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    PACT Analysis: A Framework For User Experience Design

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    The document discusses PACT analysis, a framework for user experience design that examines the People, Activities, Contexts, and Technologies that are involved in a design problem. It provides information on how to analyze the characteristics and needs of the People, the nature of their Activities, the Contexts in which activities occur, and the Technologies that could support the activities. The goal of a PACT analysis is to harmonize the PACT elements to identify opportunities and scope all relevant factors to understand the current state for a community and design an optimal user experience.

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    The document discusses PACT analysis, a framework for user experience design that examines the People, Activities, Contexts, and Technologies that are involved in a design problem. It provides information on how to analyze the characteristics and needs of the People, the nature of their Activities, the Contexts in which activities occur, and the Technologies that could support the activities. The goal of a PACT analysis is to harmonize the PACT elements to identify opportunities and scope all relevant factors to understand the current state for a community and design an optimal user experience.

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    The document discusses PACT analysis, a framework for user experience design that examines the People, Activities, Contexts, and Technologies that are involved in a design problem. It provides information on how to analyze the characteristics and needs of the People, the nature of their Activities, the Contexts in which activities occur, and the Technologies that could support the activities. The goal of a PACT analysis is to harmonize the PACT elements to identify opportunities and scope all relevant factors to understand the current state for a community and design an optimal user experience.

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    PACT Analysis: A Framework For User Experience Design

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    The document discusses PACT analysis, a framework for user experience design that examines the People, Activities, Contexts, and Technologies that are involved in a design problem. It provides information on how to analyze the characteristics and needs of the People, the nature of their Activities, the Contexts in which activities occur, and the Technologies that could support the activities. The goal of a PACT analysis is to harmonize the PACT elements to identify opportunities and scope all relevant factors to understand the current state for a community and design an optimal user experience.

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    Interactivity 1

    PACT Analysis
    A Framework for User Experience Design

    Thursday, 10 January, 13

    People Activities Contexts Technologies


    Thursday, 10 January, 13

    PACT Analysis
    People Activities Context Technology

    Who are the users? What are they doing? Where are they doing it? How will do it?

    Thursday, 10 January, 13

    Who are you designing for?

    People Activities Contexts Technologies


    Thursday, 10 January, 13

    People have varying characteristics Physical differences

    Size - height and weight Senses - vision, hearing Disability - accessibility

    Psychological differences

    Spatial ability - wayfinding Language - cultural interpretation Attention - memory, stress, tiredness Mental Model - association, memorability

    Usage differences

    Novice or Expert- technical knowledge Homogeneous or Heterogeneous

    People Activities Contexts Technologies


    Thursday, 10 January, 13

    What are the people doing? Why are they doing it? Frequency

    Regular - daily, yearly

    Cooperation

    Alone or with others

    Complexity

    Well defined or vague

    Safety Critical

    Prevent injury/harm, errors

    Nature of Content

    Amount of info, form

    People Activities Contexts Technologies


    Thursday, 10 January, 13

    Where are the activities occurring? Physical

    Environment - weather, noise, location

    Social

    Supportive, private, public

    Organizational

    institutional, workplace

    People Activities Contexts Technologies


    Thursday, 10 January, 13

    What are people using or will use? Designed to to support peoples requirements Medium

    Hardware, software

    Input

    Mouse, touch, gesture, scan, speech

    Output

    Display, audio, tactile

    Communication

    networks, one-to-one, many accurate, relevant, understandable

    Content

    People Activities Contexts Technologies


    Thursday, 10 January, 13

    Scoping a problem with the PACT Goal is to harmonize the PACT elements

    Useful to understand current state and

    identify opportunities

    Scope as many Ps, As Cs and Ts as possible Observe and talk to people

    People Activities Contexts Technologies


    Thursday, 10 January, 13

    Think about the Varley community How is this community defined ? People

    Stakeholders Physical, social, functional Some obvious others not Current and proposed

    Contexts

    Activities

    Technologies

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