Profiles and Personas Flashcards
1
Q
What is the value of Profiles and personas?
A
They describe the Design strategy with who is doing what and where
2
Q
What is a persona?
A
A concrete characterization of a single market segment.
It is a “fictitious” person that represents the information from user profiles.
3
Q
What are the types of Profiles?
A
- User profile - user demographics, skills and knowledge
- Task profile - what users do
- Environmental profile - where users perform tasks
4
Q
What are the basic paraments for User profile?
A
- Language
- General education
- Domain expertise
- General Computer experience
- Age/gender
- Expectations
5
Q
What is Task Prioritization?
A
Mapping the frequency of the task vs. the importance of the task.
6
Q
What are the basic parameters of Environmental profiles?
A
- Location (Indoor/outdoor)
- Geography
- Workspace
- Lighting
- Sound
- Device
- Software
