Lecture at AHO from 2006, starting with simple tips for background research, going into other methods for design research.

1. Physical computing
Research

2. Methodologies
Background
Exploratory
Concept
Evaluation

3. Background
Literature review
Books
Papers
Articles
Conference proceedings
Workshop reports
Competitive analysis, potential market space
Demographics

4. Exploratory Late
Early Experience clips (give users objects and ask
to film with cameraphones)
Expert interviews Longitudinal interviews (continue follow up
Wake-up interviews (initial conversations contextual interviews)
and interviews with potential users) Bodystorming (physical brainstorming with
Self-ethnography / Auto-ethnography acting and artefacts)
‘Real world’ enactments (digitally wired
houses like Big Brother)
Mid
Interviews
Personas (should be based on real people)
Field Ethnography (observation in context)
Digital ethnography (camera surveys, obser-
vation done digitally, cameras, microphones
etc.)
Photo ethnography (cameras for participants,
to record life)
Shadow studies (live in with families or
groups)
Focus groups

5. Concept
Brainstorming
Performance and improvisation
Prototyping
Paper prototyping
Evidencing
Cognitive walkthroughs
Storyboards/Scenarios
Task analysis
Cultural probes / Technology probes

6. Evaluation
Heuristic analysis
Usability testing
Prototype trials

7. Background

8. Literature review

9. Search

10. Ubicomp
Ubiquitous computing
Everyware
Pervasive computing
Wearables
Wearable computing
Affective computing
Ambient computing
Ambient findability
Thoughtless acts
Continuous computing
Augmented reality
Embodied interaction
Physical computing
Tangible computing
Networked objects
Smart objects
Internet of things
Spimes
Blogjects
Smart mobs
Social computing
Search Computer supported collaborative work (CSCW)
Rapid prototyping
Fablab

11. Ubicomp
Ubiquitous computing
Everyware
Pervasive computing
Wearables
Wearable computing
Affective computing Play
Ambient computing Learning
Ambient findability Kids
Thoughtless acts Disability
Continuous computing Accessibility
Augmented reality Elderly
Embodied interaction + Urban
Physical computing Art
Tangible computing Textiles
Networked objects Furniture
Smart objects Music
Internet of things Sound
Spimes ... etc.
Blogjects
Smart mobs
Social computing
Search Computer supported collaborative work (CSCW)
Rapid prototyping
Fablab

12. Search

13. Search

14. Search

15. Search

16. Search

17. Weblogs

18. Exploratory

19. Self-ethnography

20. Cultural probes

21. Cultural probes

22. Cultural probes

23. Cultural probes

24. Cultural probes

25. Cultural probes

26. Technology probes

27. Experience clips

28. User research and ethnography

29. User research and ethnography

30. Concept

31. Bodystorming

32. Critical design

33. Critical design

34. Evidencing

35. Comparative scenarios

36. Experience scenarios

37. Scenarios / diagramming

38. Scenarios / comics

39. Cognitive walkthrough

40. Paper prototyping

41. Paper prototyping

42. Paper prototyping

43. Paper prototyping

44. Prototyping in Excel

45. Rapid prototyping

46. Sketching with hardware

47. Junk prototyping

48. Junk prototyping

49. Experience prototyping

50. Experience prototyping

51. Experience prototyping

52. Experience prototyping

53. Experience prototyping

54. Experience prototyping

55. Going forward...
Research presentation
Books, papers, projects, methods, experts, users
Method plan
Research - identifying user needs, goals
Concept - design, development and prototyping
Evaluation - user testing, analysis
Concept presentation
Sketches, scenarios, prototypes, user-research