1.
Alan Dix
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/IE4UX2021/
@alanjohndix @CompFoundry
Interface Engineering
for UX Professionals

2.
background
HCI MOOC 2013
 interaction-design.org
initial recording very basic
re-recorded 2020
… and being edited now

3.
Implementation?

4.
do UX designers need
to know about implementation?
YES!
to be able to:
talk with developers
understand what is possible
… and what is sensible
respect the complexity of code

5.
what do they need to know?
underlying engineering concerns
– hearts and minds … why UX designer should be interested
content
– event models, location of state is stored, network-based
systems, layers and architecture
– relating internal details to external behaviours
e.g. ‘action lists’ for during long-running processes.
mini-case studies and examples
pedagogical – making abstractions concrete
rhetorical – more hearts and minds!

6.
challenge for discussion
what is the most significant problem
you have encountered
or are concerned about
regarding UX designer’s understanding
of interface engineering