User Surveys and Personas
This section contains examples of user surveys and persona development that I have been responsible for.
| User Survey and Persona Portfolio | |
|---|---|
| URL | Notes |
| NCompass Labs User Survey | An example of a user survey that I helped develop while working for NCompass Labs. |
| Mystara3e Project Personas | Although not a software project, I brought the concept of personas into the online community that is working to convert a campaign setting from an older version of the Dungeons and Dragons roleplaying game into a format consistent with the most recent release of the same game. |
Undergraduate Thesis for Computer Engineering
User Interface Design and Evaluation of a Web-Based Teaching Tool for Engineering Experiments
From September 1991 to May 1997 I attended Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Burnaby, BC, Canada and obtained a Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) in Computer (Electrical) Engineering from the School of Engineering Science (ENSC). All undergraduate students in the SFU ENSC program are required to complete a minimum of four industry internships and to produce an undergraduate thesis based on a faculty or industry sponsored project.
My undergraduate thesis, researched between June 1996 and May 1997, was focused on the user experience of a web site for the REMOTE project, a very early proof-of-concept web application designed to give engineering students in the ENSC robotics program real-time, remote access to a robotic arm which they could use to complete class assignments. My research began with the design of the project web site using an iterative design approach and continued with a three pronged usability study against the web site and application interface using the following usability methods: heuristic evaluation, cognitive walkthrough and direct observation of users .
A detailed discussion of my approach, the results of the usability study and my analysis can be reviewed in my Thesis document (pdf format)