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[
{
"id": 1,
"title": "Waiting in Line",
"date": "January 9",
"summary": "<p>Think about some of the designs that you consider to be great innovations. Quite likely, they came about because the design team was able to see a new problem or opportunity, or reframe things in a new way. As the light bulb joke illustrates, an important strategy of successful designers is to reframe things so that... we can see things in a new light. This first week's exercise is intended to work your perception and reframing 'muscles'. How creative can you be? (Later exercises will work different 'muscles'.)</p> <p>Any questions about this assignment should be posed to the forums and will be answered promptly by the staff. </p> <p>For this first project, <b>your mission is to redesign the experience of waiting in line</b>.</p> <p>An important part of the designer's role is to come up with a point of view. For example, your point of view might be that standing in line is intrinsic, but being bored is not.</p> <p>What can we do with our time that is more productive, more interesting, or more entertaining than just wait? Maybe it's reading the news, playing a game, or preempt the parents by giving them a surprise call? Alternatively, your point of view might be to eliminate the line by preordering, or hire people to act as placeholders in the line? Or maybe this is precious time for us to do nothing? A few minutes to space out, or quickly center ourselves. No matter what you come up with, it should be something that <b>improves the experience of standing in line</b>. For one jumping off point, <a href='http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/19/opinion/sunday/why-waiting-in-line-is-torture.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&''>here's a few thoughts from the New York Times</a>.</p> <p>This assignment will introduce iterative design so that during the main course project, the steps of the design process will be more familiar. For further explanations about the design process, have a look at the <b>d.school Bootcamp Bootleg</b> <a href='http://dschool.stanford.edu/use-our-methods/'>here</a>.</p>",
"image": "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Bowery_men_waiting_for_bread_in_bread_line,_New_York_City,_Bain_Collection.jpg"
},
{
"id": 2,
"title": "Needfinding",
"date": "January 16",
"summary": "<p>As Yogi Berra said, you can observe a lot just by watching. Watching how people do things is a great way to learn their goals and values, and come up with design insight. We call this <b>needfinding</b>. This assignment helps you train your eyes and ears to come up with design ideas. Your goal is to uncover user needs, breakdowns, clever hacks, and opportunities for improvement.</p>",
"image": "http://developertodesigner.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/observing.jpg"
},
{
"id": 3,
"title": "Prototyping",
"date": "January 23",
"summary": "<p>This is the first team assignment. Review and share the user needs you brainstormed. This week, you'll flesh out your design ideas by creating a point of view, seeking inspiration, storyboarding, and making paper prototypes. These are the blueprints for the mobile web application you'll make.</p>",
"image": "http://www.google.com/think/images/prototyping-for-success_articles_lg.jpg"
},
{
"id": 4,
"title": "Heuristic Evaluation",
"date": "January 30",
"summary": "<p>As Carolyn Snyder writes, 'Paper prototyping is a variation of usability testing where the representative users perform realistic tasks by interacting with a paper version of the interface that is manipulated by a person 'playing computer' who doesn't explain how the interface is intended to work.' In this assignment, your group will conduct heuristic evaluations (HEs) of your paper prototypes and you will individually help out other groups by evaluating theirs. This will complete the prototyping phase of the project, providing you with the feedback you need to begin implementing.</p>",
"image": "http://searchwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/evaluation.jpg"
},
{
"id": 5,
"title": "Skeleton and a Plan",
"date": "February 6",
"summary": "<p>Review the feedback you got last week from the Heuristic Evaluations of your prototypes. Distill the HE results into a list of concrete changes you want to make to your prototype. Use what worked, and improve what didn't. If you haven't already, make a decision about the prototype you are going with. This could be one of the two you tested or a combination of them. Again, take the time you need. This is what you will be working on for the rest of the course, so make sure you will feel invested in it.</p>",
"image": "http://www.quality-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/Gantt-Chart-Example-2-NO-LETTERS1.jpg"
},
{
"id": 6,
"title": "Meat on the Bones",
"date": "February 13",
"summary": "<p>Functionality functionality functionality! Continue developing your interactive prototypes in accordance with your development plan. Also, update your development plan as you discover more about what you want to prioritize, what you can expect to implement, and what you may need to mock up. The goal is for you to complete the interaction flow this week.</p>",
"image": "http://regmedia.co.uk/2011/03/01/node_code.png"
},
{
"id": 7,
"title": "Ready for Testing",
"date": "February 20",
"summary": "<p>Crunch time! Your interactive prototypes have to be <b>ready for user testing</b> by the end of this week.</p>",
"image": "http://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5509ea6a18834019b00ff4518970b-800wi"
},
{
"id": 8,
"title": "User Test Results and Online Test Proposal",
"date": "February 27",
"summary": "<p>The goal of this assignment is to launch a user test. To get the kinks out of your application, first test it with a couple of in-person users.</p><p>Any questions about this assignment should be posed to the forums and will be answered promptly by the staff.</p>",
"image": "http://unbounce.com/photos/ab-testing.png"
}
]