| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L93874/02 |
| Title: |
TASK-RELATED PRINCIPLES FOR INTERFACE DESIGN (PRIDE) |
| Principal Investigator: |
Johnson, Dr H |
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| Department: |
Computer Science |
| Organisation: |
University of Bath |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 July 1999 |
Ends: |
31 December 2001 |
Value (£): |
90,340
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Human-Computer Interactions |
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A recurrent theme in HCI is that knowing something about users and their tasks enables designers to make informed user-centred design decisions and choices, resulting in more usable systems. Well-engineered user-centred designs support users in achieving their goals by making correspondence between users' tasks and the tasks supported by the system, and by making the tasks supported by the system transparent to users. Therefore, it is necessary for designers first, to identify knowledge about users' tasks and second, to apply this knowledge to the design of the system in a systematic and principled manner in order that performance benefits result. Currently, two research areas need attention; the first concerns the development of task-related principles and the second concerns the application of these principles in a design setting such that it can be shown empirically that benefits accrue. Finally, it should be possible to make predictions, and where principles have been less than optimally supported our even violated.This project aims to develop task-related principles, show empirically that they result in improved interactive systems and provide techniques for designers to apply the principles.
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http://www.bath.ac.uk |