HFI's Design Methodology
How does it work with my current methodology?
Already have a software design methodology? The HFI Framework™ fits in easily with your existing software development life cycle (SDLC) methods—and enhances them by making the outcomes user-friendly. The chart below demonstrates how this method meshes with the Rational Unified Process® model.
| RUP Activities |
The HFI Framework™ Phases |
Benefits from Incorporating The HFI Framework™ |
- Use cases and services; supplementary specifications.
- Initial user interface guidelines, created in parallel.
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- Plan Project
- Evaluate Current Application
- Know What the Organization Wants
- Know What the Users Want
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- Get to initial release faster
- Address usability early in process
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- Use case storyboards; logical page design, draft navigation map
- Mock up the user interface; develop several design alternatives
- Workflow detail, done in parallel with UI prototype
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- Design the Structure
- Design Screens
- Check Standards
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- Ensure that the site structure is usable, useful, and likeable
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- Prototype the user interface using the Web design elements
- Develop user interface guidelines
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- Design Screens
- Support Implementation
- Check Standards
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- Ensure that site pages and content are usable, useful, and likeable
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- Use case storyboards (showing full navigation between screens and visual elements)
- Navigation map for all pages identified in prototype
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- Design Screens
- Support Implementation
- Evaluate Usability
- Localize the Application
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- Ensure that developers are given good guidelines to support usability
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More information on HFI's design methodology
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