User Experience Foundations

12 THE CONTEXT FOR UX (2)

Project Processes

Each refinement implies a number of design decisions based upon a set of design criteria … Students must be taught to be conscious of the involved decisions and to critically examine and to reject solutions, sometimes even if they are correct as far as the result is concerned; they must learn to weigh the various aspects of design alternatives in the light of these criteria. In particular, they must be taught to revoke earlier decisions, and to back up, if necessary even to the top.

Niklaus Wirth (1971)

INTRODUCTION

This chapter covers some additional topics that are not part of the syllabus for the BCS Foundation Certificate in User Experience. This is background information that will prove helpful ...