The purpose of this paper is to develop and illustrate a performance-centered design (PCD) methodology for finding the underlying structure of ill-defined processes and problems. The context for our theoretical exposition is the fuzzy front-end of new product development (NPD). Within the NPD process, front-end concept definition and selection is central to a firm’s innovation capability becaus...

This paper reviews current efforts in bridging the gaps between software engineering and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and describes some critical issues that must be resolved in order to reconcile some of the differences between the two fields. We argue that user-centered systems design (UCSD) must be tightly integrated in the software development process and suggest the usability design pr...

abstract childhood is a critical era of life which has the ability to significantly improve the behavioral, educational and social aspects of individuals. identification of suitable environment of growing up along with a real insight into child's needs, help researchers and designers to gradually step towards improving the personal and behavioral characteristics of the next generation. see...

Structure Represent Detail Understand Figure 1. The five activities of interaction design according to (Crampton Smith and Tabor 1996): Understand – what is going on; Abstract – what are the main parts; Structure – how do the parts connect; Represent – how can the structure be represented; Detail – what attributes to use. All of these activities are connected with iterative feedback loops Copyr...

This paper presents a comparison of two previous and separate efforts to develop an ontology in the engineering design domain, together with an ontology proposal from which ontologies for a specific application may be derived. The research contrasts an empirical, user-centered approach to developing the ontology engineering design integrated taxonomies (EDIT) with a theoretical approach in whic...

Creative Technology is a new bachelor programme at the University of Twente. Goal of Creative Technology is to design products and applications that improve the quality of daily life in its manifold aspects, building on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The application domains range from recreation to work, from entertainment to learning and from health to art. A paradigm of Creat...