Sunday, 11 December 2011

Question to Conor O'Reilly - Design Principles Lecturer

Hi Conor,

My name is Norah Ward and I'm working with my group at the moment on an Irish language game for kids. The idea is that it would be used in conjunction with the interactive whiteboard in Primary schools.

We're just wondering from your perspective who is who in terms of users: We're wondering if the children are the cats, and the teachers are the customers or what is the story?

How many users should we be including in the requirements gathering stage for this kind of thing?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards,
--
Norah Ward



You have two user communities two sets of cats with different user expectations
The teacher has administrative concerns
The children have content and activity concerns

At least three teachers and three children – the more the better but I suspect you are constrained by time.
Another approach is to look up research papers regarding this area as you can use their findings to support your approach

Conor

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