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Copyright 2006 John Wiley and Sons, Inc Chapter 8Design Principles and Guidelines HCI: Developing Effective Organizational Information Systems Dov Te’eni Jane Carey Ping Zhang Roadmap Design Principles and Guidelines in the HCI Methodology Learning Objectives Understand the difference between theory, principles, and guidelines and how they relate to each other. List and discuss the seven HCI principles introduced in this chapter. List and discuss the five HCI guidelines introduced in this chapter. Utilize the principles and guidelines to design and develop sound HCI. Assess existing HCI for adherence to the principles and guidelines. Recognize good and bad examples of HCI and understand their underlying causes. Introduction Design principles: high-level and context-free design goals based on theories of human-computer interaction. Design guidelines: specific and usually context dependent rules for designers to follow in order to achieve the principles. Block Interaction Diagram Design Principles Improve users task performance and reduce their effort. User activity depends on memory and attention. Automate or partially automate the user activity and to do so with minimal user effort. Often compromises in functionality produce higher usability. Design Principles Strive for fit between the information representation needed and presented. Representation: a simplified depiction of a real-world phenomenon. Functionality: the set of activities. Usability: a measure of ease. Cognitive fit: system’s representation of the problem supports the user’s strategies for performing the task. Design Principles Design Principles Provide and constrain affordances to capture real-world knowledge. Affordance: the aspects of an object that the user perceives as indicating how to use the object, e.g., the handle of a teapot. Design Principles Design Principles Design for error Error: a faulty action due to incorrect intention (mistake) or to incorrect or accidental implementation o