McInterface
User Interface Design & Development Project
SIMS 213, Spring 2001

: Linda Harjono, Saifon Obromsook, John Yiu Chi Wai
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Workload Distribution

Summary Report

Tasks
John
Saifon
Linda
Revise the prototype (back-end coding)
-
-
X
Revise the prototype (graphics)
-
X
-
Revise Problem Statement and Solution Overview
-
X
-
Revise Personas and Scenarios
-
X
-
Describe Functionality
X
-
-
Draw flowchart
-
X
-
Describe Unimplemented Functionality
-
X
-
Revise Functionality and Tools
-
X
-
Describe Changes at Each Stage
X
-
-
Describe Comments on Evaluation Techniques
X
-
-
Revise Changes at Each Stage
-
X
X
Revise Comments on Evaluation Techniques
-
X
-

Assignments

Assignment
Tasks
John
Saifon
Linda
All
Maintain project website
10%
80%
10%
1
Initiate the idea, discuss it and write the proposal
33%
33%
33%
2
Determine the project management structure
33%
33%
33%
2
Design interview questions and recruit potential users
30%
35%
35%
2
Conduct the interview
20%
40%
40%
2
Determine personas, goals, and tasks
20%
40%
40%
2
Write up the assignment 
25%
30%
45%
3
Write the project vocabulary
50%
25%
25%
3
Discuss and write scenarios
25%
25%
50%
3
Revise personas and task analysis
-
50%
50%
3
Perform and write competitive analysis
40%
40%
20%
3
Deliver initial designs 
33%
33%
33%
4
Deliver one initial design 
33%
33%
33%
4
Produce the paper prototype 
33%
33%
33%
4
Recruit participants 
33%
33%
33%
4
Conduct low-fi usability testing 
33%
33%
33%
4
Write up the assignment
33%
33%
33%
n/a
(2nd time) revise personas and goals
30%
60%
10%
5
Produce 1st-interactive prototype
15%
20%
65%
5
Produce Screenshots and storyboards
100%
-
-
5
Write up the assignment
30%
40%
30%
6
Discuss and write heuristic evaluation on SIMians Course Comment Forum project
33%
33%
33%
7
Find solutions to heurictic problems and redesign the interface
20%
40%
40%
7

Modify the interaction flow of the prototype (mostly VBA code)
-
-
100%
7
Design graphical elements and visuals
-
100%
-
7
Write up the assignment
80%
10%
10%
7
Revise vocabulary section
-
100%
-
8
Modify and reproduce the prototypes
-
-
100%
8
Recruit participants and conduct usability testing
33%
33%
33%
8
Discuss and write formal experiment design
40%
30%
40%
8
Write the assignment
30%
40%
30%