User Interface(UI) Design - BDB Techs

User Interface(UI) Design - BDB Techs

Defination of UID

         User Interface Design is the process of making interfaces in software or computerized devices with a focus on looks or style. Designers aim to create designs users will find easy to use and pleasurable. 

Pic: 1.0 Example of UI Design

In the above picture we can see the interface of "Libreoffice Writer". It represents the looks or style of software. We can easily understand that particular software is used to write something on it. And how we can know that? Because of its Interface.

What is Goal Directed Design?

          Goal Directed Design is a design method of user interface design based on user goals that can be later be implemented into a product or application. Goal-Directed Design focuses on how to design user interface models by identifying the needs of a product design or a behavior - based application in order to achieve both user and stakeholder objectives.
         

•  what are the methods of Goal Directed Design?

A) Research: 

     In this stage, Your aim is to collect the maximum amount of relevant data about your users. This is done by ethnographic analysis, Interviews with buyers and stakeholders, surveys and overviewing recent research studies on the market. Make sure to make contact with the group of interests : as well as auditing regular software users, connect with software developers and experts in the field.

B) Modeling: 

     To create a prototypes you will need to combine all of the data obtained during the research phase and synthesize it into a domain model involving detailed graphs and schemes of your project.

C) Requirements Definition:

    This stage of software design is the most person-centered . Its objectives will direct the analysis and breakdown of its functions and the data put into its formation.

D) Framework Definition:

    The framework definition creates a clear picture of relationships between different functional aspects of the persona. It is later enhanced with detail by subsequent refinements in more specifically targeted contexts.

E) Refinement:

    The aim of this phase is to create a mature and detailed design specification to the goal of its persona. The Process here is similar to that in the previous stage, only with greater focus on improvement, refinement and making the task- oriented structure and function more consistent relative to each other. This is achieved via scenario-based approach.

F) Development Support:

     Technology is ever- changing and is very dynamic in nature. It might pose a challenge to keep you design conceptually consistent overtime. You need to be able to maintain the key structural characteristics of your design, while also keeping its central idea intact.


Note: The user's goals are often very different from what we might guess them to be. So to create successful, effective software we should be focused on user and his goal rather than technology and tasks. The user is more likely concerning on goals like:
        - not looking stupid.
        - not making any big mistakes.
        - getting an adequate amount of work done.
        - having fun or at least not being too bored.