Get detailed responses, questions can be explained to respondents if they don't understand/Time consuming
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Pros/Cons of questionnaires
Can gather results from a large group of people quickly, limited choices make it easy to analyse/Answers may not be truthful, may not be answered or may not be understood
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Pros/Cons of existing paperwork
Can easily see what needs to be improved/Time consuming
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Pros/Cons of observations
Can clearly see skills of employee and what needs improving/Employee may act differently if being observed
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Client
The person who needs the solution to the problem
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User
The people who will be using the solution
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Audience
The people who the product could be aimed at
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Value Judgement
Judgement or opinion rather than fact
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Access Rights
Allow users to do different things. A file might be marked 'read only', so that only users with the password can change it
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Validation
Computer-based check to see if the data being entered is reasonable.
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Verification
A check to make sure data has not been corrupted as it is copied between different parts of a computer system or entered from a source document
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Presence Check
Makes sure some data has been entered
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Range Check
Checks that the data is within a certain range of letters or numbers. An example is when entering in an age in an online booking form for driving tests. (E.g. 17-70)
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Format Check
A check to make sure that the data entered is in the format that is needed. An example is a form requiring an email address. It will check the email address to make sure that it has _______@________.___
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Length Check
A check to make sure that only a certain number of characters is entered. An example is checking that a phone number is 11 characters long.
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List/Lookup Check
A check to make sure the user picks an option that is in the drop down list. An example is the calendar date picker.
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Cross Field Check
Checks if data in 2 fields corresponds. An example is making sure that somebody’s title isn’t Mr if their gender is Female.
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Check Digit
An algorithm used to check that a range of numbers have been entered correctly. Used on ISBN numbers on books
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Considerations that need to be made when designing a UI
• What input and output devices will be used. • What colours are going to be used. • How the menus and buttons will be laid out. (In a logical way). • Whether it needs voice output to read out text and describe graphics. (For blind people).
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Considerations that need to be made when designing data capture forms
• Where data needs to be entered. • How much data you’re expecting to get. (Box size) • The type of question. (Drop down lists for questions which need specific answers.) • Whether the form needs validation and verification checks.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Pros/Cons of interviews
Back
Get detailed responses, questions can be explained to respondents if they don't understand/Time consuming
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