GERRED BLYTH

For the book – A Guide to ‘Framing Design Practice for UX ’

 SOURCE MATERIAL QUESTIONNAIRE

As a UX practitioner, whose work will constitute source material for the book, you are asked to fill in the following questionnaire. Your responses, along with the rest of the source material, as well as being cited in the book, will appear on a website to promote the book (and any other individual promotions you wish to add).

The questions can be answered at greater or lesser length. The length should be determined by what you do or do not want cited in the book. Also, by any confidentiality constraints.

If you need my help in completing the questionnaire, we could always do it together by ‘phone or video.

Please answer all questions, even if you do not want the information to be used. In the latter case, preface your response with ‘XXX’. Your wishes will be respected.

Background

   – Organisation

   – Qualifications

   – Affiliations

   – Other

1. What is UX for you?

     1.1 How did you get into UX practice (including CX, UCX and HCX, as appropriate), including education/company instructed/other training/self-taught/by chance/no choice/not really in UX/with reluctance/other?

     1.2 How would you describe your UX and other design practice, including as a movement/discipline/field/trend/form of self-advert/going with the flow/group/professional label/title/no meaning/other?

     1.3 Does your UX and other forms of design practice include any aspects of, or reference to, Ergonomics/HCI/Human Factors/Cognitive Engineering/Usability/Software Engineering/Human-Centered Informatics/Cognitive Ergonomics/other/none?

2. What is your Design Practice for UX?

     2.1 What specific form(s) of UX and other design practice do you employ, including trial-and-error/prototyping/implement-and-test/ design and iterate/specify-and-implement/mock up and go/ software-assisted/wire-modelling/design, iterate and test/a mixture/none/other?

3. How do you Frame Design Practice for UX?

     3.1 What specific form(s) of UX and other design practice framing do you employ, including user requirements/commissioning document/commercial requirements/other requirements/mixture of requirements/design problems/approaches/design solutions/frameworks/mixture of any/none/other? 

4. What is your approach to Framing Design Practice for UX.

     4.1 Do you employ a specific approach/approaches to framing design practice for UX and other design practice, including one of your own? If so, please describe which one or more? If not, what do you employ instead? If none, is there a reason?

5. What framework do you use, if any, for Framing Design Practice for UX.

     5.1 Do you employ a specific framework/frameworks for framing design practice for UX and other design practice? If so, please describe one or more? If none, is there a reason?

6. Case Studies of Framing Design Practice for UX.

     6.1 Describe a case study or studies of your work, which illustrate how you frame design practice for UX and other design practice. If none, is there a reason.

7. Examples of Framing Design Practice for UX.

     Describe an example or examples of your work, which illustrate how you frame design practice for UX and other design practice. If none, is there a reason?

8. Describe brief examples and/or case study or studies, which illustrate how you Frame Design Practice for UX and other practice in addition to those of 4-7.

9. How might ways of Framing Design Practice for UX develop in the future? Which one(s) might you follow and why? Include: CX; UCX and HCX.

12. Add any conclusions and discussion points concerning Framing Design Practice for UX and other design practice, which you have not made so far.