Breaking the fidelity barrier: An examination of our current characterization of prototypes and an example of a mixed-fidelity success

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1233-1242

  McCurdy, Michael ^a   Connors, Christopher ^a,b   Pyrzak, Guy ^a,c   Kanefsky, Bob ^a,d   Vera, Alonso ^a,e  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b APPLE INC   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fidelity; Methods; Planning; Prototyping

Indexed keywords

FIDELITY; METHODS; NASA AMES HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION GROUP; PROTOTYPING;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; SCHEDULING; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE RESEARCH;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 33745821650     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (19)

1. Ai-Chang, M., Bresina, J., Charest, L., Chase, A., Hsu, J., Jonsson, A., Kanefsky, B., Morris, P., Rajan, K., Yglesias, J., Chafin, G., Dias, W., and Maldague, P., "MAPGEN: Mixed-Initiative Planning and Scheduling for the Mars Exploration Rover Mission," IEEE Intelligent Systems, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 8-12, January/February, 2004.
2. Bailey, B. P., Konstan, J. A., Are informal tools better?: comparing DEMAIS, pencil and paper, and authorware for early multimedia design, Proceedings of the conference on Human factors in computing systems, April 05-10, 2003, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
3. Berghel, H., New Wave Prototyping: Use and Abuse of Vacuous Prototypes, interactions, v.1 n.2 p.49-54, Apr. 1994
4. Bryan-Kinns, N., Hamilton, F., One for all and all for one?: case studies of using prototypes in commercial projects, Proceedings of the second Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction, October 19-23, 2002, Aarhus, Denmark
5. Eclipse Technical Platform Overview http://eclipse.org/whitepapers/eclipse-overview.pdf
6. Floyd, Christiane. A Systematic Look at Prototyping. In: Budde, R., Kuhlenkamp, K., Mathiassen, Lars, Zullighoven, H. (Eds.) "Approaches to Prototyping." Springer Verlag. 1984.
7. Garrett, J. J., Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications. http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000385.php, 2005
8. Hall, R. Prototyping for usability of new technology. Int. J. Human-Computer Studies 55, 485-501. 2001.
9. Houde, S., and Hill, C. What do prototypes prototype? In Helander, M.G., Landauer, T.K. and Prabhu, P. (eds), Handbook of Human-Computer Interaction, 2nd edition. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier Science, 367-381. 1997.
10. John, B.E., Salvucci, D.D. (in press) Multi Purpose Prototypes for Assessing User Interfaces in Pervasive Computing Systems. To appear in Pervasive Computing.
11. Landay, J.A., Myers, B.A. Sketching Interfaces: Toward More Human Interface Design, Computer, v.34 n.3, p.56-64, March 2001
12. Lin, J., Newman, M. W., Hong, J. I., Landay, J. A., DENIM: finding a tighter fit between tools and practice for Web site design, Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems, p.510-517, April 01-06, 2000, The Hague, The Netherlands
13. Maldague, P., Ko, A. Y., Page, D. N., and Starbird, T. W., APGEN: A Multi-Mission Semi-Automated Planning Tool. 1st International Workshop on Planning and Scheduling for Space, Oct. 1997, Oxnard, California
14. Olsen, H., Balancing fidelity in prototyping: Choosing the right level of graphic detail, interactivity, breadth and depth. The Interaction Designer's Coffee Break, Issue 13 http://www.guuui.com/issues/03_05.php, 2005
15. Rettig, M. Prototyping for tiny fingers, Communications of the ACM, v.37 n.4, p.21-27, April 1994
16. Rudd, J., Stern, K., Isensee, S. Low vs. high-fidelity prototyping debate, interactions, v.3 n.1, p.76-85, Jan. 1996
17. Rudd, J., Isensee, S. Twenty-two tips for a happier, healthier prototype, interactions, v.1 n.1, p.35-40, Jan. 1994
18. Sefelin, R., Tscheligi, M., Giller, V., Paper prototyping - what is it good for?: a comparison of paper- and computer-based low-fidelity prototyping, CHI '03 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems, April 05-10, 2003, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
19. Virzi, R.A., Sokolov, J.L., Karis, D. Usability problem identification using both low- and high-fidelity prototypes, Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems: common ground, p.236-243, April 13-18, 1996, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada