Human-Centered Design Components in Spiral Model to Improve Mobility of Older Adults

Jayden Khakurel; Jari Porras; Helinä Melkas; Ainara Garzo

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-93491-4_5

Human-Centered Design Components in Spiral Model to Improve Mobility of Older Adults

Jayden Khakurel
, Jari Porras
, Helinä Melkas
, Ainara Garzo

Neuroengineering

Lappeenranta University of Technology

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

3 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

As humans grow older, their cognitive needs change more frequently due to distal and proximal life events. Designers and developers need to come up with better designs that integrate older users’ needs in a short period of time with more interaction with the users. Therefore, the positioning of human end users in the center of the design itself is not the key to the success of design artifacts while designing applications for older adults to use a smartphone as a promising tool for journey planner while using public transportation. This study analyzed the use of human-centered design (HCD) components, the spiral model, and the design for failure (DfF) approach to improve the interactions between older users and designers/developers in gathering usability needs in the concept stage and during the development of the app with short iterative cycles. To illustrate the importance of the applied approach, a case study with particular focus on older adults is presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	unknown
Publisher	Springer, Cham
Pages	83-104
Number of pages	22
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-93491-4
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-93490-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93491-4_5
Publication status	Published - 2019

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Name	2522-8595

UN SDGs

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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

Older adults
Human centered design
Human computer interaction
Usability

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Funding Info
The results presented in this study are based on “Assistant” project funded by_x000D_AAL JP, co-funded by the European Union. The authors would like to thank Dr. Stefan Carmien,_x000D_my colleague in Assistant, for mentoring and for reading and making comments in the earlier_x000D_versions of this chapter; participating research institutes; funding agencies; and companies from_x000D_Finland, Spain, Austria, France, and the United Kingdom for their active support throughout the_x000D_project.

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Human-Centered Design Components in Spiral Model to Improve Mobility of Older Adults

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