Department of Informatics, UC Irvine SDCL Collaboration Laboratory Software Design and sdcl.ics.uci.edu 1 Informatics 121 Software Design I Lecture 11 Duplication of course material for any commercial purpose without the explicit written permission of the professor is prohibited.

Department of Informatics, UC Irvine SDCL Collaboration Laboratory Software Design and sdcl.ics.uci.edu 2 Today’s lecture Reflection Design methods Design studio 3

Department of Informatics, UC Irvine SDCL Collaboration Laboratory Software Design and sdcl.ics.uci.edu 3 Reflection How long did you search?

Department of Informatics, UC Irvine SDCL Collaboration Laboratory Software Design and sdcl.ics.uci.edu 4 Reflection What was the most difficult category to search for?

Department of Informatics, UC Irvine SDCL Collaboration Laboratory Software Design and sdcl.ics.uci.edu 5 Reflection What was the most useful category to search for?

Department of Informatics, UC Irvine SDCL Collaboration Laboratory Software Design and sdcl.ics.uci.edu 6 Reflection What did you find that surprised you?

Department of Informatics, UC Irvine SDCL Collaboration Laboratory Software Design and sdcl.ics.uci.edu 7 Reflection What did you find that did not surprise you?

Department of Informatics, UC Irvine SDCL Collaboration Laboratory Software Design and sdcl.ics.uci.edu 8 Reflection Next time you need to design, will you go out and “steal” again?

Department of Informatics, UC Irvine SDCL Collaboration Laboratory Software Design and sdcl.ics.uci.edu 9 Design techniques “Just design” does not work, we need to approach a given design problem in a structured and disciplined manner Design techniques are general, micro-level strategies that are known to have positive results for design – when applied at the right time – when applied right

Department of Informatics, UC Irvine SDCL Collaboration Laboratory Software Design and sdcl.ics.uci.edu 10 Design techniques Brainstorm Divide and conquer Divergence – transformation – convergence Research (“steal”) Envisioning cards

Department of Informatics, UC Irvine SDCL Collaboration Laboratory Software Design and sdcl.ics.uci.edu 11 Design techniques Use your network (talk to the user) Weighted objectives Personas …

Department of Informatics, UC Irvine SDCL Collaboration Laboratory Software Design and sdcl.ics.uci.edu 12 Today’s design technique Storyboard

Department of Informatics, UC Irvine SDCL Collaboration Laboratory Software Design and sdcl.ics.uci.edu 13 Storyboard

Department of Informatics, UC Irvine SDCL Collaboration Laboratory Software Design and sdcl.ics.uci.edu 14 Storyboard

Department of Informatics, UC Irvine SDCL Collaboration Laboratory Software Design and sdcl.ics.uci.edu 15 Storyboard

Department of Informatics, UC Irvine SDCL Collaboration Laboratory Software Design and sdcl.ics.uci.edu 16 Storyboard

Department of Informatics, UC Irvine SDCL Collaboration Laboratory Software Design and sdcl.ics.uci.edu 17 Storyboard

Department of Informatics, UC Irvine SDCL Collaboration Laboratory Software Design and sdcl.ics.uci.edu 18 Not-so-storyboard

Department of Informatics, UC Irvine SDCL Collaboration Laboratory Software Design and sdcl.ics.uci.edu 19 Design studio 3 Design a digital desk, cubicle, and wall for software developers This is to be a new product in an office furniture companies’ product line Given the enormous software development industry, they want to specifically target software developers

Department of Informatics, UC Irvine SDCL Collaboration Laboratory Software Design and sdcl.ics.uci.edu 20 Design studio 3 The company wants a design of the furniture (integration of technology with furniture) The company wants a design of the software – application design – interaction design – architecture design The company wants this to be feasible, and integrate well with existing software development environments The company wants it to provide a cutting edge experience that builds on novel yet useful functionality

Department of Informatics, UC Irvine SDCL Collaboration Laboratory Software Design and sdcl.ics.uci.edu 21 Design studio 3 – today Create three storyboards for this design problem For good design purposes, aim for them being quite different

Department of Informatics, UC Irvine SDCL Collaboration Laboratory Software Design and sdcl.ics.uci.edu 22 Design studio 3 – homework Create five storyboards for this design problem For good design purposes, aim for them being quite different You may reuse today’s three Due Thursday Individual assignment