Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Contextual Design

Summary
In this episode, Bett and Russ discuss Contextual Design (CD).  CD is a user-centered design process created by Hugh Beyer and Karen Holtzblatt.  CD helps software architects and developers better connect with the needs of their users and enables them to more easily "re-imagine" the solution they create for users.

Books we mentioned:
Bett's book recommendation -- The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
http://www.theshallowsbook.com/nicholascarr/Nicholas_Carrs_The_Shallows.html
Russ' book recommendation -- Inside Intuit by Suzanne Taylor, Kathy Schroeder, John Doerr
http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Intuit-Microsoft-Revolutionized-Industry/dp/1591391369

Bett previously recommended this book on CD:
http://www.amazon.com/Contextual-Design-Customer-Centered-Interactive-Technologies/dp/1558604111

A good overview of CD: http://www.interaction-design.org/encyclopedia/contextual_design.html

Other:
Link to the upcoming Developing Cloud Services Symposium in Tampa.

Contact us at: miller.russ@gmail.com

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