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Assessment item 3
Detailed Design
Value: 50%
Due date: 22-May-2016
Return date: 15-Jun-2016
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Task
Prepare a detailed design document for the user interface for your project. Your design document should be based on your Project Requirements and Scope document and your Project Design proposal.
Your design document should include the following sections, as a minimum:
Design overview;
Project scope;
Business and User requirements;
Key assumptions;
Use Cases;
Design process to be used;
Interface Design, including the following sections with justification for use:
All screen layouts;
All components identified, with justification for their use;
Workflow diagrams for major tasks (if required);
Use of colour, frames and sections (if required);
Help and user assistance functions;
Use of icons (if required);
User task navigation;
Usability testing and evaluation, including the following sections with justification for use:
Evaluation aims;
Evaluation methodology;
Test audience selection and ethical considerations;
Evaluation experiments;
Analysis methodology and procedures.
This is the final design for your project so all the sections in the document should be complete in all
detail.
Your design document should not exceed ~25 pages in length, excluding references. You will need to reference all literature, applications and websites using the APA 6th edition referencing style.

Rationale
This assignment assesses a student's ability to:
Critically examine and interpret the principles of design that are applicable to the design of an interface;
Critically examine and evaluate a user interface design to determine if it meets a given set of requirements;
Interpret, analyse and evaluate usability testing results to plan interface design improvements;

Marking criteria
Task HD DI CR PS FL
Project Scope Clear and comprehensive statement of project scope Clear and detailed statement of project scope Good statement of project scope Adequate statement of project scope Inadequate or incomplete statement of project scope
Requirements Clear and comprehensive statement of project requirements Clear and detailed statement of project requirements Good statement of project requirements Adequate statement of project requirements Inadequate or incomplete statement of project requirements
Assumptions Clear and comprehensive explanation of assumptions Clear and detailed explanation of assumptions Good explanation of assumptions Adequate explanation of assumptions Inadequate or incomplete explanation of assumptions
Use Cases Comprehensive and clear statement of main Use Cases showing how they meet all user requirements Detailed statement of main Use Cases showing how they meet all user requirements Good statement of main Use Cases showing how they meet most user requirements Adequate statement of main Use Cases showing how they meet some user requirements Inadequate or incomplete statement of main Use Cases
Design Process Clear and comprehensive statement of design process Clear and detailed statement of design process Good statement of design process Adequate statement of design process Poor or incomplete statement of design process
Interface Design Comprehensive and clear UI design & drawings, all components clearly identified with excellent justification for use Detailed UI design & drawings, all components clearly identified with clear justification for use Good UI design and drawings, all components clearly identified with some justification for use Adequate UI design & drawings, all components clearly identified with justification for use Poor or inadequate UI design and/or drawings, few components identified with little or no justification for use
Usability testing Comprehensive and clear evaluation plan with comprehensive aims, methodology, procedures, audience & ethics plans, experiments & analysis Detailed evaluation plan with well detailed aims, methodology, procedures, audience & ethics plans, experiments & analysis Good evaluation plan with good aims, methodology, procedures, audience & ethics plans, experiments & analysis Adequate evaluation plan with adequate aims, methodology, procedures, audience & ethics plans, experiments & analysis Inadequate or incomplete evaluation plan with inadequate aims, methodology, procedures, audience & ethics plans, experiments & analysis
Presentation Up to 5 marks may be deducted for poor presentation, spelling and grammar
References Up to 5 marks may be deducted for not providing or following the proper APA style of referencing.

Marking Guide
Question Possible marks Score
Project Scope 5
Requirements 5
Assumptions 5
Use Cases 10
Design Process 5
Interface Design 45
Usability Testing 25
Presentation (-5)
Referencing (-5)
Total 100
Final mark 50
Presentation
The presentation requirements for this assignment are:
This assignment must be completed using the ITC504_Project_Design template that is located in the Interact 2 ITC504 Content Collection;
All design drawings must be:
Placed in the appropriate location in the Design document,
Include an appropriate caption;
The document is to be saved in Word format as a single file using the ITC504 Project Design template and must include all design drawings;
Assignments are not to be submitted as a series of separate design drawings files in a zip format collection;
All assignments are to be submitted electronically as a single file through EASTS.
You should also indicate which theories, principles and guidelines you used in creating the concept of your application design.
This assignment must be produced in Microsoft Word format. Diagrams and drawings may be made in any format, but must be inserted into the appropriate page of the assignment document. Diagrams that are supplied as separate files will NOT be marked.
You must also include your references in APA format, as per Faculty of Business requirements, on the last page.