The headline was "Every Man His Own Eckermann" — a reference to Johann Peter Eckermann, whose published conversations with Goethe are a kind of author-interview prototype.
By employing usability engineering methods such as expert interviews, prototyping and usability-testing, a basic concept is worked out which focuses on and implements the user's requirements.
The paper prototype interview is a two-on-one interview where one person interviews and the other take notes.
It explains the applications of contextual interviewing, paper prototyping, and usability testing to the development of MATLAB 6.
The employed methods are a literature scan and discussion in the contextual inquiry; interviews, rapid prototyping and a requirement session in the value specification stage; and user-based usability evaluation, expert-based usability inspection and a requirement session in the design stage.
The key concepts described in this chapter include: paper mock-up, paper prototype interview, wire frame, and visual design.
In this chapter we introduce how to build a mockup, run a paper prototype interview, interpret the data, and update the design for the next round of testing.
Paper prototype interviews require two interviewers.
The key concepts for paper prototype interviews include: context, partnership, interpretation, and focus.
All these are best tested and worked out with the user during paper prototype interviews.
The study reported in this manuscript forms part of a larger programme of work that aimed to systematically develop and pilot (through interviews reported here) prototype trial decision aids.
