HCI 3

ü Conceptualize what the proposed product will do

Ø taking something for granted that requires further investigation

Ø  stating something to be true when it is still open to question

enables design teams to ask specific questions about how the conceptual model will be understood

Prevents design teams from becoming narrowly focused early on

Allows design teams to establish a set of commonly agreed terms

a simplified description of a system or process that helps describe how it works

kind of model used in interaction design intended to articulate the problem and design space

a high-level description of how a system is organized and operates

ü provide a structure that is similar in some way to aspects of a familiar entity (or entities), but they also have their own behaviors and properties