Part 1: Problems from our textbook's companion website

• Discussion questions 3.5 (also discuss its relationship to user-centered design and human-centered design) and 4.4.

Part 2: UI Design and Evaluation

Select an existing piece of software, an application, a smart device, or anything with computer/software embedded in it, and imagine a new version to be built based on it, or imagine a brand new UI. Now perform the following:

• If rapid contextual design UI development methodology is to be used, give specific steps involved and customized for this UI? If you use a different UI development methodology, describe it in details and apply it to this specific UI.
• On average, a) a user needs 1 hour to learn to use this system correctly 90\% of the time; b) she forgets about 5\% of the system operations afterward; c) she can expect a response within 2 seconds 99\% of the time and a complete result within 1 minute 98\% of the time. What is the usability of this software and how would you improve it? Be specific with your usability metrics.

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