Fluid UX Walkthrough: documentation restructuring and review.

[Paul Zablosky]

I've been struggling with this since I started working on the pages.  In 
reviewing the text I found that we wrote a lot about the Fluid approach 
of combining the two techniques and I didn't want to lose it.  Having 
read Daphne's, Allison's and Jonathan's messages, I think we must 
preserve the idea, but find a way to present the techniques separately 
for beginners, or those who are not ready to step up to persona 
creation.   At the same time we could talk about how the Fluid project 
employed and recommended this way of doing things.

Paul

Allison Bloodworth wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I had the same thoughts I read Paul's email. I feel like one of the 
> things we were doing that was a bit unique in Fluid was recommending 
> that we combine the two: the heuristic evaluation was performed by 
> reviewing the interface using a cognitive walk-though. I feel like 
> that's often what happens in practice (at least good practice) in a 
> heuristic evaluation. I am a big fan of performing the techniques 
> together myself. Would it help to explain the two separately first, 
> then talk about how we combine them?
>
> Cheers,
> Allison
>
> On Feb 5, 2009, at 3:23 PM, Daphne Ogle wrote:
>
>> I think this sounds right.  The one aspect I'm not sure about is 
>> seperating out the Heuristics from the cognitive walkthroughs.  I 
>> hadn't looked at these in quite some time and it looks like the 
>> change has already been made so I'm not sure what it looked like 
>> before.  As I recall, we did some good work to combine these 2 
>> activities in a way we thought would allow users to get a lot out of 
>> them efficiently.
>>
>> -Daphne
>>
>>
>> On Feb 4, 2009, at 2:08 PM, Paul Zablosky wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>  Before starting on our renovation of the UX Walkthrough pages in 
>>> the wiki, Jonathan and I reviewed the existing content.  At the time 
>>> it was written, there was a lot of emphasis on how walkthroughs were 
>>> being done in the Fluid project, and the associated benefits to 
>>> Fluid deliverables.  There is also material on how heuristic 
>>> evaluations and cognitive walkthroughs can be combined and performed 
>>> in the same pass.
>>> To make the material more approachable to people outside the Fluid 
>>> project, we have decided to partition the content so that each 
>>> technique is discussed separately, and not recommend the combined 
>>> approach.  We also intend to remove some of the text that focuses on 
>>> Fluid goals, intentions, and activities, since these aren't properly 
>>> part of a toolkit or handbook.  Reference to Fluid examples which 
>>> add to understanding  will of course remain.
>>>
>>> I think what I'm suggesting is consistent with what is intended for 
>>> the whole Design Handbook.  I'm bringing it up because it is 
>>> somewhat of a change from what is now there, and we'd like to know 
>>> if anyone has concerns about our approach.  Please let us know 
>>> (Jonathan and me) if you have any reservations, concerns, or 
>>> suggestions.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Paul
>>>
>>> Jonathan Hung wrote:
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> Work is commencing on the UX Walkthrough documents on the wiki
>>>> (http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/User+Experience+Walkthroughs). 
>>>>
>>>> Specifically Paul Zablosky and I will be re-examining these documents
>>>> and reorganizing them to be more approachable by individuals/groups
>>>> who are task-oriented.
>>>>
>>>> For the most part, all the content will remain the same, but
>>>> restructured into appropriate child pages for easier navigation, and
>>>> new text to help guide users who are looking to execute their own UX
>>>> evaluation.
>>>>
>>>> This task is filed under FLUID-2196.
>>>>
>>>> It will probably take a few iterations before we settle on something
>>>> satisfactory, so in the meantime, make sure to wear hardhats and
>>>> regulation-approved footwear when treading through those pages. ;-)
>>>>
>>>> If you have time to help with this, feel free to contact either Paul
>>>> or I for details.
>>>>
>>>> - Jonathan.
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> Jonathan Hung / jhung.utoronto at gmail.com
>>>> Fluid Project - ATRC at University of Toronto
>>>> Tel: (416) 946-3002
>>>>
>>>
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>> Daphne Ogle
>> Senior Interaction Designer
>> University of California, Berkeley
>> Educational Technology Services
>> daphne at media.berkeley.edu
>> cell (510)847-0308
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> Allison Bloodworth
> Senior User Interaction Designer
> Educational Technology Services
> University of California, Berkeley
> (415) 377-8243
> abloodworth at berkeley.edu
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