The Usability Engineering Lifecycle: A Practitioner's Handbook for User Interface Design
By Deborah J. Mayhew

Chapter 15: Detailed User Interface Design

Chapter 15: Detailed User Interface Design
Purpose
The design of the product user interface in all its complete detail is, of course, the ultimate purpose of the whole Usability Engineering Life cycle; all the other tasks across the lifecycle are aimed at accomplishing this task as efficiently and effectively as possible. We want more than just a complete user interface design (which will happen with or without the Usability Engineering Lifecycle); we want a complete user interface design that optimizes user performance and satisfaction, and that is created through a cost-effective development process.
Description
In the Detailed User Interface Design task, we define and (sometimes) document the design based on the Conceptual Model Design and the Screen Design Standards established in previous tasks, so that all pathways, displays, and interactions follow the product user interface standards developed in those earlier tasks. You will recall that aspects of the Conceptual Model Design (see Chapter 8 ) for a typical software GUI include
? Decision on whether to design a product- versus process-oriented Conceptual Model
? Identification of products or processes
? Rules for the presentation of products or processes
? Rules to follow for the use of window types
? Identification of major displays and the navigational pathways between them
And aspects of the Screen Design Standards (see Chapter 11 ) include
? Rules for the use of controls (e.g., check boxes, option buttons, list boxes, combo boxes, push buttons)
? Rules for...
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