How to use Free-listing to explore a domain
Author: Rashmi Sinha
Topic: Article
On Nov 12th, 05
Freelisting is an elicitation method for identifying whats salient in a domain, and for defining the boundaries of the domain. A simple and versatile method, it can answer many questions that product design and marketing professionals want to ask of their users.
Understanding business stakeholders for design success
Author: Jonathan Boutelle
Topic: Article
Originally published in boxes and arrows, on Jun 15th, 05
Stakeholders are defined as “individuals or organizations who stand to gain or lose from the success or failure of a system”. In this article, we describe how to understand perspectives of multiple stakeholders for a software system.
Beyond cardsorting: Free-listing methods to explore user categorizations
Author: Rashmi Sinha
Topic: Article
Originally published in boxes and arrows, on Feb 24th, 03
There are two main questions in understanding a semantic domain. The first question is “What are the contents of the domain, its scope, and its boundaries?” The second question is “How are the contents structured?” Free-listing is a technique that can help you determine the scope of the domain while providing some insight into how the domain is structured.