Contextual Design - Week 14

What we did:

1. Finalized notes combing.
2. Created a list of "objects," a list of problems, and a list of solutions/recommendations.
3. Met with Assistant Director and Processor to review our draft task flows.
4. Draft participant profiles.
5. Draft heuristic review.


What we have planned:


1.Finalize draft deliverable and presentation.
2. Give presentation to Kathryn Summers, Nancy Kaplan and students (5/21/08).
3. Give presentation to Wendy Bolyard and Miriam King (6/5/08)

Contextual Design - Week 13

What we did:

1. Have multiple task combing / notes reviewing meetings.
2. Drafted Checklist for deliverable / presentation.
3. Drafted Visio task flows.
4. Met with processors / assistant director to review to review our draft task flows.
5. Discussed how to outline participant info to preserve anonymity.


What we have planned:

1. Have at least one more note combing meeting.
2. Finalize draft task flows / process flows and meet with processors / assistant director to review.
3. Draft participant profiles.
4. Finalize draft of heuristic review.

Contextual Design - Week 12

What we did:

1. Had a group meeting to discuss how to approach the data we have collected.
2. Had a "Brian Dump" meeting to just review what we have been thinking about as problems, solutions and/or recommendations.
3. Created a plan to deal with our huge amount of meeting notes.
4. Had three intense task combing / affinity diagramming meetings.
5. Created a list of themes, recommendations, and a to do list.
6. Troy and Liz have been using their Sequential Visualization class to start concept maps and task flows for the program directors. They aren't in final form but they have been helpful in thinking through the processes we want to capture for the deliverable and the methods we want to use.


What we have planned:

1. Have post affinity diagramming review / clean up of notes.
2. Start creating task flows and other deliverables.
3. Conduct heuristic review of the Graduate Admissions website.
4. Review artifacts we have collected.
5. Review metrics we have collected.

Week 11

What we did:

1. Elizabeth was out of town but did readings from "Mental Models" and took notes to implement the Young's mental models process.
2. Continue to type up notes and comb for tasks /themes / issues.
3. Create a summary of program director's process for reviewing applications.


What we have planned:

1. Have group meeting to discuss how to approach the data we have collected.
2. Have intense task combing meeting.
3. Conduct affinity diagraming session.
4. Begin drafting of flows / mental models / concept maps.

Contextual Design - Week 10

What we did:
1. Conducted CI interviews with Stephanie Gibson and Ron Desi (program directors)
2. E-mailed Wendy Bolyard for metrics.
3. Typed up previous meeting notes.
4. Did readings from "Mental Models."
5. Met to discuss what flows we want to include in our deliverable.

What we have planned:

1. Elizabeth will be out of town but will be reading from "Mental Models."
2. Continue to type up notes and comb for tasks /themes / issues.
3. Begin drafting of flows.

Contextual Design - Week 9

What we did:
1. Conducted contextual interviews with Wendy and Racquel.
2. Contacted program directors and set up interviews with Ron Desi, Director of the Business School (will interview 4/7) and Stephanie Gibson, Program Director for Publications Design (will interview 4/10).
3. Typed out notes from sessions.
4. Discuss/review our notes for themes, what we are seeing, next steps.
5. Read portions of Indi Young's book "Mental Models."


What we have planned:

1. Meetings with program directors.
2. Collect metrics data.
3. In general, have all data collected by the end of the week.
4. Get notes typed up.
5. Continue reading of "Mental Models.

Contextual Design - Week 8

What we did:

1. Scheduled contextual interviews with Wendy and Racquel (for Monday, March 31st).
2. Had a casual meeting with Brigid to talk about program directors to meet (Liz)
3. Met to discuss next steps.

What we have planned:

1. Conduct contextual interviews with Wendy and Racquel.
2. Contact program directors to set up interviews.
3. Review tapes.
4. Discuss/review our notes for themes, what we are seeing, next steps.
5. Collect and Review metrics.