Notes Seminar 1: Kim

Notes Seminar 1
 
Chapter 7
In this chapter data gathering techniques were presented. It’s good to know that there are different techniques that can be combined and used in various ways depending on the goals. It’s always possible to tweak and restructure the techniques so that they fit the context they are used for, since every technique has advantages and disadvantages. Thinking about details when using the techniques for data gathering is very important so that the collected data is used in the right context. I think that the five key issues setting goals, identifying participants, relationships with participants, triangulation, and pilot studies that the authors wrote about are important to think about when it comes to data gathering. It was interesting to read about how interviewing children should be done in a different way compared to adults, because they think and react to situations differently to adults.


QUESTION: Instead of only using semi-structured interviews for our design project, should we use any other technique to strengthen our data gathering?

Chapter 8
This chapter presented how data analysis could be done. Knowing if the analysis should be qualitative, quantitative or a combination of them is a good first step. Using different data gathering techniques will yield different data suitable for the varying options of analysis. Some of the techniques might even yield data suitable for all the methods for analysis of data. One thing that I think is interesting is how data can be interpreted in different ways. Just like when gathering data, analyzing data must be adapted to each situation.

Chapter 10
This chapter presented a lot of thing that were new to me. I felt that this chapter had a messy structure and a lot of new information to process. Overall I got the feeling that there are a lot of things that needs to be considered and specified when it comes to establishing the requirements for a project. It’s also very important to do this right since it’s a critical part of a project. Not doing this in a proper way would most definitely make a project end in a disaster. It would be good to talk about this chapter during the seminar to make it more clear.