Tuesday, May 20, 2008

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)

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

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.

Friday, May 2, 2008

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.