RECENT ASSIGNMENT

Task
Detailed Design Document

Prepare a detailed design document for the user interface for your project. Your design document should be based on your Project Requirements and Scope document and your Project Design proposal. Your design document should include the following sections, as a minimum:

1. Design overview;
2. Project scope;
3. Business and User requirements;
4. Key assumptions;
5. Design process to be used;
6. Interface Design, including the following sections with justification for use:
• All screen layouts;
• All components identified, with justification for their use;
• Workflow diagrams for major tasks (if required);
• Use of colour, frames and sections;
• Help and user assistance functions;
• Use of icons;
• User task navigation;
7. Usability testing and evaluation, including the following sections with justification for use:
• Evaluation aims;
• Evaluation methodology;
• Test audience selection and ethical considerations;
• Evaluation experiments;
• Analysis methodology and procedures.
This is the final design for your project so all the sections in the document should be complete in all detail.

Rationale
This assignment assesses a student's ability to:
• Critically examine and interpret the principles of design that are applicable to the design of an interface;
• Critically examine and evaluate a user interface design to determine if it meets a given set of requirements;
• Interpret, analyse and evaluate usability testing results to plan interface design improvements;