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Methods table
Methods table
You can select the most appropriate methods depending on three conditions:
limited time/resources
no direct access to users
limited skills/expertise
Planning & Feasibility
Getting started
Stakeholder meeting
Analyse context
ISO 13407
Planning
Competitor analysis
Requirements
User surveys
Interviews
Contextual inquiry
User observation
Context
Focus groups
Brainstorming
Evaluating existing systems
Card Sorting
Affinity diagramming
Scenarios of use
Task analysis
Requirements meeting
Design
Design guidelines
Paper prototyping
Heuristic evaluation
Parallel design
Storyboarding
Evaluate prototype
Wizard of Oz
Interface design patterns
Implementation
Style guides
Rapid prototyping
Test & Measure
Diagnostic evaluation
Performance testing
Subjective evaluation
Heuristic evaluation
Critical incidence technique
Pleasure
Post Release
Post release testing
Subjective assessment
User surveys
Remote evaluation