20160215 Conceptual Models - irene de la torre arenas.pdf
Johnson and Henderson’s Conceptual Models Irene de la Torre Arenas Information Design Theory and Critical Thinking - Spring 2016 Northeastern University
“The most important component of a conceptual model is an Objects/Operation analysis: an enumeration and taxonomy of all concepts that the application exposes to its users. This includes the conceptual objects that users manipulate, attributes of those objects, the operations that users can perform on each of those objects, and any relationships between objects.”
Boundary objects allow work teams being at the same page in their project. Conceptual models are the “ideal” model of a project, how they imagine it should work.
using
concepts
have
Designers study how
Mental mode
to describe
relationships domain
related by
importance
purpose
use
operations
design
creates
conceptual models
task domain
attributes
their performance
to notice
to map
confirm
to map
on
user scenarios
by using
relationships
task
between
tries to accomplish
achieving of
to
function
has
User
interacts
interface
of
objects like
Mental mode
implementation
whole / part source / result task / subtask
“The most important component of a conceptual model is an Objects/Operation analysis: an enumeration and taxonomy of all concepts that the application exposes to its users. This includes the conceptual objects that users manipulate, attributes of those objects, the operations that users can perform on each of those objects, and any relationships between objects.”
Boundary objects allow work teams being at the same page in their project. Conceptual models are the “ideal” model of a project, how they imagine it should work.
using
concepts
have
Designers study how
Mental mode
to describe
relationships domain
related by
importance
purpose
use
operations
design
creates
conceptual models
task domain
attributes
their performance
to notice
to map
confirm
to map
on
user scenarios
by using
relationships
task
between
tries to accomplish
achieving of
to
function
has
User
interacts
interface
of
objects like
Mental mode
implementation
whole / part source / result task / subtask
