BACKGROUND There is a growing interest in the objective assessment of health related outcomes using technology providing quality measurements to be applied not only in daily clinical practice, but also in scientific research. Differences in the understandings of the condition and the terminology used between people with Parkinson's (PwPs), clinicians and technical developers may influence the p...

The need to understand what might constitute best practice in participatory methods for resource management is becoming ever more important as the requirement for a high level of participation becomes prescribed in the environmental directives of the EU and elsewhere. Since there are numerous potential stakeholders who may participate, various different goals of participation and many potential...

We aim to design a persuasive technology to help college students, who are particularly susceptible to sleep deprivation, get better, longer, and more regular sleep. In order to gain the insights of our future users, we applied a participatory design approach that included experience prototypes, which aim to actively engage designers and participants with the functions that new technology might...

In this paper we present User Participatory Sketching as a complementary approach to user requirements gathering methods. We apply the approach in an empirical study and investigate its potential benefits early in interaction design processes. The findings from a case study suggest the User Participatory Sketching approach can complement conventional user requirement gathering techniques in the...

This paper proposes User Participatory Sketching as a complementary approach to user requirements gathering methods, applies the approach in an empirical study and investigates its potential benefits in the early interaction design stage. The findings from the case study suggest the proposed “User Participatory Sketching” can complement conventional user requirement gathering techniques in the ...

Usability engineering represents a general framework for thinking about the design of usable systems. Nevertheless, the usability of a product is strongly determined by the social and cultural contexts of prospective users. In this paper we draw upon Organisational Semiotics and Participatory Design to promote the usability of systems designed for the context of work in organisations. Our appro...

During the last few years personas has become an established design technique within the IT-design field. Using personas has proven itself as a valuable approach for designers to switch between a developer's perspective and a user's perspective in the design process. The technique is claimed to help designers in keeping a clear focus and shaping a consistent user-interface by making 'the user' ...