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The Significance of Qualitative Data Analysis in Identifying User Needs

   

Added on  2019-11-19

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Running head: USER CENTERED DESIGNUser Centered DesignName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor’s note
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1 USER CENTERED DESIGNTable of ContentsIntroduction..........................................................................................................................2Discussion............................................................................................................................2Significance.....................................................................................................................2Evidences.........................................................................................................................4Implications for Software Development..........................................................................5Conclusion...........................................................................................................................6References............................................................................................................................8
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2 USER CENTERED DESIGNIntroduction Qualitative data analysis is a procedure for analyzing information in an effective andefficient manner. It uses coding, sifting and sorting for purpose of analyzing data (Chowdhury2015). User centered design is also known as user-driven development (Lanter and Essinger2017). This a design process where user characteristics and their choices are taken into account.It has several steps that can solve problems that are have multiple stages. This is an importantdesigning process where the t main focus is to gain clear understanding of the users and theirchoices. Several steps are taken like need recognition, finding out requirements and then finaldesigning of the system. Customization of websites and applications fall under the category ofuser centered design (Newcomer, Lindahl and Martin 2014). Qualitative data analysis plays amajor role in identifying user needs so that the user choices and preferences are identifiedproperly.This report discusses about the recent problems regarding user centered design. It alsopoints out the implications of such design in the area of software development. It points out thesignificance of the coding, sifting and sorting of qualitative analysis of data. It also givesevidences to support the argument of the author. It also criticizes the argument of author.Implication of the given paper is also described briefly. This report presents a brief summary ofthe critique.
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