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===User Goals/User Motivations=== | ===User Goals/User Motivations=== | ||
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Talking about design you often hear things like that you should improve the x function because users are assumed to want y. This is common and it is common as well that these assumptions are wrong. And even if they are right you should know ''why''' the user wants to use a certain function. Nobody does anything just to execute a program on a computer to keep the machine busy! | Talking about design you often hear things like that you should improve the x function because users are assumed to want y. This is common and it is common as well that these assumptions are wrong. And even if they are right you should know ''why''' the user wants to use a certain function. Nobody does anything just to execute a program on a computer to keep the machine busy! | ||
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What the goals of your users are is best to find out using research methods like interviews. Goals are hard to guess. You may not even always be aware of why exactly ''you'' do something - and it is even harder to tell what drives other people. Especially if you are new to a field you should use research but even people who think they are experts are often wrong about the users goals. Don't try to guess harder. You want to know. | What the goals of your users are is best to find out using research methods like interviews. Goals are hard to guess. You may not even always be aware of why exactly ''you'' do something - and it is even harder to tell what drives other people. Especially if you are new to a field you should use research but even people who think they are experts are often wrong about the users goals. Don't try to guess harder. You want to know. | ||
===Conducting Interviews=== | ===Conducting Interviews=== <!-- and observations--> | ||
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A very useful tool for doing research are interviews. | A very useful tool for doing research are interviews. | ||
They are best done early in the design process and will help you to find out for which user needs you design and what problems need to be solved. Interviews are not difficult to do, very versatile and you will get a lot of insight. | They are best done early in the design process and will help you to find out for which user needs you design and what problems need to be solved. Interviews are not difficult to do, very versatile and you will get a lot of insight. | ||
====Recruit users==== | ====Recruit users==== | ||
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You want to interview potential users of your product, so you need to see who could use your product. Than you try to get these people to an interview. | You want to interview potential users of your product, so you need to see who could use your product. Than you try to get these people to an interview. | ||
You can use a couple of ways to contact these potential users: Use your universities Mailing List, ask friends of friends. As you can do the interviews via skype as well, you can state that you search for interviewees on your twitter-page or blog. (Remember: you don't search for everybody, so state for which people you are looking for) State what you are going to do and what it is for. As a student you have probably no money you can offer as compensation. | You can use a couple of ways to contact these potential users: Use your universities Mailing List, ask friends of friends. As you can do the interviews via skype as well, you can state that you search for interviewees on your twitter-page or blog. (Remember: you don't search for everybody, so state for which people you are looking for) State what you are going to do and what it is for. As a student you have probably no money you can offer as compensation. | ||