Silva, Paula Alexandra and Read, Janet C.
(2010)
A Methodology to Evaluate Creative Design Methods:
A Study with the BadIdeas Method.
In:
OZCHI '10 Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group of Australia on Computer-Human Interaction.
ACM, pp. 24-271.
ISBN 978-1-4503-0502-0
Abstract
The so-called creative design methods have become part of
the everyday HCI-ers toolbox, however there is little
discussion in the field concerning the actual value and the
relative benefit of applying one method instead of another
or of applying various methods in one’s design efforts.
These methods and techniques tend often to be applied in
an unthoughtful uninformed manner.
This paper discusses the issue of evaluating and comparing
the design methods and presents an overview of creativity
measures for idea generation together with an attempt to
rationalise those measures and combine them into a single
value metric. This measure is then applied to assess the
results obtained while using a specific method, the
BadIdeas method, under various conditions; some
observations and analysis on the possible effects of those
conditions are performed.
Findings are surprising. Facilitated conditions positively
affect participants’ enjoyment of the method and the way
they think about analysing products but the overall value of
facilitation appears less than the overall value of
unfacilitated work. The method seems to work better for
groups that initially work individually, than those who start
working in groups and overall results are better in a design,
rather than in a redesign context.
| Item Type: |
Book Section
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| Additional Information: |
This is the postprint version of the paper, which is available at DOI: 10.1145/1952222.1952279 |
| Keywords: |
User Experience Design; Creative Design Methods;
Evaluation; Facilitator Effect; BadIdeas Method; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Design Innovation |
| Item ID: |
6031 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1145/1952222.1952279 |
| Depositing User: |
Paula Alexandra Silva
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| Date Deposited: |
16 Apr 2015 15:31 |
| Publisher: |
ACM |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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