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===Aims===
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===[[Mental Models for GIMP]]===
* provide further information about the following topics:
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Description of the first mental model project in late 2011.
** users ("who?")
 
** tasks ("what?", "how?")
 
** context ("where, when, why?")
 
  
===Connections to Exsiting Research===
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===[[Mental Models for GIMP as a student project]]===
* using [[User Scenarios]] as a hypothesis for audience segmentation
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Description of the second Mental Models project of summer 2012.
** verification
 
** add detail
 
* using [[GIMP UI Redesign#functionality overview|functionality overview]] as a starting point for
 
 
 
===Proposed Method===
 
* Mental Models by Indi Young
 
* Further information on this method is available, see:
 
** The book (rosenfeld media) [http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/mental-models/ Mental Models]
 
** excerpts available for online reading [http://paperc.de/18382-mental-models-9781457102301#!/pages/1 via paperc] (German website, book in English)
 
** The author explaining the method in this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4AsxNg9nNU Video]
 
** diagrams from the book on [http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosenfeldmedia/sets/72157603511616271/ flickr]
 
 
 
====details====
 
* qualitative method
 
* based on open interviews (no questionnaires)
 
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** 4 interviews per audience segment
 
 
 
====Course of Actions====
 
# define audience (already existing: [[user scenarios]])
 
# recruit participants, set scope and conduct interviews
 
#* focus: tasks, behaviours and philosophies of users
 
# analyze results
 
#* distillation of tasks, behaviours and philosophies into a model
 
# create mental model
 
#* graphical representation of this model
 
#* oppose mental model vs. planned and existing functionality
 
#* gap analysis (which tasks are supported? which not?)
 
 
 
 
 
====pros and cons====
 
*(+) pros
 
** fundamental research, broad focus
 
** detailed analysis of users and their tasks
 
** verification of user scenarios / audience segments
 
** based on tasks and behavior
 
** adaptable / scalable method
 
** supports strategic vision and long-term development
 
** revision and clarification of user scenarios
 
 
 
* (-) cons
 
** fundamental research, broad focus
 
** no immediate improvements
 
** complex method
 
 
 
 
 
===Deliverables===
 
* primer (20-40 page pdf about users, tasks, context)
 
* Mental Model Diagram
 
** 1 diagram per audience segment
 
** tasks organized in "Mental Spaces" of users
 
** justified audience segments based on tasks
 
** existing and planned functionality of GIMP
 

Latest revision as of 09:02, 16 October 2012

Mental Models for GIMP

Description of the first mental model project in late 2011.

Mental Models for GIMP as a student project

Description of the second Mental Models project of summer 2012.