Designer: Evaluation Game

Designer: Evaluation Game:

Evaluate how well a design outcome functions.

Ask the actor to complete the activity below.

Design Prompt

You designed this and want to have someone use it so you evaluate the user experience.

Design Outcome

Shipping Box

Instruct the actor to do the following.

1. Grab the following prop.

Props

Use provided materials and other found items in the room

2. Do the following activity.

Activity

Pack as many items as you safely can into the shipping box

After the actor finishes the activity, ask them two questions to learn how well your design worked and what kind of exepreince it created.

AoE4D Evaluation Stack

Use this evaluation version of AoE4D to guide your analysis of the experience design scene. As you observe, rate how the setting and the person's makeup affected their experience.

What activity are you observing? What is being done here?

Design

Component

Anything designed—a product, service, or system.

More About Design

Style

Characteristic

A design’s distinctive appearance.

More About Style

What is the design's style? How does this style communicate a feeling, time period, or trend?

Context

How do conditions in the setting align with the design's style, and how does this affect the experience?

Enhances

Supports

Damages

No Effect

People

How does the design's look, feel, sound, and other stylistic characteristics affect people's experience?

Enhances

Supports

Damages

No Effect

Material

Characteristic

Physical materials that comprise a designed outcome.

More About Material

What material is the design made of?

Context

How do conditions in the setting align with the design's makeup, and how does this affect the experience?

Enhances

Supports

Damages

No Effect

People

How does the design's material makeup affect people's experience when they use it?

Enhances

Supports

Damages

No Effect

Size: Design

Characteristic

a group of colored glass jars and containers

The size of physical products and the complexity of services and systems.

More About Size: Design

What is the size of the design?

Context

How conditions in the setting align with the design's size, and how does this affect the experience?

Enhances

Supports

Damages

No Effect

People

How do the design's dimensions affect people's experience when they use it?

Enhances

Supports

Damages

No Effect

Configuration

Behavior

A design's current condition or phase.

More About Configuration

What is the design's condition? Can the design be configured into different states?

Context

How conditions in the setting align with the design's current configuration and condition, and how does this affect the experience?

Enhances

Supports

Damages

No Effect

People

How do the design's current configuration and condition affect people's experience when they use it?

Enhances

Supports

Damages

No Effect

Operation

Behavior

The sequence of steps required to use a design outcome.

More About Operation

What steps are involved to use the design?

Context

How do conditions in this setting align with the design's operation, and how does this affect the experience?

Enhances

Supports

Damages

No Effect

People

How does the design's prescribed operation affect people's experience when they use it?

Enhances

Supports

Damages

No Effect

Design

Component

Anything designed—a product, service, or system.

More About Design

Purpose

Complex Level

The goal the product, service, or system is intended to achieve.

More About Purpose

What is the design intended to do?

Context

How do conditions in the setting align with the design's intended purpose, and how does this affect the experience?

Enhances

Supports

Damages

No Effect

People

How does the design's purpose align with the user's goals, and how does this affect people's experience when they use it?

Enhances

Supports

Damages

No Effect

Accessibility

Complex Level

The measure of obstacles that prevent people from accessing a product, service, or system.

More About Accessibility

Who has access to use the design and who is denied access?

Context

How do conditions in the setting affect people's ability to access the design, and how does this affect the experience?

Enhances

Supports

Damages

No Effect

People

How is access to the design limited to people with a specific ability, background, or makeup, and how does this affect people's experience when they use it?

Enhances

Supports

Damages

No Effect

Usefulness

Complex Level

The relevancy of a designed outcome to people who use it for a purpose.

More About Usefulness

How relevant is the design for the person in this scene?

Context

How do conditions in the setting affect the design's relevance, and how does this affect the experience?

Enhances

Supports

Damages

No Effect

People

How is the design relevant for the person, and how does this affect people's experience when they use it?

Enhances

Supports

Damages

No Effect

Usability

Complex Level

The measure of how intuitively a design can be operated.

More About Usability

How intuitive is the design for doing the activity?

Context

How do conditions in the setting impact the design's ability to be used, and how does this affect the experience?

Enhances

Supports

Damages

No Effect

People

How intuitive is the design for the person who uses it, and how does this affect their experience?

Enhances

Supports

Damages

No Effect

Affordances

Underlying Level

Any activities that can be completed using a design.

More About Affordances

What can be done with the design—including what it was intended and not intended to do?

Context

How do conditions in the setting impact can be done with the design, and how does this affect the experience?

Enhances

Supports

Damages

No Effect

People

How do the design's intended and unintended functionalities affect people's experience when they use it?

Enhances

Supports

Damages

No Effect

Meaning

Core Level

A design’s functional, cultural, and emotional significance to those who use it.

More About Meaning

What does the design mean to the person who uses it? Does it have a special meaning?

Context

How do conditions in the setting affect what the design means to the user, and how does this affect the experience?

Enhances

Supports

Damages

No Effect

People

How does the design's intended meaning affect people's experience when they use it?

Enhances

Supports

Damages

No Effect

Save It

Send the field evaluation results to yourself as an email. Your address will not be recored and your email will not be used for any other purpose.

What is the environment where is this activity taking place?

Who is the person or people who are doing the activity?

What is being used to complete the activity?

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Sources

References and sources that support the inclusion of this Aspects of Experiences for Design component.