected the formulation of the team’s mission statement and product strategy. Based on these results, we propose recommendations for how to facilitate the design of innovative and sustainable consumer products.

scholarly journals PCQ: Preferred Comfort Questionnaires for product design

Work ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (s1) ◽  
pp. S19-S28
Author(s):  
Shabila Anjani ◽  
Manon Kühne ◽  
Alessandro Naddeo ◽  
Susanne Frohriep ◽  
Neil Mansfield ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Data Interpretation ◽  
Prior Training ◽  
Application Fields ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Second International

BACKGROUND: Selecting the most suitable questionnaire(s) in comfort research for product design is always a challenge, even for experienced researchers. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this research is to create a list of Preferred Comfort Questionnaires (PCQ) for product design to help researchers in the selection of questionnaires for comfort research. METHODS: Fifteen questionnaires that are often used in comfort research for product design were selected as candidate questionnaires. During the Second International Comfort Congress (ICC 2019), 55 researchers and practitioners working in the field of comfort joined together in a workshop to rate these questionnaires individually as well as rank them in groups based on their experience. The criteria of rating and ranking included easiness to answer, easiness for data interpretation, time needed to complete, the need for prior training, as well as mapping the applicable design phases and field of application. RESULTS: The elicited responses related to each questionnaire were analyzed. For comfort research in five proposed application fields and four design phases, the preferred questionnaires were highlighted and categorized into four categories: preferred questionnaire, suitable for less prior training, suitable for fast completion and generally applicable, which led to a list of PCQ for product design. CONCLUSION: We expect that the PCQ list can be used as a useful instrument to help researchers in selecting questionnaires for comfort research in product design.

Israeli Representatives' Use of and Attitudes Toward Web Applications

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Osnat Akirav
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Hard Data ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Usage Patterns ◽  
Major Increase ◽  
Political Media

In the last decade, there has been a major increase in the technology that enables representatives and voters to connect with one another. Representatives can use email, their political party's website, personal websites, Facebook, e-newsletters, weblogs and Twitter simultaneously to bypass the traditional political media. The author asks, what are the usage patterns of these web applications? What are the characteristics of the representatives who use these technologies? What are their attitudes about their use? Most previous studies have concentrated on one perspective (representatives or voters) or used one research method (questionnaires, interviews, hard data). This article is unique in that it combines several research methods: interviews with representatives regarding their attitudes toward the new technology and hard data from the Israeli Knesset's website regarding the MKs' use of web applications. The findings demonstrate that the Israeli representatives are no different than their colleagues in other parliaments. Young MKs and junior MKs are more likely to use web applications than older MKs and those with more seniority. However, coalition MKs use web applications differently than opposition MKs. Furthermore, the representatives have positive attitudes toward the use of web applications and consider them useful for communicating with the voters.

scholarly journals A Little Knowledge

2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (10) ◽  
pp. 48-51
Author(s):  
Stuart B. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Microelectromechanical Systems ◽  
Failure Mechanisms ◽  
Good News ◽  
Natural Evolution ◽  
Initial Product ◽  
Design Concepts

This article explains microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) design concepts that are under investigation for their application in different domains. MEMS provide numerous performance advantages. Miniaturization improves packaging and simplifies installation and maintenance. Power consumption can drop dramatically. Analysis shows that appropriate hermeticity and cleanliness remain a challenge, because sufficient contamination to introduce frequency drift may result from the migration of trace contaminants within a package itself. Many reliability issues apply to different MEMS in diverse ways. Work to date indicates that low-stress, hermetically packaged devices pose little concern about crack growth. The increasing maturity of MEMS and the emphasis on reliability represents good news for the industry, as it reflects the natural evolution from initial product design to fabrication technologies to long-term reliability. Despite current challenges, there is no fundamental constraint to reliability improvements as our knowledge of failure mechanisms and countermeasures increases.

scholarly journals Users’ Perception as a Tool for an Integrated Coastal Management and Beach Quality Assessment

Pomorstvo ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 290-296
Author(s):  
Damir Magaš ◽  
Borna Debelić ◽  
Siniša Vilke
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Coastal Zone ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Coastal Zone Management ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
User Research ◽  
Zone Management ◽  
Beach Tourism ◽  
Insight Into

The aim of the paper is to show a brief review of social research methods used in beach user research and coastal zone management. It is argued that this approach may effectively be used from the perspective of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM). Beaches are one of the most important factors of the sun and sea tourism, and an area where the increased users` pressure is common with the rise of tourist activity. This expansion creates increased pressure on the coastal area, the marine eco systems and, potentially, leads to a degradation of the natural environment. Social research methods provide an invaluable insight into the processes incentivizing beach users in respect to physical, social, economic and natural aspects of beach uses as well as of other parts of the coast, through the concept of the user perception. The intended result is to provide a brief methodological overview of social science research methods applied to and found in literature that can be used to be better informed of the beach management decisions as an area of ICZM interest and, in this way, contributing to the overall sustainable development of the coastal zone and increasing the competitiveness of beach tourism.

scholarly journals Development of Local Wisdom-Based Learning Media with Prezi Applications in Social Arithmetic

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
pp. 23-34
Author(s):  
Choirudin Choirudin
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Problem Identification ◽  
Initial Product ◽  
Is Research ◽  
Need Analysis ◽  
Group Trial

The aim study to create and develop local wisdom-based learning media with Prezi applications in Social Arithmetic Materials. This type of research is Research and Development (RND), using development steps according to Borg & Gall which has been transformed by Sugiyono. The development steps are limited to six steps. Among them; 1) Results of Need Analysis; 2) Problem Identification and Data Collection; 3) Product Design Results; 4) Design Product Validation; 5) Design Revision Results (Initial Product); 6) Small Group Trial; and 7) Field Trials (Large Group Trial). Local wisdom-based learning media have been developed with the application of Prezi on social arithmetic material by collecting data on local wisdom on the livelihood of Buminabung residents by taking documentation in the form of photos and information related to the local wisdom put them on the slide Prezi. The development of local wisdom-based learning media with the application of Prezi on social arithmetic material is feasible to use in learning. The assessment of material experts and media experts with an assessment of 80% in the feasible category and 91% in the very feasible category. The results of the trials carried out were small group trials in class VII A with a feasibility percentage of 76% in the feasible category. In the field trials conducted by class VII A MTs Ma’arif 05 Buminabung, the percentage was 79% in the feasible category.

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