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What is Task Analysis?
Task analysis begins by defining any of the user’s problems as scenarios and concludes with creating a task flow that outlines the journey from problem to solution.
For example, when interviewing users who are interested in gardening and the designer realizes the majority of them have the problem of forgetting to water their plants every morning, the designer may include an alarm-feature in the final design to address this problem.
The designer’s goal is to keep the tasks as simple as possible and eliminate any unnecessary steps, keeping the process simple and straightforward.
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Design Scenarios - Communicating the Small Steps in the User Experience
Design scenarios are useful tools for communicating ideas about user actions. Mapping design scenarios also has the adde
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