Understanding complexity is understanding content and its function. This talk is about content driven design in prototyping. The point of content driven design is to simulate everything users can do with data in highly interactive prototypes.
Dimensions of Content-
related complexity
• The amount of content to be displayed
• The content’s structure
• The process of how the content is created & edited
• Searching & filtering content
• How content changes over time
Bulk Editing Content
Find all
- Spanish speaking participants
- staying at the Hotel Belvedere
Assign them
- an emergency contact
- an emergency number.
Bulk Editing Content
Process:
- Select entries to change
- Select the parameters that have to be
changed
- Define which changes have to take place.
- Make changes
Takeaways
• Experiment with extremes
• It’s better to use no suggestions at all
than random ones
• Users often can’t see themselves in a
group "where are the normal people?"
• Use past visit data to make suggestions
in a smart way: spot patterns vs one off
searches
Phase I Phase II Phase III
Discovering Learning Hunting
Question • What do I need?
• What is the offer?
• What matches my needs?
• What is a good offer?
• What do I have to expect?
• Is this a good offer?
Activities • Research
• First Search
• Discovery
• Comparing
• Collecting
• Test Driving (Does this model match?)
• Playing Around
• Observing
• Test Driving (Does this car match?)
• Deciding
Knowledge Basic Needs • Exclusion Criteria
• Range Spektrum
• Awareness of Criteria
• Knowing exact needs
• Clarity
• Ability to make a decision to buy
Search
Parameters
• Configuration of Basic Needs
• Clear, „Hard“ Facts
• Exclusion of Noise
• Refining Basic Needs
• Playing Around: Finding offers at the
edges
• Challenging Criterias
• Small Configurations (What is a
must, what is a nice to have?)
Elements • Search
• Similarity (Dunstkreis)
• Inspiration
• Comparing
• Collecting
• Reducing
Focus
• Search for Dealers
• Car Reviews
• Location
• Notifications / Search Agent
• Contacting the Seller
• Buying Support (Checklists)
• Sharing with Peers, Family, Experts
• Location
Touchpoints • Different plattforms (Autoscout, Comparis,
…)
• Online: Reviews (TCS)
• Offline: Car Dealer, Friends
• Plattform
• Dealer
• Search Agent Mails
• Plattform
• Dealer
Buying Phases