Human-Centred IoT Design Module Guide
Your guide: UX Uma
“If a tired person at 2am can’t use it, the feature doesn’t exist yet — design for the worst moment, not the demo.”
What This Module Helps You Do
Research real context and validate ethical prototypes. Follow the 20 learning chapters below in order when the subject is new, or open the part that matches the design decision you need to test.
UX Foundations
People and Context
- 1. User Research Fundamentals for IoT
- 2. IoT Research Methods: Evidence and Selection
- 3. IoT Research Methods: Fieldwork and Synthesis
- 4. Personas and Journey Maps for IoT
- 5. Context Analysis: Evidence and Constraints
- 6. Context Analysis: Physical Environments
- 7. IoT Research Ethics: Consent and Boundaries
- 8. IoT Research Ethics: Context and Uncertainty
Design Process
- 1. IoT Interaction Principles: State and Evidence
- 2. IoT Interaction Principles: Context and Recovery
- 3. IoT Interaction Design: Testing the Design Loop
- 4. IoT Interaction Design: Discovery Through Release
- 5. IoT Prototyping: Questions and Learning Loops
- 6. IoT Prototyping: Fidelity and Validation Methods
- 7. Prototype Testing: Test Planning
- 8. Prototype Testing: Neutral Tasks
Continue the UX Route
The focused modules follow this order: Human-Centred IoT Design, Connected Product and Service Design, then IoT Interfaces, Location and Privacy.