SIG: User Requirements Analysis for the Home

Organizers

Jean Scholtz, Intel Corporation
Michael Mateas, Intel Corporation
Tony Salvador, Intel Corporation
Doug Sorensen, Intel Corporation

Software companies are becoming increasingly concerned about producing and selling applications for the home. But what are those applications? How do we find out what is needed or desired in the home? How do we assess the usability and usefulness of applications designed for home users? This SIG will focus on home studies: how to do them, whom to do them with, how this differs from similar studies in the business world.

The purpose of this SIG is to gather HCI professionals who are currently studying the home or are interested in studying the home. The discussion will focus on: the various methods people have employed, the outcomes in using that particular methodology, issues or models of the home that emerge from these studies, and a discussion of the differences between business and home studies.

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