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Schedule Spring 2011

User-Centered System Design 1MD000

Nr Lecture Time (1) Room (2) Teacher (3) Instruction (4) Further reading
Week 4
L1 Introduction Wed 26/1, 10-12 1111 ÅC ExerciceLecture 1 L1 extra
L2 Usability defined Wed 26/1, 13-15 1111 BS ISO9241:11, Slides L2 extra
Week 5
optional Agile and Scrum Tue 1/2, 10-12 2347 ML
L3 UCSD defined - Key principles Wed 2/2, 10-12 1111 BG Key PrinciplesFrom human factors to human actorsVarieties of user centrednessSlides from lecture L3 extra
L4 Software engineering theory Wed 2/2, 13-15 1111 RB SE1SD2SE3notes
L5 Introducing the individual assignment and project assignments. Thu 3/2, 10-12 1111 ÅC, RJ presentation
L6 Introduction of project from Martin Bergström, SVA. Groups 3, 7 and 11. Thu 3/2, 13-14 1146 ÅC presentationexample
L6 Introduction of projects from Peter Cajander, Metso. Groups 2, 6 and 10 Thu 3/2, 13-14 1111 RJ Presentation from Metso
L6 Introduction of projects from Niklas Kaloinen, Headlight. Groups 1, 5 and 9. Thu 3/2, 14-15 1146 ÅC Presentation Headlight
L6 Introduction of projects from Björn Victor and Andreas Olsson, Uppsala University. Groups 4, 8 and 12 Thu 3/2, 14-15 1111 RJ
Week 6
L7 Evaluation methods and the use of a usability lab Thu 10/2, 10-12 1111 LO slides Example 2 of old project reports Emample 3 of old project reports L7 extra
L8 Techniques for observation-interview, contextual design, prototyping and participatory design. Thu 10/2, 13-15 1111 NG Presentation
Week 7
L9 Agile development Wed 16/2, 10-12 1111 JL Article to L9 Article to L9
Week 8
L12 Project work and progress Thu 24/2, 10-12 1111 Slides Slides Example 1 of old project reports Example 2 of old project reports Example 3 of old project reports
L11 Use cases and UML Thu 24/2, 15-16 1211 ÅC Slides
L11 - 2 On the Eslablishment of UCSD in organisations Thu 24/2, 16-17 1211 ÅC SlidesArticle on UCD L11 extra L11 extra 2
Week 9
L13 Usability design process Mon 28/2, 10-12 1111 BG Slides
L14 UCSD in practice Mon 28/2, 13-15 1111 BG Slides
L15 Supervision - Each group can book an appointment for supervision with Rebecka. Times are available at Rebecka and Åsas door Fri 4/3, 10-12 1158 RJ
Week 10
L16 Requirements engineering - Socio-technical systems Mon 7/3, 13-15 1111 NM Neils lecture notes and instructions can be found at Studentportalen
L17 Requirements engineering - Modelling socio-technical systems Mon 7/3, 15-17 1111 NM
L18 Requirements engineering - Analysing models Tue 8/3, 10-12 1111 NM
L19 Requirements engineering - Discovering requirements from models Tue 8/3, 13-15 1111 NM Note that the individual assigmnent is mandatory as stated in the first lecture of the course
E1 Home Exam for higher grade Wed 9/3, 8.00-17.00 At home ÅC The home exam will be provided through Studentportalen Example of old home exam
E1 Deadling for mailing draft of group report to ÅC, CK and RJ Thu 10/3 , 24.00 ÅC,CK and RJ
Week 11
L20 Discussion with the groups reading Constantine and Loockwood ie groups 5, 6, 7 and 8 Tue 15/3, 10-11 1146 RJ, CK
L21 Discussion with the groups reading Contextual Design ie groups 1, 2, 3 and 4 Tue 15/3, 11-12 1146 RJ, CK
L22 Project management Tue 15/3, 13-15 1111 CK Slides
L23 Discussion with the groups reading The Usability Engineering Lifecycle, ie groups 9, 10, 11 and 12 Tue 15/3, 15.16 1146 RJ, CK
E2 Project presentations Fri 18/3, 8.15-17.00 1111 CK, ÅC, RJ Slides
E3 Home Exam for Higher Grade Thu 24/3, 8.15-17.00 at home ÅC The home exam will be provided through Studentportalen

(1) The hours for the lectures are shown without the academical fifteen minutes, i.e. the lectures starts a quarter past. 8-10 thus means 08:15-10:00. If the time is given with the exact time (e.g. 8.00) the activity starts sharp.

(2) The lecture room is always located at Polacksbacken, Building 1, MIC (the first number is the number of the house, the second number indicates the floor). A map over the area.

(3) Teachers

(4) Suggested reading or instructions for assignments that should be finished.

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Updated  2011-03-17 10:46:49 by Åsa Cajander.