(New Book) Contextual Design: Evolved

I am pleased to announce the latest title in Morgan & Claypool's series on
Human-Centered Informatics:

 

Contextual Design: Evolved
Karen Holtzblatt, InContext Enterprises, Inc.

Hugh Beyer, InContext Enterprises, Inc.
Paperback ISBN: 9781627055581, $45.00
eBook ISBN: 9781627055598
October 2014, 91 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.2200/S00597ED1V01Y201409HCI024 

 

Abstract:

Contextual Design is a user-centered design process that uses in-depth field
research to drive innovative design. Contextual Design was first invented in
1988 and has since been used in a wide variety of industries and taught in
universities all over the world. It is a complete front-end design process
rooted in Contextual Inquiry, the widespread, industry-standard field data
gathering technique. Contextual Design adds techniques to analyze and
present user data, drive ideation from data, design specific product
solutions, and iterate those solutions with customers.

In 2013, we overhauled the method to account for the way that technology has
radically changed people's lives since the invention of the touchscreen
phones and other always-on, always-connected, and always-carried devices.
This book describes the new Contextual Design, evolved to help teams design
for the way technology now fits into peoples' lives. We briefly describe the
steps of the latest version of Contextual Design and show how they create a
continual immersion in the world of the user for the purpose of innovative
product design.

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