In this type of studio class, there are smaller assignments that get you set up to do larger assignments, such as Needs Analysis.
This checklist is a useful summary of the content presented in the phase description: Phase: Needs Analysis. Please review the details of the phase description and Canvas assignments for rubrics, due dates, etc.
By the end of this phase, your team should have:
____ spoken to multiple people in your target user group
____ given consent form feedback to another team
____ updated your team’s consent form based on feedback
____ the start of a webpage in your team’s folder on Olin’s server (after you hear that IT has made them available)
____ your refined project brief as a link from your team’s home page and on your team foam board
____ your consent form language posted to your site, with contact information omitted (when site is available)
____ your inspirational designs posted to your team’s site and foam board
____ developed some design artifacts representing your users, their needs, their understanding of your project domain, and your success criteria
____ at least 3 design artifacts pinned to your team’s foam board
(personas, concept models, goals, task decompositions, lexicons, experience maps, flow models, sequence models, cultural models, affinity diagrams, selection matrices)
____ a plan for completing your Needs Analysis assignment by the due date, including extra meeting time if needed
____ read the Cooper and Norman readings (2 and 3) available on Canvas
you will receive feedback on these deliverables during studio walk arounds, so that you can act on instructor reactions and suggestions as your. You will also get formal written feedback on most of the items above included in your submissions related to Needs Analysis on Canvas. We usually try to return feedback within 10 days of submission, after we have had a chance to look at all submissions and discuss.