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Supporting Interaction Designers through the Accomplishment Support Tool: IxD Companion
Malmö högskola, Faculty of Culture and Society (KS).
2012 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

This thesis paper addresses a problem of motivation that interaction designers experience when managing multiple design processes while keeping track of many design considerations. Once this issue is described at length, the paper focuses towards a possible solution in the form of a hybrid between creativity and productivity support tools: an accomplishment support tool. This tool is meant to support interaction designers in their experience with managing multiple processes. This paper does not suggest that interaction design is the only profession that suffers from the motivation issue that is described, nor does it deny that other professions could benefit from the use of such a tool. The paper merely attempts to narrow the issue down to one profession so that it may be addressed within the limits of the thesis project. The paper explores the need for such a tool by inspecting and analyzing current methods and digital applications used by interaction designers and mentions how this need is addressed with solutions based on relevant theories from diverse areas of interest. As defining qualities emerge from a combination of theoretical and practical research, case studies are described from a preparation perspective and then as experienced by workshop participants and interviewees. The case studies (which include workshops and prototype modules) are then reflected upon and discussed in terms of their impact on the overall goals of the thesis project. A final prototype in the form of a web application, IxD Companion, is then described through scenarios of use and assessed in the conclusion. Suggestion to future work on accomplishment support tools such as IxD Companion, as well as others, is provided at the end.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Malmö högskola/Kultur och samhälle , 2012. , p. 81
Keywords [en]
interaction design, IxD Companion, accomplishment, support tool, motivation, collaboration, social discovery, boundary objects, design-games, engagement, usability, information visualization, to-do lists, design approaches, team design, reflective methods, project management, process management, scrum, microsoft project, microsoft visio, google calendar, remember the milk, questhelper, world of warcraft, inquiry, exploration, workshop, workshops, time management, prototype, prototypes, mockup
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Engineering and Technology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23765Local ID: 15096OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-23765DiVA, id: diva2:1483734
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KS K3 Interaction Design (master)
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